homework folder

English

Alternative forms

• "homework" folder

Etymology

From homework +‎ folder (“a virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other subfolders may be stored”), from the notion that a folder containing pornography would be hidden by disguising it under a generic false name.

Unrelated to homework (“(slang, euphemism) sexual intercourse”).

Noun

homework folder (plural homework folders)

1. (Internet slang, humorous or euphemistic) A personal digital collection of pornography, erotica and suggestive material, often images, hosted on a private folder, album, gallery, etc.
2. (Internet slang, by extension) A hidden folder (directory).
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see homework,‎ folder (a folder containing homework).