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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Prefix

Hi.

Can you please help me understand this sentece (from some TV dialogue):

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A: They're picking me up for the hen night. We are going to a big, old house in the country.
It'll be brilliant.

B: I very much doubt that, since your night begins with the word "hen", the prefix of doom...

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Why is "hen" the prefix of doom?

What is the meaning of all this?

Thanks.
  

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com: Hen's night parties, also known as bachelorette parties, are traditional celebrations of the last days of life as a single woman for a bride soon to be married. The "prefix of doom" obviously relates to the speaker's negative assessment of the prospects for married life.

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  • com: Hen's night parties, also known as bachelorette parties, are traditional celebrations of the last days of life as a single woman for a bride soon to be married.
  • The "prefix of doom" obviously relates to the speaker's negative assessment of the prospects for married life.
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I think it's a play on "hen party." (A party only for girls...)

From Ask.com:

Hen's night parties, also known as bachelorette parties, are traditional celebrations of the last days of life as a single woman for a bride soon to be married.

The "prefix of doom" obviously relates to the speaker's negative assessment of the prospects for married life.
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