affairette

Definitions

A brief romantic relationship, especially with someone who is in a relationship with another person, or not one's regular partner.

Examples

“1976, David Edgar, Saigon Rose, Act II, Scene 4, in Plays: One, London: Methuen Drama, 1987, p. 215, It’s a poem, students learn⟳, about the symptoms of syphilis. I once had an affairette with a final year medic from Inverness who used to mumble it all the time, often at the most inopportune moments.”

““[…] I thought I’d be snapped up in six months. At the very most!” […] “What about Robert?” “Affairettes don’t count⟳.””

“Occasionally I got out afterward to cruise. Occasionally someone does spend⟳ the night with me. Twice, I've even had very sweet "affairettes" with men who made their way to my home.”

“Suddenly single at thirty, I floundered through those awful encounters, affairettes, and all-out affairs I’d tried to spare⟳ myself by marrying early and supposedly for good.”

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