• Promposal

    Alternative forms

    Origin

    From prom + proposal

    Full definition of promposal

    Noun

    promposal

    (plural promposals)
    1. (informal) An invitation, especially one which is made in an elaborate manner, in which the invitee is asked to accompany the inviter to a prom.
      • 2011 May 26, Zosia Bielski, "‘Promposals’ ratchet up the fun, and the competition," Globe and Mail (Canada) (retrieved 25 April 2013)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.
      • 2012 April 22, Beth J. Harpaz, "‘Prom-posal’: Clever, elaborate prom invite, Washington Times
        AP
        (retrieved 25 April 2013)Rebecca Leet, 17, had an audience of more than 250 people for a prom-posal from her boyfriend, Joe Nelson, 18.
      • 2013 April 16, William Wolfe-Wylie, "It’s the season for promposals, the new trend in high school love," canada.com (retrieved 25 April 2013)Promposals can mimic marriage proposals — dropping down to one knee, and all that — or they can be more fun. Most appear to simply spell “prom?” in a creative way, and involve flowers.

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