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misters before sisters

misters before sisters

9.9
A joking rule that says male friends come before female friends
  • idiom
  • Offensive
translation icon : machismo
  • He laughed and quoted misters before sisters when his best friend called during date night.

Examples

  • She broke the misters before sisters rule and decided to spend the night with her girlfriends instead.

  • At college, he liked to say misters before sisters whenever his friends asked him to hang out.

  • It's all about misters before sisters in their group.

  • Why do you think misters before sisters is a good motto?

  • Whenever he had to choose between a night out with friends or a date, he would always say misters before sisters.

  • He humorously lived by the motto misters before sisters, prioritizing his male friends over female friendships.

  • In their friendship circle, the saying misters before sisters was often used to justify their plans.

Synonyms

male chauvinism
vsmisters before sisters
  • Offensive
1 6.2

Thinking men are better than women and treating women unfairly

is a joking informal rule that puts men's friendships before friendships with women

Surface Forms

misters before sisters main

Morphology

Mister + before + sis

The meaning is directly built from the constituents: 'misters' (men) + 'before' (in front of/priority) + 'sisters' (women), so a learner who knows the words can infer it means prioritizing men over women. It is a colloquial, humorous slogan, so cultural nuance (joking or informal endorsement) may require context, but the basic propositional meaning is transparent.

Etymology

Misters before sisters is a playful rhyme from friend groups and dating jokes that uses misters (men) and sisters (women) to make a simple picture. So, it came to mean 'putting male friends or partners before female friends'.