May-September romance
May-September romance noun: a romantic relationship where one partner is significantly older than the other.
Noun
May-September romance (plural May-September romances)
- A romantic relationship where one partner is significantly older than the other.
- The 40-year-old man and his 20-year-old girlfriend were involved in a May-September romance.
- And, any hope for nurturing a May to September-style romance at my age would require me to stalk a geriatric ward.2025 May 24, Jo Ellison, “The exquisite cringe of the age-gap romance”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21
- Synonyms:
- May-December romance
Synonyms of May-September romance
- May-December romance
Forms of May-September romance
| plural | May-September romances |
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Origin of May-September romance
From the metaphor of a year being the lifespan of a person, May being a time of relative youth and September being late in maturity.
Questions about May-September romance
- What does May-September romance mean?
- May-September romance means a romantic relationship where one partner is significantly older than the other.
- What part of speech is May-September romance?
- May-September romance is a noun.
- What is the plural of May-September romance?
- The plural of May-September romance is May-September romances.
Words near May-September romance in the dictionary
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