THE LANGUAGE OF THE DUMP

Here are some break-up terms, courtesy of the book, Buh Bye: The Ultimate Guide to Dumping and Getting Dumped:

• Booty Haul: The act of retrieving your stuff from your partner's apartment a few days before dumping him/her, because you know it will make you look petty to ask for it after breaking their heart.

• Breakover: A post-breakup makeover. Whether you join a gym, get a haircut, or a hot new wardrobe -- it's revenge that benefits you, rather than directly harming your ex, bodily or otherwise.

• Bunny Boiler: A clingy, overbearing, vindictive, possessive, obsessive, unhinged ex --named for Glenn Close's Fatal Attraction character, who cooks her ex-lover's daughter's pet rabbit.

• Endship: The imaginary friendship that is insincerely wished for -- as in, "I really hope we can still be friends" -- by the dumper.

• Groundhog dump: When ending a relationship is dragged out over days or weeks, forcing you to relive the breakup again and again.

• Leg-Clinger: A dumpee who cries, begs, and pleads with you to reconsider and take them back.