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  1. postcoital love

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Wiktionary

  1. adj. Occurring after, or as a consequence of, sexual intercourse

Etymologies

  1. post- +‎ coital (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “The sexual connotation of such fluid possession gains definition in the sixth stanza, as a kind of postcoital relaxing.”

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  • “Indeed, basking in the postcoital glow of their longed-for fame, they'd say things such as: "There were times when we wondered if it would ever happen for us.”

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  • “In November of that year more than 30 newspapers scrapped a four-day tease in which Joanie and Rick Redfern (who later spawned Jeff) end up lying in a postcoital embrace in bed.”

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  • “I tore around the room, grabbing my jeans and sweater and boots, like we were in a race to get dressed in some bizarre postcoital TV game show.”

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  • “My momentary postcoital bliss screeched to a stop as my brain shot back into high gear.”

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  • “So Lynette kissed me, and next thing I knew we were enjoying postcoital tobacco and crickets out my window.”

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  • “In the opening moments of the new NBC sitcom — based on the British series of the same name — co-workers Alex (Hank Azaria), recently divorced, and Helen (Kathryn Hahn), whose fiancé died, are struggling with postcoital etiquette after their one-night stand, which, to hear the stars tell it, lets you know right off the bat that this is not your average love story.”

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  • “Wildly Speculative Season 5 Prediction: Well, with all that very specific, postcoital sex talk, I was going to say that I foresee a lot more scrumping in Jason's future.”

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  • “Though his postcoital high might be like happiness, fueling her with enough power to escape him, the demon would tear her with his size.”

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  • “He sounded like a white-collar criminal who might or might not knock her socks off in bed, feed her a postcoital steak au poivre, then take off for a game of pickup basketball, but not before strumming a ditty on his gee-tar, snorting cocaine from the glass coffee table in her living room, and leaving behind a wad of cash for an overpriced beauty treatment.”

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