stoplight party
[ stop-lahyt pahr-tee ]
/ ˈstɒpˌlaɪt ˌpɑr ti /
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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.
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Also called traf·fic light par·ty .
Origin of stoplight party
First recorded in 2005–10
Words nearby stoplight party
stop-go, stop in, stoping, stop knob, stoplight, stoplight party, stop-limit order, stop-loss, stop-loss clause, stop motion, stop-off
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