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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: looking for a better word Coffeebean #179647 10/17/2008 11:09 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania  Originally Posted By: Coffeebean Hi everyone ~ I read the following sentence in an article, and cringed. "Wyman is pictured with then husband Ronald Reagan in 1941." I know the sentence could have been written to say "her husband at the time..." but is there a word or phrase for that? Yes there is phrase for that. It's "then husband." What's wrong with that? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted looking for a better word Coffeebean 10/16/2008 9:00 PM Re: looking for a better word olly 10/16/2008 11:10 PM Re: looking for a better word BranShea 10/17/2008 10:00 PM Re: looking for a better word zmjezhd 10/17/2008 10:49 PM Re: looking for a better word Faldage 10/18/2008 12:47 AM Re: looking for a better word latishya 10/18/2008 1:59 AM Re: looking for a better word zmjezhd 10/18/2008 2:08 AM Re: looking for a better word belMarduk 10/19/2008 2:02 AM Re: looking for a better word BranShea 10/18/2008 2:47 PM Re: looking for a better word zmjezhd 10/18/2008 3:19 PM Re: looking for a better word Faldage 10/16/2008 11:25 PM Re: looking for a better word Jackie 10/17/2008 2:28 AM Re: looking for a better word The Pook 10/17/2008 11:09 AM Re: looking for a better word twosleepy 10/17/2008 2:15 PM Re: looking for a better word Myridon 10/17/2008 2:54 PM Re: looking for a better word twosleepy 10/17/2008 5:44 PM Re: looking for a better word Myridon 10/17/2008 6:28 PM Re: looking for a better word twosleepy 10/17/2008 9:27 PM Well excuuuuuuse me... twosleepy 10/18/2008 2:50 AM Re: Well excuuuuuuse me... Coffeebean 10/20/2008 3:28 PM Re: Well excuuuuuuse me... Zed 10/21/2008 7:13 AM Re: Well excuuuuuuse me... Faldage 10/21/2008 10:11 AM Re: Well excuuuuuuse me... The Pook 10/21/2008 10:47 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,392 Members9,211 Most Online12,483 Mar 28th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 18 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,214 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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