passion-pit
passion pit
dated slang A place, especially a drive-in movie theater, where many young people come together on dates or romantic outings, so called because of the tendency for physical intimacy to occur there. A: "Let's go out this weekend." B: "OK, let's see what's playing at the passion pit." There's this passion pit a little ways up in the mountains where high schoolers and college kids park their cars and hook up.
See also: passion, pit
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
passion-pit
n. a drive-in movie theater; any place where young people go to neck, such as an area where teenagers park. (Dated but still heard.) She wanted me to drive down to the passion-pit, but I said I had a headache.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- passion pit
- love's young dream
- moonlight
- be (not) all moonlight and roses
- cat-and-dog life
- ship name
- sugar daddy
- a sugar daddy
- (one) could be (someone's) (parent/grandparent)
- (one) is old enough to be (someone's) (parent/grandparent)