spur of the moment passion
- spur of the moment passion
unpremeditated extramarital copulation
Not momentary anger or other forms of suffering:
... spur of the moment passion with a married woman... (Daily Telegraph, April 1980)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms.
R. W. Holder.
2014.
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