horny jail
- noun
- /ˈhɔrni dʒeɪl/
- NSFW
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cárcel del deseo
- She playfully threatened to lock him in horny jail for his flirty messages.
Examples
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After making a series of questionable jokes, his friends sent him straight to horny jail.
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Posting those comments is a one-way ticket to horny jail these days.
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He joked that he was going to send her to horny jail for her flirtatious comments.
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When she made that joke, I thought she needed a time-out in horny jail!
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After telling an inappropriate story, his friends jokingly declared he deserved a sentence in horny jail.
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With all the flirty messages she was sending, her friends warned her about ending up in horny jail.
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He was joking about being put in horny jail after making another cheeky comment online.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense — a joking or imagined ‘jail’ for people who are horny — is directly and compositionally built from 'horny' (sexually aroused) + 'jail' (place of punishment). Although slangy and humorous, the metaphor of putting someone 'in jail' for a behavior is straightforward and predictable, so a learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The phrase horny jail imagines a small jail for someone who is horny (feeling sexual); friends jokingly 'send' that person there when they make flirty or sexual comments online. So, it means 'a playful punishment' for being too flirty.
