Ugandan affairs

短语

发音

UK /juːˌɡændən əˈfɛəz/
其它
UK /jʊ-/
US /(j)uˌɡɑndən əˈfɛɚz/
CA /juˌɡændən əˈfɛɚz/

词形变化

only 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Often in the form to discuss Ugandan affairs: sexual intercourse, usually an extramarital affair.

    委婉 幽默 仅复数

词源

Probably a variant of Ugandan discussions (“(UK, euphemistic, informal) sexual intercourse”), from discuss Uganda (“(UK, euphemistic, informal) to have sex”), said to have been coined by the English journalist and poet James Fenton (born 1949), based on a 1973 incident at a party at which the Irish journalist Mary Kenny (born 1944) explained why she was in the arms of a former Ugandan cabinet minister by saying they were “upstairs discussing Uganda”. The incident was reported by the British satirical and current affairs magazine Private Eye on 9 March 1973, which then popularized the expression by using it to refer to other sexual affairs.

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