sexpectation

English

Etymology

Blend of sex +‎ expectation.

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Noun

sexpectation (plural sexpectations)

1. (rare, humorous) Expectation of or relating to sex.
   • 1996, Robert G. Barnes, Rosemary J. Barnes, Great Sexpectations: Finding Lasting Intimacy in Your Marriage‎^[1], Zondervan, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 41:

     Once each couple has been able to get past the sexpectation that they are both going to react to their relationship from the same perspective, then they can get on with learning.

   • 1997 November 25, Catmancrew, “Why only few women on SCN?”, in soc.culture.nepal‎^[2] (Usenet):

     The (s)expectation is also built by the influence of American
     > movies one might get to watch in Nepal with "Sexually Explicit
     > Contents", "Nudity" etc.... In addition if one reads novels and such,
     > then this sexpectation is enhanced some more...

   • 2018 August 7, Kristan Higgins, Good Luck with That‎^[3], Penguin, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC:

     […] , and was perfectly pleasant when I told him I had parent-teacher conferences the next morning and needed my sleep.
     Which brought us to today. The sexpectation date.

Related terms

• sexpect

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