Promposal

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An invitation, especially one which is made in an elaborate manner, in which the invitee is asked to accompany the inviter to a prom. informal

    "Once posed as a timid "Will you go to prom with me?" in the locker room, the promposal is now an extravagant public affair: Think choreographed dance numbers, serenades, elaborate scavenger hunts and dramatic staging."

  2. 2
    The act of asking someone to go to a prom with you wordnet

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"Once posed as a timid "Will you go to prom with me?" in the locker room, the promposal is now an extravagant public affair: Think choreographed dance numbers, serenades, elaborate scavenger hunts and dramatic staging."

Etymology

Blend of prom + proposal.

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