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Yet another question marked as a 'duplicate' that is not. Every word is important: this question does not stipulate 'informal', nor does it stipulate 'humorous'; it also does not suggest the answer should ("ideally") pertain to a relationship between an older man and a younger woman. Just because you can shoehorn the foot in doesn't mean the ...
This word has connotations of illicitness that apply beyond the contexts of marriage. Someone in a serious relationship (but not married) might also have a paramour. If it is a man cheating on his spouse with another woman, the go-to term is mistress: A woman (other than the man's wife) having a sexual relationship with a married man:
Yes, you're right. "Philander" is the formal verb that the OP was looking for. I realized only after I'd posted the answer that it was the wrong sequence of sexes, which is why I added "philander". I can't think of another formal verb from any era that expresses adultery without requiring at least one other word.
he/she has been cheating on his/her spouse/partner, he/she is a _____ (This train of thought was prompted by somebody's garbled answer here that was giving an example involving infidelity.) Please note: 'adulterer/ adulteress' is an obvious option, but its legal definition presupposes marriage, at least here in India, so I should like to find ...
It used to be that "master" was the word for a man who was in authority or in control, and "mistress" was the word for a woman in such a position. I presume that "mistress" came to be used for a woman that a married man was having an affair with on the idea that she is controlling and ruling him through her seductive powers.
1. Despite what some dictionaries say, mistress does not imply marriage either. It just implies that the guy has a significant other that he is cheating on (or, alternatively, that he is in a BDSM relationship, in which case mistress retains its original meaning of ‘female master’). It may just be a girlfriend.
It's only cheating if you get caught. A similar version of this phrase "it's not illegal unless you get caught" was already mentioned in comments. For non-fictional examples of this mantra, see the "Real Life" section for this idea on TV Tropes. Take no prisoners. This phrase is sometimes used to describe someone's tactics e.g.
So called from the female bird's alleged habit of changing mates, or her authentic habit of leaving eggs in another bird's nest. In Modern French the identity is more obvious: Coucou for the bird and cocu for the betrayed husband. German Hahnrei (13c.), from Low German, is of obscure origin.
I want to say "it's getting close to the end of our relationship" without using the word "relationship." Are these both equally valid? "It's getting close to the end of us." "It's getting close to the end for us." I think that these both might be equally ambiguous, but I could be wrong. I think "the end" could be misinterpreted.
Meaning of Dependent. A Dependent (n) is a thing or person that depends on another thing or person. It's from the French for "to hang from" and is related to "pendant", "pendulum", and "pending". A less polite word for a "dependent" is a "hanger-on". Dependency can be a synonym for a Dependent.