English
wikipedia|Nocturnal emission

Noun
en-noun|sg=wet dream

1. slang A nocturnal emission; an ejaculation or orgasm while asleep, often accompanied by an erotic dream.

#*1985, David Lewis, "British playwright makes a mountain out of a Mole" (review of The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend), The Globe and Mail (Toronto), 9 Jan, p. E22,
#*:His mother is having an affair with the man next door, is reading Germain Greer's The Female Eunuch�which spawns Adrian's first wet dream.

1. context|figurative|slang An exciting fantasy; a very appealing, ideal thing, person, or state-of-affairs.

#*1986, Liam Lacey, "Same old irresistible Seeger," The Globe and Mail (Toronto), 24 Oct, p. D11,
#*:Bruce Springsteen may become middle America's wet dream.
#*2007, Addy Dugdale, "Betavoltaic Battery Could Power Your Laptop for Thirty Years," gizmodo.com, 2 Oct,
#*:The plan is, if all goes well, to have these batteries, an eco warrior's wet dream due to their non-toxicity, on sale in two or three years.

Synonyms
night emission

Translations

Chinese: zh-ts|夢�|梦� (mèngyí)
Dutch: natte droom
Finnish: märkä uni
French: pollution nocturne f
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German: feuchter Traum m
Japanese: 夢精 (���, musei), �精 (���, isei)
Spanish: polución nocturna f

References
"wet dream" in the Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
"wet dream" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
"wet dream" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus © Wordsmyth 2002.

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• 2007-10-03 19:12 - WikiPedant - added verified references; added {{en-noun}}

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