sausagefest en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From sausage + -fest, the figurative sense involving a phallic reference, with tongue-in-cheek echo of the literal use.
Meanings
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(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.
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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 the 12th Regiment Armory, New York City, with refreshments, song and dance.
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 York, J.B. Lyon Company, page 121:"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 White House sausagefest?'
1926 March 17, Felix Ray, “The Babygrand Old Party”, in The New Republic, volume 46, number 589, page 100:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sausage fest | alternative | lexicographic | |
| sausagefests | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
brodown · dickfest · sausage party · brodeo
Translations (2)
da pølsefest (an event populated almost entirely by men) · es campo de nabos (an event populated almost entirely by men)