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Jun 5, 2025
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The bunny boiler scene (2 min.)
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PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
noun: A person who is dangerously obsessive and vengeful, especially when spurned.
ETYMOLOGY:
After a character in the 1987 film Fatal Attraction who boils a pet
rabbit belonging to the family of a married man who has an affair with
her but then spurns her. Earliest documented use: 1990.
NOTES:
As the playwright William Congreve said in 1697: "Heaven has no
rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned."
In Fatal Attraction, that fury came with a pot of boiling water. While the term is vivid shorthand for obsessive behavior, it often reflects a double standard: strong emotional reactions in women are pathologized, while similar behavior in men may be cast as tragic or intense. USAGE:
"Heigl plays Tessa, a Malibu supermom who turns bunny boiler after her
stubble-bearded hubby David (Geoff Stults), a Wall Street hotshot
turned California microbrewer, dumps her for his new lover Julia." Peter Howell; This Revenge Thriller Is Easily Forgettable; Toronto Star (Canada); Apr 21, 2017. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt,
and has a clear conscience? -Adam Smith, economist (5 Jun 1723-1790)
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