Idiom
half-night stand
Meaning
A single sexual encounter between two individuals, lasting for less than an entire night, where at least one of the partners has no immediate intention or expectation of establishing a longer-term sexual or romantic relationship.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“They left quickly after their half-night stand.”
“He felt awkward when his date left immediately after their half-night stand, leaving him alone in the apartment.”
“The brief encounter was nothing more than a half-night stand, leaving both parties to depart before the sun had even begun to rise.”
Examples
simple
“They left quickly after their half-night stand.”
contextual
“He felt awkward when his date left immediately after their half-night stand, leaving him alone in the apartment.”
complex
“The brief encounter was nothing more than a half-night stand, leaving both parties to depart before the sun had even begun to rise.”
Origin
Back formation from one-night stand.
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