Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

by Mariko Tamaki, Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
In this award-winning graphic novel, Freddy struggles to break free from an unhealthy relationship.
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  1. refrain
    part of a song or poem that recurs at regular intervals
    Bridge.
    Hook.
    Refrain.
  2. debacle
    a sudden and complete disaster
    Let's just say there was some post-dance debacle.
  3. muster
    summon up, call forth, or bring together
    I am actively aware that my nonprofessional advice-giving friends are struggling to muster sympathy for my increasingly ridiculous situation.
  4. astounding
    bewildering or striking dumb with wonder
    The hardest part of all this, aside from the astounding fact that being dumped feels like food poisoning, is the fact that I'm always losing a person who was just there.
  5. propagate
    cause to become widely known
    So, Ms. Vice, if you're not just some bogus column written by a computer program to propagate heteronormative values, or something, please help me.
  6. monogamous
    having one mate
    Well, you appear to be stuck in a non-monogamous, swing-your-partner wormhole.
  7. fancy
    imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
    Fancy meeting you here.
  8. subjective
    taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias
    Yeah, I mean, age is subjective.
  9. construct
    an abstract or general idea inferred from specific instances
    I'm saying "the teenager" is essentially a societal construct...
  10. intimacy
    a feeling of being close and belonging together
    I don't believe a cell phone would help me with intimacy.
  11. tolerate
    allow without opposing or prohibiting
    Obviously this school does not tolerate bullying.
  12. whim
    a sudden desire
    I refuse to bow to the whims of the uneducated masses.
  13. masses
    the common people generally
    I refuse to bow to the whims of the uneducated masses.
  14. patriarchy
    a form of social organization in which men hold power
    I mean, I'm pretty sure that particular type of plural marriage is a tool of the patriarchy...
  15. integrity
    moral soundness
    It's the integrity of the thing.
  16. woe
    misery resulting from affliction
    So you know the service industry woes.
  17. polygamy
    having more than one spouse at a time
    Please ignore my last email. And by this I am of course referring to my polygamy email.
  18. blissful
    completely happy and contented
    Do you want any more tea?
    Is there any more Blissful Sleep?
  19. presumably
    by reasonable assumption
    What is it like to love this person who keeps breaking up with you, and then presumably coming back to you.
  20. solidarity
    a union of interests or purposes among members of a group
    In solidarity with you...
Created on Thu Jan 23 10:07:54 EST 2020 (updated Thu Jan 23 10:46:44 EST 2020)

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