her indoors
(British, slang) One's wife, especially a domineering one.
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(British, slang) One's wife, especially a domineering one.
“This attorney has lived in her car for a decade. The community offered help, which she largely rejected. In March, police, neighbors, advocates and city hall tried to force her to move her indoors. This story is about what happened after she refused. denverite.com/2026/05/04/d...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK, slang) A person's wife.
- 'er indoors82%
A British slang phrase for one's wife, derived from the TV series Minder (1979-1994), where protagonist Arthur Daley referred to his unseen wife as 'er indoors. The phrase has entered general British usage to describe one's domestic partner, particularly a wife who manages the household. Used affectionately or with mild exasperation, never with real hostility. Still recognizable to British audiences though the Minder reference has faded.
- 'er indoors81%
British slang for one's wife or female domestic partner, typically used by a husband in a self-deprecating or affectionate way. The phrase implies the wife holds authority at home and is the one whose approval must be sought. Heavily associated with the 1980s ITV sitcom 'Minder', where the character Arthur Daley used it constantly, which cemented it in popular culture. Today it reads as dated but is still understood, and it's sometimes deployed ironically to mock old-fashioned gender dynamics.
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(LGBTQ slang) the female spouse of another woman.
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LGBTQ+ slang for the female spouse of another woman — a portmanteau of 'her' and 'husband', regendering the word to reflect a same-sex female partnership where one partner may take on a role similar to a traditional husband. The word is used affectionately within lesbian and queer communities.