pound town

9.9

To have sex or party wildly

noun

Offensive

: polvo

The party last weekend was absolute pound town—everyone was dancing and celebrating wildly.

Examples

She laughed when her friend suggested taking a trip to pound town after the club closed.
They went to pound town last night!
After a few drinks, they joked about going to pound town later that night.
Let's hit pound town and have some fun!
After a few drinks, they joked about going to pound town later that night.
She laughed when her friend suggested taking a trip to pound town after the club closed.
The party last weekend was absolute pound town—everyone was dancing and celebrating wildly.

Antonyms

to abstain

18 5.0

To choose not to take something, often for health or religious reasons

Surface Forms

pound town singular

pound towns plural

Morphology

pound + town

The slang sense ('to have sex with someone' or 'party wildly') is a culturally specific, metaphorical use that is not directly predictable from 'pound' (to strike) and 'town' (a place). This colloquial/sexual meaning is idiomatic and would not be transparently inferred by a B1 learner who only knows the literal constituents.

Etymology

Pound town may come from a simple picture: pound means to hit or to have rough sex, and town is a place. So saying pound town sounds like going to a place for pounding, which is why it now means 'to have sex' or 'to party hard'.