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Adonians, The

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Adonians, The

1. A dining society that can be found in the (oldest) college of the University of Cambridge, the group consists largely of strapping young male rowers (also known as boaties). Its main events are held in the days preceding the Bumps races of Lent and Easter terms, days which are traditionally associated with carbohydrates, exercise, sobriety and, above all, manliness. Based on a lovely Greek legend about a hot young fellow called Adonis courted by older men, this society is a group of homosexual fellows and staff members taking gay undergraduates to elaborate dinner parties twice a term replete with ‘thigh slapping, knee squeezing and innuendos’.