henfest

English

Etymology

From hen +‎ fest.

Noun

henfest (plural henfests)

1. (informal) A rowdy party for women.
   • 2007 August 26, S.S. Fair, “Let the Dames Begin”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The Samurai Sipper has often fantasized similarly, only I’d pass on Thomas Jefferson and have Edie Falco over for a post-Carmela henfest instead.

   • 2009, Shannon McKenna, Tasting Fear, page 32:

     He'd video-streamed a segment of last night's drunken henfest in the kitchen to Haupt, but the humorless had prick been unamused. All that had interested the boss last night had been the jeweled pendants.