missis
- noun
- /ˈmɪsɪs/
- UK
- We're leaving, Missis.
- Mister and missis
Jen, can you just come round and do the pretend you're my misses then quality.
- Jen, can you just come round and do the pretend you're my misses then quality.
- Why not get myself out the house without the misses going on at me?
- This there you've you're still with the same misses like what's up with you?
- So anyway, my brother and his misses, me and my misses, we come back in the working man's club.
- Now if you fuck this, don't blame the system, don't blame your ex misses.
- But when you see them in blue waters, the lakeside shopping centres with their kids and their misses, they don't act the same way.
- Or in a room full of, let's say honeys who could be a future misses.
- I've got two kids and the misses now they can go through gone, got out.
- Well, when you're in a villa and you've got your, you've got your dad in serving his misses, you're going to see it.
Examples
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I guess the missis wants us to clear out.
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Where can I pick up a string of real pearls for the missis?
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I expect to see you and the missis at the opening.
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I was only talking to my missis the other night, Sam.
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Why not get myself out the house without the misses going on at me?
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Please, control your missis there, mate.
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Now you hustle along, boy, or my missis will send me back for you.
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He and his missis are worried about her.
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With your permission, I'll take these flowers to my missis before they wilt.
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I guess the missis wants us to clear out.
Synonyms
A woman who has authority and directs the work of others
A man's wife or female partner
An informal word for a woman someone loves, often meaning girlfriend or wife
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word missis is an informal, spoken form of mistress and the title Mrs., often heard as missus. Those older words once meant 'lady of the house', so missis is a friendly way to refer to your 'wife' or the woman in charge at home.