affair:

1. Euphemism for the male or female genitals . See penis and vagina for synonyms.

Quote: Shakespeare, Sonnet 151 , refers to the female genitals : ' To stand in thy affairs , fall by thy side '.

2. In gay Britain, one's current lover .

3. Have an affair , to have a romantic or sexual relationship , especially one of short duration.
Synonyms: affair-of-the-heart ; affaire-d'amour ; affaire-de-coeur ; intimacy ; love-affair ; amourette ; fling ; liaison ; relationship ; romance ; romantic-affair .

4. Have/having an affair , to have a secretive, extramarital relationship . See affair [SYN] for synonyms.

Quotes:

(1) Leo Schneider (Joseph Bologna) to Faye Medwick (Valerie Harper) in Chapter Two (1979): ' I can't be faithful to my wife and I hate the guilt that comes from fooling-around . So I compromise. I have a lot of unpleasurable affairs .'

(2) Jess (Bruno Kirby) and Harry (Billy Crystal) in When Harry Met Sally (1989):
-- Jess: ' Marriages don't break-up on account of infidelity . It's just a symbol that something else is wrong .'
-- Harry: ' Really?! Well, that symbol is fucking my wife .'

(3) Shirlee Kenyan (Dolly Parton) hosting a radio call-in show in Straight Talk (1992): ' Now let me get this straight . You got a wife and you got a girlfriend in the office? Did you say your name was Bud or Stud? I'm sorry, but it sounds to me like you're living your life so crooked you have to screw your socks on. Having an affair is like shooting pool on two tables. You may have the balls , Bud, but you're gonna wear out your stick .'

(4) A journalist (Michael O'Keefe) to Nina (Laura San Giacomo) in Nina Takes a Lover (1995): ' The question is which is the greater sin . Taking a lover or putting your lover in a position where they need another .'

(5) Christina (Elizabeth Pena) about her affair with Governor Farley in The Second Civil War (1998): ' It was an affair ... let's keep it at that. '

Synonyms: bit-of-beef, a-bit-of-bouncy-bouncy, a bit of business, a bit of bum-dancing, a-bit-of-butt, a-bit-of-cauliflower, a bit of cock-fighting, a-bit-of-crumpet, a-bit-of-cuddle, a bit of cunt, a bit of curly greens, a-bit-of-fat, a bit of fish, a-bit-of-flat, a-bit-of-fork, a-bit-of-front-door-work, a-bit-of-fun, a-bit-of-hair, a-bit-of-how's-yer-father, a-bit-of-it, a-bit-of-nifty, a-bit-of-nobble, a-bit-of-nookey, a-bit-of-pork, a bit of quimsy, a-bit-of-raspberry, a-bit-of-rough, a-bit-of-rumpty-tumpty, a-bit-of-rumpy-bumpy, a-bit-of-rumpy-pumpy, a-bit-of-snug, a-bit-of-the-other, a-bit-of-skin, a-bit-of-snug-for-a-bit-of-stiff, a-bit-of-stiff, a-bit-of-the-old-in-and-out, a bit on a / the fork, a-dash-up-the-channel, a-knee-trembler, a little game of hide-the-sausage, a-little-o-the-one-with-tother, a-little-one-on-one, a piece of crumpet, a-poke-in-the-whiskers, a-poke-through-the-whiskers, a-spot-of-Cupids-archery, a spot hard breathing, a-squeeze-and-a-squirt, accommodate, act, the, act-of-androgynation, act-of-darkness, act-of-generation, act-of-kind, act-of-love, act-of-pleasure, act-of-shame, act-of-sport, Adam-and-Eve-it, adamize, afternoon-delight, all-the-way, all there but the most of you, amorous-congress, amorous-rites, ashes-hauled, assault-with-a-friendly-weapon, at-it, baby-making-love, bag, bag-up, bag-of-coke, bait-the-hook, balaclava, ball, balling, balling-the-jack, balls-eye, baloney-hop, baloney ride, bam-bam, banana, bananas-and-cream, bandicooting, bang, bang-away, bang-like-a-shithouse-door-(in-a-gale), bang like a shithouse door (in the wind), banging, banging away, Barrer-Moke, bash-leather, basket-making, bat-up, bawdy-banquet, bayonet-drill, BBQ'N, be-intimate-with, be-with-a-woman, beanfeast

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