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"nuptuals" ought not end that way
Wow! A clean double entendre. Good work, Dr. Bill!
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So, would someone who counselled me, after I had had a bad dream, be a "traümertologist?"
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So, would someone who counselled me, after I had had a bad dream, be a "traümertologist?"No. That would be a Bad-traümertologist! (To use the Teutonic). Hey! Is Teutonic a double-entendre for two shots of German seltzer????? 
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Hey! Is Teutonic a double-entendre for two shots of German seltzer?????
Dearest Rubrick, you probably already know this, but just in case: when Dubya's dau. Jenna was charged with underage drinking, the press called her Jenna Tonic.
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"Hey! Is Teutonic a double-entendre for two shots of German seltzer????? "
Only if it makes you astute.
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Of course "nuptuals" ought not end that way. Maybe during the " ruptuals".No wonder I so often confuse "marital" with "martial," and "united" with "untied." 
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Only if it makes you astute.I'd answer that, but I don't own a donkey. 
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There are plenty of examples of things which have a name put to them and after the passage of time and changes in circumstances the name no longer describes the thing accurately, but the name doesn't change.
That depends: Some cities e.g. in Italy have post-communist mayors, others have communist ex-mayors. When I want to tell friends a story from my married past, I never know whether to use "my ex-wife" or "my wife". At the time, she clearly was the latter...
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I never know whether to use "my ex-wife" or "my wife". At the time, she clearly was the latter...Dearest, if you say, "my wife", that carries the implication that that is the current state of the lady in question. I suppose you could say, "My wife at the time", or, "my wife, who's my ex- at the moment". 
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ex-wife" or "my wife"
How about "my currently ex-, formerly current wife"?
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