AFFAIR
NOUNS
► ASSIGNATION a rendezvous for illicit romance or sex with a lover or prostitute → L17
► ASSIGNATION HOUSE a place to meet for an illicit romance; any ‘house’ or hotel where such meetings take place → 20C sl.
► BACHIE a room or any small place kept by a man for sole living or for conducting love affairs away from the family home → 20C W. Indies
► BESOIGNE affair, business, duties, ado → 1474 obs.
► BIT ON THE SIDE a love affair; extra-marital sex → 1977 UK sl.
► ONE-NIGHT STAND a brief affair or sexual liaison → 1963 sl.
► TRYSTING-OUT a clandestine meeting between a married man and a married woman who are not married to each other → 1952 Amer. dial.
► WHING-DING ► WING-DING an affair or sexual encounter → 20C US
NOUNS – PERSON
► BABY-FARMER an older person, usually a woman, who prefers affairs with people much younger than themselves → 1979 sl.
► BABY-SNATCHER a person who has a sexual relationship with a much younger partner → 1900 derogatory
► BEARD a person who helps two people to conceal a clandestine love affair by escorting one of them in public → 1968 sl., orig. US
► ONE-NIGHT STAND a person with whom one has a brief affair → 1963 sl.
VERBS
► CHUCK to end an affair; to reject a lover → 1883 sl.
► DATE ► DATE UP to have an affair with someone; to be going out together on a number of pre-arranged days → 20C sl., orig. US
► HANG ONE ON to have an affair → 1974 US sl.
► HAVE A BIT ON THE SIDE to indulge in an extramarital affair → L20 colloq.
► JAUL ► JAWL ► JOL to have an affair with; to flirt; to ‘carry on’ → 1960 S. Afr.
► KICK IT WITH SOMEONE to be sexually involved with someone, esp. to have an affair → 2006 African-American sl.
► PLAY TOOTSIE ► PLAY TOOTSY of man: to have an affair → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► RUN AROUND to carry on sexual affairs, deceiving one’s primary partner → 1920 orig. US
► WALK OUT TOGETHER ► WALK OUT WITH to have a clandestine affair → 1930 UK society sl.
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