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afterparty

British  
/ ˈɑːftəˌpɑːtɪ /

noun

  1. a small party held after a larger event, such as a pop concert or film première, to which only a select group of guests is invited

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Joel Kim Booster’s ideal Sunday Funday involves breakfast burritos, Ginger Rogers Beach, Chinese food, El Cid and an afterparty at his place.

From Los Angeles Times

The flash of a digital camera went off like a strobe as Yair Lopez documented his friends before their night at an afterparty.

From Los Angeles Times

He also co-headlined an hour-long B2B with Night 1 Dreamstate headliner Gareth Emery early Sunday morning, as the top-billed act for the festival’s afterparty in the Grand Salon of the iconic Queen Mary.

From Los Angeles Times

Later, at Paramount Brooklyn, where Mamdani’s official party had wrapped, the afterparty was pure New York fever dream: Hasan Piker, Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, Abby Stein, Mahmoud Khalil, and half the city’s activist class under one roof.

From Slate

One afterparty was hosted by Cluely, whose chief executive said he was put on academic probation at Columbia University for building an AI tool marketed as able to “cheat on everything,” providing help to ace university tests, job interviews and sales pitches.

From The Wall Street Journal