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13th step en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (euphemistic, uncountable) the targeting of 12-step addiction recovery newcomers for romantic or sexual relationships.
    • […]I started asking literally anyone that would pick up the phone with me, you know, have you heard of the 13th step? And it turns out a lot of people had. 2023, “'The 13th step' investigates sexual misconduct in New Hampshire's addiction centers”, in Montana Public Radio:
    • He was known around the recovery rooms as a perineal “13th stepper” which meant he hit on every woman that came into the rooms 2017 November 6, Charlie Gardner, Always Remember This Moment:
    • In Boston AA, newcomer-seducing is called 13th-Stepping and is regarded as the province of true bottom-feeders. 1996, Wallace, David Foster, Infinite Jest:

Deriveds

13th stepping · 13th stepper