little black book

Bachelor's phone directory

A little black book is a personal record of romantic or sexual contacts—phone numbers, names, addresses of past or potential partners.

The phrase evokes discretion and a certain rakishness: He's got quite a little black book.

More broadly, it can mean any private list of useful contacts: She keeps a little black book of reliable contractors.

Related

phone numbers · acquaintances · crushes · flings · one night stand · name · exes · pocket · journal · conquests · private · leather · urban legend · stereotype · secret · secret admirer · trope · diary

Opposites
secrecy and discretion

little black bookpublic record

Officially accessible government information

wedding announcement · engagement announcement · kiss and tell · open book

relationship type

little black bookwedding ring

Matrimonial finger ornament

marriage certificate · wedding album · commitment · monogamy · engagement ring

organizational function

little black bookplanner

Agenda for scheduling

day planner · calendar · appointment book · agenda · scheduler

Family

little, black, book, littler, littlest, littleness, blacker, blackest, blacken

Familiarity
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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG