Party

Not to be confused with Political party.
The Life and Soul, the man who will never go home while there is one man, woman or glass of anything not yet drunk
    —Katherine Whitehorn

A party is a gathering of people, usually invited by a host, for the purposes of socialising, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will often feature food and beverages, conversation, music, dancing, and other forms of entertainment.

Quotes

  • The sooner every party breaks up the better.
  • And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
    For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
  • I entertained on a cruising ship that was so much fun that I had to sink my yacht to make my guests go home.
  • I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited – they went there.
  • It’s party time! P-A-R-T-Why? Because I gotta!
  • HE: Have you heard it's in the stars
    Next July we collide with Mars?
    SHE: Well, did you evah!
    What a swell party this is.
  • Certainly, there is nothing else here to enjoy.
    • George Bernard Shaw, when asked if he was enjoying himself at a party.
    • Reported in: Pass the Port (Oxfam, 1976)
  • 'So like one's first parties,' said Miss Runcible, 'being sick with other people singing.'
  • The Life and Soul, the man who will never go home while there is one man, woman or glass of anything not yet drunk.

Idioms

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