fore pleasure, n.Definitions

Fore-pleasure (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a small pleasure offered as an incentive bonus that releases a far greater one otherwise held back, as a joke lets a suppressed insult through.

Fore-pleasure (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the writer's bribe: a little formal beauty offered up front so that a far bigger pleasure from deeper sources can be let loose.