Definitions

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  • noun pejorative An obsessive and dangerous former lover who stalks the person who spurned them.
  • noun An excessively obsessive girlfriend (or less commonly, boyfriend), especially one who reacts in an extreme way to the ending of a relationship.

Etymologies

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Inspired by a scene in the 1987 film Fatal Attraction where a scorned woman (played by Glenn Close), seeking revenge on her ex-lover (played by Michael Douglas), places his beloved family pet in a pot of boiling water when he is away from the house.

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Examples

  • What do you do when the Other Woman is a bunny boiler — a stalking, obsessed mistress a la Fatal Attraction? The crazy Other Woman is showing up at her and her daughter’s activities uninvited.

    Help, The Other Woman Is a Bunny Boiler Tracy Schorn 2024

  • This lady has problems and needs help because her behavior is not appropriate at all but gentle reminder that 'bunny boiler' is a derogatory term for those who suffer from borderline personality disorder and further stigmatizes a very serious, difficult disorder that often wreaks havoc not only on loved ones but the sufferer as well -- especially the sufferer.

    Would make a bunny boiler look sane growsonwalls 2025

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  • Obsessive and possessive woman. After Glenn Close in the film, "Fatal Attraction".

    December 20, 2007

  • This is listed under Fun Words?

    March 17, 2020