splitsville
Americannoun
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the state or condition of being divorced or separated.
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the act of departing from a place; the state of being empty of people.
Tallahassee is splitsville--no legislators are left in town.
Etymology
Origin of splitsville
An Americanism first recorded in 1950–55; split (in the senses “to separate, divorce” and “to leave, depart”) + ’s 1 + -ville
Example Sentences
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It was, in one way, the latest indication that AI’s corporate “it” couple is headed to splitsville.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
We know what that could mean: China’s divorce rate spiked after its quarantine period ended with countless couples heading for splitsville.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 24, 2020
And now, antivirus maker Symantec is joining the splitsville club.
From Forbes ● Oct. 9, 2014
By now Peggy Olson and her radical beau are splitsville.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2013
Now Mummy and Charles are splitsville, as they say in showbiz, and soon more than the neighbors may be clucking about them.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2010
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