Today’s Wordbird: POLTERGUY

POLTERGUY (N.) pōl-tər-gī Ex-boyfriend who exerts a haunting, destructive influence on a person’s’s later relationships. Usage: Augusta had just gotten engaged to Sam when her polterguy, Mitchell, called after a long silence, reminded her of their time together, and told her he was coming to town.

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Liesl Schillinger is a New York-based writer and translator, whose criticism, essay, features and other work have appeared in The New York Times, The Daily Beast, Gourmet Live, The New Yorker, New Yor ...read more

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