promposal
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- noun
- /ˈprɑːmˌpoʊzl/
- Slang
- Many students are sharing videos of their promposals online, showcasing their unique ways to ask someone to the dance.
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Watch on YouTubeThat's just how they show affection over there in Russia, if a boy surrounds your house with tanks, that is a promposal.
- That's just how they show affection over there in Russia, if a boy surrounds your house with tanks, that is a promposal.
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But just as quickly as promposals have.
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So I decided, being the strong, independent woman who don't need no man but would very much like one that I am, I was going to do my own promposal.
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So, wait, how did the promposal with Jenny go?
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Andrew brought his teacher in on his promposal.
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Students, especially teenage boys, are feeling pressure to stand out from their peers with a big "promposal."
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A lot of these promposals are posted on social media sites.
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Okay, so it was prom season and all the dudes were, like, doing these promposal things.
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"This is their way of sort of strutting their stuff, showing how much money they spend on a promposal, how much energy they can put into it," Van Petten says.
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Van Petten says that while a promposal may seem incredibly audacious to adults, that's not always the case.
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The elaborate promposal that Ryan planned involved a flash mob at the school cafeteria.
Synonyms
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A short informal note asking someone to come to an event
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Etymology
Promposal joins prom and proposal. It is like a playful 'proposal' to go to the school 'prom', often a fancy, creative invitation, so it means a special way to ask someone to prom.