Joking names that a man may use to refer to his wife: “I have to go and pick up my ________.”
This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.
| BETTER HALF | 17 |
| OLD LADY | 14 |
| BALL AND CHAIN | 11 |
| WOMAN | 10 |
| MISSUS | 9 |
| LITTLE WOMAN | 7 |
| BOSS | 4 |
| BATTLE AX | 2 |
| BRIDE | 1 |
| HONEY | 1 |
| OLD WOMAN | 1 |
| SQUAW | 1 |
| THE LOVE OF MY LIFE | 1 |
| THE MRS. | 1 |
| THE WIFE | 1 |
| WIFEY | 1 |
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