What is "homewrecker"

n. (context slang pejorative English) A person (male or female) who engages in romantic relations with a person who is married or engaged to be married with the result of breaking up the marriage or engagement.

Homewrecker is an American reality show on MTV that was hosted by Jackass star Ryan Dunn. The show is a twist on home renovation reality shows such as Trading Spaces and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition; but instead of the room being renovated, it is wrecked.

A homewrecker is a person, object, or activity that causes the breakup of a marriage or similar relationship. Homewrecker may also refer to:

"Homewrecker" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Gretchen Wilson. It was the fourth and final single from her 2004 debut album, Here for the Party, and was released to radio in January 2005. The song was her fourth consecutive Top Ten hit, reaching #2 on the country singles charts. Wilson wrote this song with Rivers Rutherford and George Teren.

A homewrecker (sometimes styled as home wrecker or home-wrecker) is a person, object or activity that causes or comes close to causing the breakup of a marriage (or similar partnership). The homewrecker is said to have taken one of the spouses away from the marriage, thus "wrecking" the marital home.

Most commonly, the label "homewrecker" is applied to a person having an affair with someone else's spouse or domestic partner; it can also refer to other forces that are destructive to a marital relationship and tied only to one party to that relationship.

There are other uses of homewrecker derived from the above description but in a different context. (See the Other uses section below as well as the disambiguation page.)