party and play

English

Noun

party and play (uncountable)

1. (sexuality) Uninhibited, high-risk sexual activity accompanied by the use of recreational drugs.

   Synonyms: chemsex, PNP

   • 2009, Vincent J. Del Casino Jr., “Living with and Experiencing Disease”, in Tim Brown, Sara McLafferty, Graham Moon, editors, A Companion to Health and Medical Geography, →DOI, →ISBN, page 198:

     Consider Steve, a 32-year-old Latino, someone interviewed as part of a larger study in Long Beach, CA, as he discusses his predilection toward identifying himself as HIV positive in party and play (drug and sex) situations (situations he sees as the essential core of gay cultural life in Long Beach).

Verb

party and play (third-person singular simple present parties and plays, present participle partying and playing, simple past and past participle partied and played)

1. (intransitive) To engage in such activity.
   • 2008, American Anthropological Association, Abstracts of the Annual Meeting, volume 107, page 294:

     And they must manage this in a gay culture founded on the liberation of sexuality, on partying and playing, but which now faces an a resurgent HIV epidemic caused by crystal meth-fueled sex […]

   • 2013, Selrach Smith, R U Looking?: A Guide to Navigating Gay Dating, page 38:

     Drugs, raw sex, sex parties, meth, HIV, herpes, hepatitis, open relationships, Partying and Playing. . . . R U Looking?