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sausagefest

sausagefest noun: an event populated almost entirely by men, with few or no women.

Noun

sausagefest (plural sausagefests)

  1. (humorous, informal) An event populated almost entirely by men, with few or no women.
    • This party is a total sausagefest! Let's call Sarah and have her bring some of her girlfriends over.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sausage, -fest: a party featuring a sausage feast; a festival celebrating sausagemaking.
    • Miscellaneous Functions. (Edited by Malcolm C. Fraser, Department Historian, 176 Railroad Ave., White Plains, N. Y.) Past. March 21. Major Louis B. Lawton Camp No. 39 held its annual sausagefest at Krause's Tavern, Auburn. April 13. Manhattan Camp No. 1 entertained the patronesses of the Camp at...1911, United Spanish War Veterans, “Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Encampment, Saratoga Springs, N. Y., August 1–3, 1910”, in Proceedimgs of the United Spanish War Veterans, Department of New...
    • "No, that's not the answer, Doc—all that runs for Sweeney. Being a minority is nothing new to a Democrat, but he used to wear a cauliflower ear as if it was a medal. Now he's got no more fight in his system than Jack Dempsey. All you can get out of him is 'What fork would you use if invited to a...1926 March 17, Felix Ray, “The Babygrand Old Party”, in The New Republic, volume 46, number 589, page 100

Examples of sausagefest in a sentence

  • Lawton Camp No. 39 held its annual sausagefest at Krause's Tavern, Auburn.1911, United Spanish War Veterans, “Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Encampment, Saratoga Springs, N. Y., August 1–3, 1910”, in...
  • All you can get out of him is 'What fork would you use if invited to a White House sausagefest?'1926 March 17, Felix Ray, “The Babygrand Old Party”, in The New Republic, volume 46, number 589, page 100:

Synonyms of sausagefest

Forms of sausagefest

pluralsausagefests
alternative formsausage fest

Origin of sausagefest

From sausage + -fest, the figurative sense involving a phallic reference, with tongue-in-cheek echo of the literal use.

Questions about sausagefest

What does sausagefest mean?
Sausagefest means an event populated almost entirely by men, with few or no women.
How do you use sausagefest in a sentence?
Lawton Camp No. 39 held its annual sausagefest at Krause's Tavern, Auburn.
What part of speech is sausagefest?
Sausagefest is a noun.
What is the plural of sausagefest?
The plural of sausagefest is sausagefests.

Words near sausagefest in the dictionary

  1. sausage wallet
  2. sausage wallets
  3. sausage-like
  4. sausage-making
  5. sausaged
  6. sausagefest
  7. sausagefests
  8. sausageless
  9. sausagelike
  10. sausagemaker
  11. sausagemakers

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