homework folder
English
Alternative forms
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 (“sexual intercourse”) (slang, euphemistic).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊmwəɹk ˌfoʊldəɹ/
Noun
homework folder (plural homework folders)
- (Internet slang, humorous or euphemistic) A computer folder, album, gallery, etc. containing a personal digital collection of pornography or other erotica, often images.
- (Internet slang, by extension) A hidden folder (directory).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see homework, folder (a folder containing homework).