stag night
a party attended only by men
TRANSLATION
stag night = der Herrenabend, der Junggesellenabend --- GOOGLE INDEX stag night: approximately 575,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Nick Methold, prosecuting, said Mr Butler had been on a STAG NIGHT at the pub and when they left his group got into an argument with another group of which Callaghan was a member.
(Norwich Evening News)
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Wesley Heights Community Club is sponsoring a STAG NIGHT tomorrow evening at 8:30. Carl W. Mitman is chairman of the arrangements committee. The party will be given at the clubhouse.
(The Washington Post)
(Norwich Evening News)
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Wesley Heights Community Club is sponsoring a STAG NIGHT tomorrow evening at 8:30. Carl W. Mitman is chairman of the arrangements committee. The party will be given at the clubhouse.
(The Washington Post)
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stag night
noun phrase
- an all-male celebration, especially one held for a man about to be married
(Compact Oxford English Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Stag is the term for a male deer (also called a buck) and has been associated with male strength and virility for centuries. There is not much documented evidence to explain the origin of the stag night.
Many sources point to 5th century Sparta, where military comrades would feast and drink in honour of a friend on the eve of his wedding. This would mark the end of bachelorhood and the swearing of continued allegiance to male friends.
Although stag nights can be held for no apparent reason, many of them are organized for bachelors who are about to get married. Like in Sparta, it signifies the end of the single life and passage into a more "responsible" type of living.
Most stag nights involve lots of drinking. Other activities are frequently organised that some people might find inappropriate, but for others would generate a response like, "Well, boys will be boys!"
In Britain, Canada and Ireland the event is also referred to as a stag party, stag do or stag weekend. In Australia they are called bucks parties and in America bachelors parties.
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Expect Bob to be late this morning, he was at a stag night yesterday."
noun phrase
- an all-male celebration, especially one held for a man about to be married
(Compact Oxford English Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Stag is the term for a male deer (also called a buck) and has been associated with male strength and virility for centuries. There is not much documented evidence to explain the origin of the stag night.
Many sources point to 5th century Sparta, where military comrades would feast and drink in honour of a friend on the eve of his wedding. This would mark the end of bachelorhood and the swearing of continued allegiance to male friends.
Although stag nights can be held for no apparent reason, many of them are organized for bachelors who are about to get married. Like in Sparta, it signifies the end of the single life and passage into a more "responsible" type of living.
Most stag nights involve lots of drinking. Other activities are frequently organised that some people might find inappropriate, but for others would generate a response like, "Well, boys will be boys!"
In Britain, Canada and Ireland the event is also referred to as a stag party, stag do or stag weekend. In Australia they are called bucks parties and in America bachelors parties.
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Expect Bob to be late this morning, he was at a stag night yesterday."
