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    [Noun]  | "house*break*ing" | \ ˈhau̇s-ˌbrā-kiŋ \


    1: an act of breaking open and entering the dwelling house of another with a felonious purpose


    Origin: 1607 ;

    [Verb]  | "house*break" | \ ˈhau̇s-ˌbrāk \


    1: to make housebroken

    2: to teach acceptable social manners to

    3: tame, subdue


    Origin: 1876 ;

     Back-formation from housebroken;

     [ "housebreaker" ]

    1: Someone who gets with a girl/guy knowing that they already are in a relationship and ruins that relationship as a result.

      * e.g.,  ... John is a housebreaker, he went out with Julie knowing that she was dating Mark and after Mark found out he broke up with Julie. 

     [ "housebreak" ]

    1:  train a boyfriend to live (cleanly) in a house.

      * e.g.,  ... Your boyfriend really comes straight home after work? How long did it take to housebreak him? 


     [ "housebreak" ]

    2:  to subdue, tame a boyfriend.


     [ "housebreak" ]

    3: Works particularly well when training a boyfriend to put the toilet seat down (since in regular useage housbreak is to train pets to excrete outdoors). Also useful when keeping a boyfriend on a tight leash (see friend ditcher) or when teaching other domestic responsibilities, like making the bed or washing dishes.


     [ "housebreak" ]

    4:  (adj.) "housebroken" Not nearly as derisive as "whipped" therefore mostly used by women of their significant other.

     [ "Preparing for a HouseBreaking" ]

    1: Simply preparing of a HouseBreaking with associates

      * e.g.,  ... "Dan" and "Aniik" are in their apartment and Preparing for a HouseBreaking Come on, let's take bag and mask 

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