dirty weekend
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8.8
- noun
- Offensive
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escapada erótica
- They planned a dirty weekend in Paris to escape their busy lives.
Examples
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For our anniversary, we booked a dirty weekend getaway to a seaside resort where we can relax and enjoy each other's company.
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We are planning a dirty weekend at a cozy cabin in the woods for just the two of us.
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Rumors of his latest dirty weekend caused quite a stir at the office.
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She joked about needing a dirty weekend with her boyfriend after months apart.
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They planned a dirty weekend in Paris.
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She surprised him with a dirty weekend getaway.
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She mentioned wanting to escape for a dirty weekend, somewhere private where they wouldn't be interrupted.
Synonyms
A short secret trip for a romantic or sexual meeting, often an affair
How Secretive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a weekend spent on lewd/sexual activities' is directly compositional from 'dirty' (lewd/indecent) modifying 'weekend' (a leisure period), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the sexual/romantic getaway sense. Context may disambiguate from literal physical dirtiness, but the adjective+noun composition and similar patterns in other languages make the phrase readily understandable.
Etymology
Dirty weekend likely comes from the simple picture of a short break where dirty means 'naughty' and weekend means a short time away from home. That's why dirty weekend now means a weekend spent for secret romantic or sexual activities.