Hus-been

Hus-been
A husband who follows in the wake of his successful wife.

Celia Walden heralded the arrival of a new type of man, the Hus-been, in an article for The Telegraph:

In addition to “him indoors,” he’s known as “the designated driver,” “my plus 1,” “the missus” – even, after a few too many glasses of Laurent Perrier, “the inseminator,” but never what he is: “the Hus-been.” That would be brutal.
And yet these male drudges have become an identifiable phenomenon – and they’re everywhere: pushing IVF double prams through the park while the wife’s at yogilates; walking, like Muslim brides, three steps behind her, bag-laden from Waitrose to the car; being given “curtain lectures” (Hus-been lingo for “being pulled aside by the wife”) at parties. …
“The Hus-been,” explains the man who coined the phrase, GQ deputy editor Bill Prince, “is the man for whom those wedding bells have well and truly tolled, a man who mistook his independence for handing in all of his individuality.”


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