lights-out party

6.0

An event where people turn off all lights to support energy saving

noun

: fiesta a oscuras

During Earth Hour, our community hosted a lights-out party to support environmental awareness.

Examples

The students organized a lights-out party to experience one evening without electricity.
A lights-out party can be a fun way to teach children about saving energy.
We are hosting a lights-out party this weekend.
Did you hear about the lights-out party at Sarah's house?
During Earth Hour, our community hosted a lights-out party to support environmental awareness.
A lights-out party can be a fun way to teach children about saving energy.
The students organized a lights-out party to experience one evening without electricity.

Surface Forms

lights-out party singular

lights-out parties plural

Morphology

lights-out + party

The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'lights-out' = lights turned off and 'party' = a gathering, so a B1 learner who knows those words can infer an event where the lights are deliberately switched off. This compound follows normal English compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically accessible, making the sense immediately comprehensible.

Etymology

Lights-out party comes from the simple idea of a party where everyone turns the lights-out on purpose and sits in the dark or by candlelight. That's why it means 'an event where all the lights are turned off', often to teach people about saving energy or to mark a special occasion.