May–December
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom the lyrics to the Kurt Weill/Maxwell Anderson song "September Song", first published in 1938, about such a relationship, which includes the line "It's a long, long time from May to December".
Adjective
editMay–December (not comparable)
- Pertaining to a relationship in which one person is much older than the other.
- 2013, Katherine Arcement, “Diary”, in London Review of Books, volume 35, number 5:
- Whatever fantasy you can’t act out in real life can be fulfilled in fan fiction. May-December relationships are very popular, as are boys transforming into girls.
- 2024, Blue Delliquanti, Adversary, →ISBN:
- One of the appeals of May/December relationships in fiction, for me, is that gulf of understanding between partners whose life experiences will never share the same footing at the same time, and the frustrations and desires that come with trying to bridge that gulf.