Idiom
work spouse
Meaning
A man or woman in the workplace with whom one shares a special relationship similar to marriage, with confidences, loyalties, shared jokes and experiences, and an unusual degree of honesty or openness.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My work spouse and I always eat lunch together.”
“I told my work spouse about the promotion before I told anyone else in the office.”
“After a decade of navigating corporate challenges side-by-side, they developed a bond so profound that colleagues naturally referred to them as a work spouse pair.”
Examples
simple
“My work spouse and I always eat lunch together.”
contextual
“I told my work spouse about the promotion before I told anyone else in the office.”
complex
“After a decade of navigating corporate challenges side-by-side, they developed a bond so profound that colleagues naturally referred to them as a work spouse pair.”
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