love affair

love affair
   a short-term sexual relationship
   A debasement of the original meaning, a courtship between two unmarried persons.
   Now used even for a single act of extramarital copulation:
    Do you want me to drop in for a short love affair? (I. Murdoch, 1978)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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  • Love Affair — puede referirse a: Love Affair (película de 1939), protagonizada por Irene Dunne y Charles Boyer. Love Affair (película de 1994), con Annette Bening y Warren Beatty. The Love Affair (banda), una banda londinense formada en 1966. Little Love… …   Wikipedia Español

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  • love affair — love af.fair n 1.) a romantic sexual relationship, usually between two people who are not married to each other →↑affair 2.) a strong enjoyment of something love affair with ▪ America s love affair with the automobile …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • love affair — love′ affair n. 1) a romantic relationship or episode between lovers 2) an active enthusiasm: my love affair with sailing[/ex] …   From formal English to slang

  • love affair — [n] sexual relationship outside of marriage adultery, affair, amour, devotion, extracurricular activity*, flirtation, intrigue, liaison, love, ménage à trois, passion, romance, thing, triangle; concepts 375,388 …   New thesaurus

  • love affair — ► NOUN 1) a romantic or sexual relationship, especially outside marriage. 2) an intense enthusiasm for something …   English terms dictionary

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  • love affair — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms love affair : singular love affair plural love affairs 1) a romantic sexual relationship, especially one between people who are not married to each other 2) a strong interest in something or liking for… …   English dictionary

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