after-party

or af·ter·par·ty or af·ter par·ty

[ af-ter-pahr-tee, ahf- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural af·ter-par·ties.

a usually exclusive party that takes place after a performance or other event or after the main party:
The screening of the premiere was followed by an afterparty.

First recorded in 1940–45; after ( def ) + party ( def )

An after-party was held at the Diamond Horseshoe nightclub at the Paramount Hotel on West 46th Street.

After the ceremony the lead members of Nirvana headed into the hip part of town to play a secret after-party show at a nightclub.

It was September 1996 at an MTV Video Music Awards after-party in New York.

He threw the after-party at his then-home with his wife, the national security commentator Elise Jordan.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, hotels pitch in-room cocktails as pre-party (or after-party) fuel.

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