centerfold, centrefold
(noun) a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature
Source: WordNet® 3.1
centerfold (plural centerfolds) (American spelling)
The single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication.
A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
The person appearing in such a photograph.
Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
• (single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine)
• (large photograph printed on this sheet): pin-up
• (person appearing in such a photograph): pin-up, pin-up girl (woman)
• (very sexually attractive person): babe (woman), beefcake (man), doll (woman), fox (woman), hunk (man), stud muffin (man)
• (very sexually attractive person): crone (woman), fright, hag (woman), monster
• centrefold
Source: Wiktionary
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
