You Go, Companion
Dave Wilton, Monday, April 23, 2007
Slate takes on the question of what to call an unmarried life partner of the opposite sex.
My vote would to revive paramour.
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I am particularly fond a phrase in common use in the African-American dialect here in southern Louisiana. The term is “wife in law” which, I believe, refers to the practice of common law marriage.