barnight

English

Etymology

bar +‎ night

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)naɪt/

Noun

barnight (plural barnights)

1. (countable, UK, Imperial College slang) An evening party, normally for a society
   • 1985 January 11, “Rector acts on indecent show”, in Felix‎^[1]:

     Another RSMU event, a South African barnight, was also cancelled last term, again after numerous press enquiries.

   • 2009 February 20, Andrew Lavery, “Andrew Lavery, Gaelic Football Captain, responds to allegations”, in Felix‎^[2]:

     On Wednesday last week at ACC Barnight it is reported that a member punched a member of Rugby for “pick-ing up one of [our] pints”.