Dictionary

homework folder en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhoʊmwəɹk ˌfoʊldəɹ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From homework + folder (“a virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other subfolders may be stored”), from the notion that a folder containing pornography would be hidden by disguising it under a generic false name. Unrelated to homework (“sexual intercourse”) (slang, euphemistic).

Meanings

1. (Internet, euphemistic, humorous) A computer folder, album, gallery, etc. containing a personal digital collection of pornography or other erotica, often images.
2. (Internet, broadly) A hidden folder (directory).
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see homework, folder (a folder containing homework).

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