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splitsville

[ splits-vil ]
/ ˈsplɪts vɪl /
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noun Slang.
the state or condition of being divorced or separated.
the act of departing from a place; the state of being empty of people: Tallahassee is splitsville--no legislators are left in town.
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Origin of splitsville

An Americanism first recorded in 1950–55; split (in the senses “to separate, divorce” and “to leave, depart”) + ’s1 + -ville

Words nearby splitsville

split screen, split-screen technique, split second, split shift, split spindle, splitsville, splittail, splitter, split the difference, split ticket, split-time
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Words related to splitsville

breakdown, disintegration, dissolution, divorce, separation, split, termination, annulment, breakup, breaking, dispersal, ending, estrangement, parting, rift, rupture, breach, detachment, disparateness, dissociation

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