missus
(chiefly, UK, AU, NZ, colloquial) Term of address for a woman.
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Mainly purchased pokemon pokopia for the missus benefit but post Saros in more addicted to it than she is😅 Nice change of pace I guess
For me and the missus nothing tops season 1 of Jessica Jones...
anyways there’s a duck couple here where the missus stole the bottom bit of my ice cream cone from me & pecked her boyfriend when he tried to grab a piece & i just saw her fighting off a squirrel to get a peanut with…
Missus Hel this is so unbelievably sweet and it means the world to me. Thank you so much. YOU make my day with your fantastic art and your presence here alone.
The Missus and I have a little ritual about football. She is utterly disinterested but makes room for my masochistic inability to give up the team i was raised on.
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(chiefly, UK, AU, NZ, colloquial) Term of address for a woman.
“anyways there’s a duck couple here where the missus stole the bottom bit of my ice cream cone from me & pecked her boyfriend when he tried to grab a piece & i just saw her fighting off a squirrel to get a peanut with her boyfriend still in tow #sidsui”
“Cheers. But I don't think my missus agrees I'm sweet. "Tolerable", maybe.”
“Like old timey days. Were you in your kerchief and the Missus in her cap? 😉🎄🎅🏻”
The missus has a list of chores for me to do this weekend.
“anyways there’s a duck couple here where the missus stole the bottom bit of my ice cream cone from me & pecked her boyfriend when he tried to grab a piece & i just saw her fighting off a squirrel to get a peanut with her boyfriend still in tow #sidsui”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Missus Hel this is so unbelievably sweet and it means the world to me. Thank you so much. YOU make my day with your fantastic art and your presence here alone.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The Missus and I have a little ritual about football. She is utterly disinterested but makes room for my masochistic inability to give up the team i was raised on.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Like old timey days. Were you in your kerchief and the Missus in her cap? 😉🎄🎅🏻”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Cheers. But I don't think my missus agrees I'm sweet. "Tolerable", maybe.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(chiefly, UK, AU, NZ, colloquial) Wife or girlfriend.
“Mainly purchased pokemon pokopia for the missus benefit but post Saros in more addicted to it than she is😅 Nice change of pace I guess”
“For me and the missus nothing tops season 1 of Jessica Jones...”
Harry said he couldn't stop and chat because his missus wanted to go shopping.
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