stoplight party

[ stop-lahyt pahr-tee ]

/ ˈstɒpˌlaɪt ˌpɑr ti /

noun

a party at which each attendee wears a certain color to indicate his or her relationship status, with green indicating “single and open to a connection,” yellow indicating “possibly interested but not sure,” and red indicating “already taken or not interested”: She was shocked to see her sister’s fiancé at the stoplight party wearing a green shirt.

Words nearby stoplight party

stoper, stopes, stopgap, stoping, stoplight, stoplight party, stopover, stoppable, stoppage, stoppage time, stoppard

Origin of stoplight party

First recorded in 2005–10

Also called traf·fic light par·ty.