Bunny Boiler

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A Bunny Boiler is a pejorative term for an obsessive and dangerous individual, most commonly referring to a jilted lover who is stalking the person who has spurned her or him.

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The phrase derives from a famous scene in the 1987 film Fatal Attraction where a scorned woman (played by Glenn Close), seeking revenge on her ex-lover (played by Michael Douglas), boils his daughter's pet rabbit in a pot.

The term has been used regularly in both mainstream media and everyday discourse [1] to describe particular contestants in recent series of the UK version of Big Brother.

The first was Michelle Bass, from the fifth series, who was labelled a 'bunny boiler' for the way she acted towards fellow contestant Stuart. [2]

In the sixth series, Craig Coates attracted the label for the way he was perceived to act towards Anthony Hutton.[3][4] In the seventh series, Lisa Huo was labelled a 'bunny boiler' in response to her relationship with Pete Bennett.[5]

Germaine Greer was even given the title.[6]

  • 'Bunny Boiler' is also the name of one of the characters on the UK Television show Balls Of Steel, played by Thaila Zucchi.
  • The scene from the film Fatal Attraction where Glenn Close boils the bunny was parodied in the last episode of the second series of the UK television show Spaced.
  • In the South Park episode Chef Aid Mr. Garrison finds Mr. Twig in a pot being boiled, in the same way as the bunny in Fatal Attraction. The act was done by the recently returned Mr. Hat.
  • In the Smallville season four episode "Pariah," Lois Lane says the police are interested in Alicia in a "bunny-boiler" sort of way.

  1. ^ http://community.itv.com/archive/index.php/t-4625.html
  2. ^ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1:120006526/Big+Brother~C~+BUNNY+BROILER%3B+-Jealous+Michelle~C~+I+cant+wait+for+chicken+Stu+-But+hes+still+mine+says+girlfriend+Laura~R~(Features).html?refid=SEO
  3. ^ http://news.viewlondon.co.uk/Ant_haunted_by_bunny-boiler_Craig_15058394.html
  4. ^ http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=15800443&method=full&siteid=55768&headline=-watch-out-ant-craig-s-a-psycho--name_page.html
  5. ^ http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/B/bb7/news/newsstory.jsp?id=1312&articleMask=1&housemateId=
  6. ^ http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000CA8CC.htm

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