Glossary
The words used on this site, defined plainly — one page each.
Arab companion
A companion of Arab origin — in my case Moroccan — who accompanies you to dinner, an occasion or a journey, as company rather than as a service.
ReadTravel companion
Someone who accompanies you on a journey — a weekend or a week — as company for the whole of it, not only for the evenings.
ReadDinner date
An evening built around a table — the most common way an introduction begins, and usually the best.
ReadSocial companion
Company for an occasion with other people in the room — a business dinner, an opening, a celebration.
ReadPrivate companion
A companion who is arranged directly and privately, rather than booked through an agency.
ReadDiscretion
The understanding that nothing about a meeting — who, when, or that it happened at all — is repeated or recorded.
ReadIntroduction
The first message — a few honest lines about yourself and what you had in mind — that an arrangement begins with.
ReadCompanion etiquette
The small courtesies that make an evening easy: punctuality, dressing for the room, discretion, and no surprises.
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