Istri trofi

The ill-matched couple, karya Lucas Cranach (s. 1550), Museum Nasional di Warsawa

Istilah istri trofi atau tropaeum uxor merujuk kepada seorang istri yang dipandang sebagai simbol status bagi seorang suami. Istilah tersebut sering dipakai sebagai ejekan atau penyudutan. Istilah suami trofi adalah kata rekanan laki-laki, meskipun istilah tersebut lebih jarang dipakai.

Pranala luar

• [1] Book citation, power couples are the "in" thing.
• T3 magazine in a review of the Motorola luxury "Aura" mobile phone model: "We think it’s best to think of the AURA as the trophy-wife of the phone world, it’s great to look at and bring to social occasions, but that’s about it."
• [2] End of the Century. C-SPAN, lecture at Brown University, April 17, 1996. "Now I have sometimes been credited with coining the term to try the words not true. It was coined by Fortune magazine in a brilliant piece not that long ago..."