Canadian secretary syndrome
n.— «In Barbados, female sex tourism has been dubbed “Canadian secretary syndrome.” In Martinique, locals refer to incoming flights of Air Canada as “Air Coucoune”—French for “Air Pussy.”» —“Sex tourism in full boom” by Jeff Heinrich Ottawa Citizen (Ontario, Canada) Jan. 8, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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