homework folder

noun — 3 senses

homework folder

noun

US /ˈhoʊmwəɹk ˌfoʊldəɹ/

Etymology From homework + folder (“a virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other subfolders may be stored”), from the notion that a folder containing pornography would be hidden by disguising it under a generic false name. Unrelated to homework (“(slang, euphemism) sexual intercourse”).

1

Internet, Euphemistic, Humorous A personal digital collection of pornography, erotica and suggestive material, often images, hosted on a private folder, album, gallery, etc.

2

Internet, Broadly A hidden folder (directory).

3

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see homework, folder (a folder containing homework).

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