wear the horns



wear the horns

To have an adulterous wife; to be cuckolded. The cuckold is traditionally associated with horns. I never thought I would wear the horns, but it's true—my wife cheated on me.
See also: horn, wear

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
RoswellRAHZ-welEnglish
PhilisFIL-isEnglish (Rare)
NÖLNULLimburgish
MathisMAH-tis (German)German, French
KaelynKAY-linEnglish (Modern)
Vaska-Russian, Macedonian, Bulgarian