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man date

man date noun: a platonic outing by two (typically straight) men, often in settings that would otherwise be reserved for romantic encounters.

Noun

man date (plural man dates)

  1. (colloquial) A platonic outing by two (typically straight) men, often in settings that would otherwise be reserved for romantic encounters.
    • Anyone who finds a date with a potential romantic partner to be a minefield of unspoken rules should consider the man date, a rendezvous between two straight men that is even more socially perilous.2005 April 10, Jennifer 8. Lee, “The Man Date”, in The New York Times
    • Moss: Oh, he's long gone, although Roy's got a man date with him.
    • Roy: It is not a man date. I am not a man-woman. We are not married. I am not your wife!2007 September 7, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, season 2, episode 3

Examples of man date in a sentence

  • We were set up on a man date, and the next thing you know we were cooking for our first competition!2010, Jason Day, Aaron Chronister, BBQ Makes Everything Better, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 17:
  • Just three buddies having a Sunday afternoon man date at a faux dive bar.2011, Tod Goldberg, The Bad Beat, Penguin, →ISBN, page 62:

Forms of man date

pluralman dates
alternative formmandate
alternative formman-date

Origin of man date

From man (“adult male”) + date (“meeting with a romantic partner”).

Questions about man date

What does man date mean?
Man date means a platonic outing by two (typically straight) men, often in settings that would otherwise be reserved for romantic encounters.
How do you use man date in a sentence?
We were set up on a man date, and the next thing you know we were cooking for our first competition!
What part of speech is man date?
Man date is a noun.
What is the plural of man date?
The plural of man date is man dates.

Words near man date in the dictionary

  1. Man City
  2. man crush
  3. man crushes
  4. man cunt
  5. man cunts
  6. man date
  7. man dates
  8. man day
  9. man days
  10. man down
  11. man engine

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