- Wife, n. 1. A woman who is married to a man who makes or appears to make a decent amount of money; 2. A woman who was married at some point to a man who makes or appears to make a decent amount of money; 3. A woman who thought about being married to, or birthed a child with, a man who makes or appears to make a decent amount of money; 4. A woman who is any of the above, and also wears very shiny clothing and has their makeup done professionally every single morning; e.g. “I am not just a housewife, I’m a Real HouseWife.”
- mean tweet, n. A tweet sent to Kelly Bensimon that deals with something other than gummy bears or friendship bracelets; e.g. “I’m sick of all the mean tweets; would you like a jelly bean?”
- mean tweet, v. To tweet at Kelly Bensimon on a topic that deals with something other than gummy bears or friendship bracelets, e.g. “It’s up to Alex to stop Simon from mean tweeting: I’m not married to him.”
- Circle, The, n. A coveted social group of women consisting of one or more of the following Basketball “Wives”: Shaunie O’Neil, Eveylyn Lozada, and/or Jennifer Williams, along with an additional nonessential and fluid “wife” membership, and from which people are routinely being banishèd, threatened to be banishèd, and/or frozen out of.
- Freeze [someone or something] out, v. To be banishèd from something sacred, or presumably sacred, as a result of doing something bad or presumptively bad, or failing to stop somebody else from doing something bad, against or in the general vicinity of a Wife; e.g. “Simon has been mean tweeting me all morning, and if he doesn’t stop, I’m going to allow Alex to get freezed out.”
- turtle time, n.. Even I am not still not clear on this one; e.g. “Ramona asked for a glass of pinot grigio and declared, ‘It’s turtle time!’”
- bully
, n. Someone who does something that Jill Zarin doesn’t like; e.g. “Simon is a bully .” - cyber bully , n. Someone who does or says something that Jill Zarin doesn’t like on a computer; e.g. “Simon has become friends with well-known cyber bullies.”
- cyber bully , v. Talking about Jill Zarin in a way that Jill Zarin doesn’t like, on the computer; e.g. “Simon has got to stop with the cyber bullying of me — he has started up with the cyber bullying again.”
- sit-down, n. A summit planned between two Wives wherein one will confront the other regarding something that somebody said or did at some point, and during which a drink is to be thrown in the face of one or both participants; e.g. “I organized the sit-down with Karen Gravano, but I didn’t tell her it was a sit-down ahead of time, because I didn’t want her to throw a drink in my face right when she sat down for the sit-down.”
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The Housewives were at some touristy bar called The Fat Turtle, which is why Ramona called drunky times “turtle time.”
Ahh, OK. Now it makes sense. Well, actually, not really, but thanks for explaining.
I wrote a list today! I’d like to participate in your Monday lists.
My list: 7 Things I Learned from Sleeping on the Couch
http://bloggingwithmittens.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/7-things-i-learned-from-sleeping-on-the-couch/
I always thought “The Circle” referred to the cast of the show…as in, “If you piss me off, you’ll be out of The Circle/off the show.” Same thing for the freezing out…if the other housewives refuse to film with one of them, that one is going to get less air time and is unlikely to be asked back. That’s allegedly what happened to the Skelator protitution whore one on RHONJ (can’t think of her name right now).
The funny thing (well, one of the many funny things) about the Mean Tweets episode is that Jill making an issue of Simon being friends with that “cyber bully” was the best thing that ever happened to that chick’s traffic. I read the cast blogs after that episode, and one of them (can’t remember which) gave enough info to easily find the blog and blogger in question. I cannot be the only one who looked for it after that episode. You really have to wonder if Jill intentionally did that, so as to get sympathy because boo-hoo-there’s-an-I-hate-Jill-Zarin blog out there. Since she was called a bully last season, she has to work to cast herself as the victim now so that fans will still like her.
I think you might be right about the freezing out thing. I’m not so sure about The Circle, though, because Tami on Basketball Wives was yelling, in the midst of a fight, “You ain’t never going to be a part of The Circle,” etc., to another cast member, who is clearly on the show, along with three other women who are on the show but who actively talk about not being a part of The Circle. But maybe being in The Circle guarantees a lot of airtime, whereas being outside of it makes this riskier? That show, though, would not exist without having The Circle and those who are Outside of The Circle, because there would be no fighting otherwise.
I cannot believe I have invested this much time in this, either.
I watched the second season of Basketball Wives, but I have not watched the third. I actually remember Tami from The Real World (and I never remember ANYBODY from ANYTHING). Couldn’t stand her then, still can’t. But I am not surprised she’s back for season three, because like all of the real stars of these shows, she’s one where you just add alcohol and point the camera at her and you’re all set.
Yeah, the turtle time thing is from the episode last year on Scary Island where they went on shore to a club to dance called the Fat Turtle, and Ramona, all grigioed out, screams, “It’s Turtle Time.” And does some drunken dance, which Bravo Andy played over and over again, so it has become a kind of code for Ramona’s drunken escapades. Or when Ramona chooses pinot grigio over, well, anything. I guess it’s Turtle Time. Also, I think technically, Kelly Bensimon said that Alex better watch out for she was going to get “iced” out of the group. Ouch.
The whole bully concept on any Housewife john makes me think of the Princess Bride, “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. “
I absolutely love Mob Wives. And I hate that I love it, but I can’t look away from some good crazy. Dear god, are those women crazy.