afters

British  

/ ˈɑːftəz /

noun

1. informal dessert; sweet

2. slang a confrontation or physical violence between football players immediately after they have been involved in a challenge for the ball

---

Example Sentences

The afters at the Blond — I spotted models who had just walked the show, including Joseph Rayo, Eloy and Emmanuel “Chino” Salazar.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024

Hollywood films promise happily ever afters, but those weren't the main draw for audiences of "The Little Mermaid" and "Barbie."

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2023

The joy of a buffet of elections is being able to graze on the details that emerge beyond the main headlines - the political afters while most people are gorging on the main course.

From BBC • May 9, 2021

The scene involves a group of young fairy godmothers-in-training and is further recognition of how everybody deserves their own individual happily ever afters by showing a nonbinary kid is among the new class.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2020

Dinner was prawn cocktails in wine glasses for starters, lamb chops with chef’s hats with duchesse potatoes and braised celery for main, and a Baked Alaska for "dessert," not "afters."

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell