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The boss also gets points from all family business; also see don, chairman. bridge: threat of death; e.g. "our former friend is walking across the bridge". button or becoming a button man: a mafia hit man; or someone who has become a made man. capo: the family member who leads a crew; short for caporegime or capodecina.
Honour killing – the act of murdering a family member perceived to have brought disgrace to the family. Infanticide – the act of killing a child within the first year of their life. Mariticide – the act of killing one's husband (Latin: maritus "husband"). Matricide – the act of killing one's mother (Latin: mater "mother").
Storge is a wide-ranging force which can apply between family members, friends, pets and their owners, companions or colleagues; it can also blend with and help underpin other types of ties such as passionate love or friendship.
The International Dictionary of Psychology defines "father figure" as "A man to whom a person looks up and whom he treats like a father." [4] The APA Concise Dictionary of Psychology offers a more extensive definition: "a substitute for a person's biological father, who performs typical paternal functions and serves as an object of identification and attachment.
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Sometimes used to refer to an older man. Can also be used to describe an old man as irritable or crabby. ouballie - father. "My 'ouballie' always used to tell us this story." balsak – lit. "ball-sack". Refers specifically to the scrotum. bangbroek – lit. "scaredy-pants" befok – really good, exciting, cool; as in "The rock-show was befok."
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Familialism has been challenged as historically and sociologically inadequate to describe the complexity of actual family relations. [5] In modern American society in which the male head of the household can no longer be guaranteed a wage suitable to support a family, 1950s-style familialism has been criticized as counterproductive to family ...