wet dream
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wet dream (plural wet dreams)
- (idiomatic) An ejaculation or orgasm while asleep, often accompanying an erotic dream.
- 1985, David Lewis, "British playwright makes a mountain out of a Mole" (review of The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend), The Globe and Mail (Toronto), 9 Jan., p. E22:
- His mother is having an affair with the man next door, is reading Germain Greer's The Female Eunuch—which spawns Adrian's first wet dream.
- 1985, David Lewis, "British playwright makes a mountain out of a Mole" (review of The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend), The Globe and Mail (Toronto), 9 Jan., p. E22:
- (idiomatic, by extension) An exciting fantasy; a very appealing, ideal thing, person, or state-of-affairs.
- 1986, Liam Lacey, "Same old irresistible Seeger," The Globe and Mail (Toronto), 24 Oct., p. D11:
- Bruce Springsteen may become middle America's wet dream.
- 2007, Addy Dugdale, "Betavoltaic Battery Could Power Your Laptop for Thirty Years," gizmodo.com, 2 Oct:
- The plan is, if all goes well, to have these batteries, an eco warrior's wet dream due to their non-toxicity, on sale in two or three years.
- 1986, Liam Lacey, "Same old irresistible Seeger," The Globe and Mail (Toronto), 24 Oct., p. D11:
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- (ejaculation): night emission
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