prommy

UK/ˈpɹɒm.i/US/ˈpɹɑ.mi/

prommy adjective: resembling or characteristic of a prom.

Adjective

prommy (comparative more prommy, superlative most prommy)

(informal, uncommon) Resembling or characteristic of a prom.
- I got married last Feb. and ALL the bridal shops had only "prommy" dresses and strapless/spaghetti strap.1999 January 3, Tracyarts, “bridesmaid dresses?”, in alt.fashion (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025
- I ADORED that place....the real Honest-ta-Christ 50's prommy dresses with nine yards of crinoline underneath so they could stand up all on their own.1999 October 28, betnoir, “Fallen Angel...”, in alt.callahans (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025

prommy (third-person singular simple present prommies, present participle prommying, simple past and past participle prommied)

(childish, rare) To promise.
- Hi.. […] I prommied Pia ( viking) to say Hi to everyone...1996 August 27, Anja C. Olsen, “I am back after a wet summer...”, in alt.good.morning (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025
- It’s all my fault! I’m super-duper sorry, please forgive me, I’ll never say another rude word in my life, I’m so sorry, cross my heart and hope to die, it’s all my fault, I prommy!2024, Teren Mikami, translated by TNFWIBYLU Translation Team, “There’s No Freaking Way I Can Be Buddy-Buddy with Kaho-chan!”, in There’s No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless..., volume 4, [Los...

prommy (plural prommies)

(informal, rare) A promenade.
- The working girls operate by instinct. In the last year instinct has told them to forget the Americana. Why make do with junior-prommies? Leave Broadway to the nickel-and-dime hookers and their Metropole trade with the long necks and short pockets. The old Prostitutes’ Promenade along Central Park...1971 July 26, Gail Sheehy, “Wide Open City/Part I: The New Breed”, in New York, volume 4, number 30, New York, N.Y.: NYM Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25, column 3
- ‘It’s in my cabin,’ replied Daniel. / ‘So wot now? Ain’t I supposed to be gettin’ the air on the prommy deck?’2011, Sean McMullen, “Hunter”, in Changing Yesterday, Melbourne, Vic.: Ford Street Publishing, →ISBN, page 321

“You know,” I say, “she has that prommy dress, and the tiara and those banana curls.2007, Hank Phillippi Ryan, chapter 6, in Face Time (Charlotte McNally; 2), Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin Next, →ISBN, pages 70–71:
Something glamorous but not prommy.” “Prommy?2008 September 2, Laura Preble, “Dress to Confess (or The Secret Lives of Liars)”, in Prom Queen Geeks (The Queen Geek Social Club; 3), New...
“If we’re all gonna vaporize or something on Graduation Day, we deserve a little prommy fun.2012, Valerie Estelle Frankel, “The Rewards of Growing Up”, in Buffy and the Heroine’s Journey: Vampire Slayer as Feminine Chosen One...
Too prommy,” JJ said as I held it up against my chest.2015, Ali Novak, chapter 21, in The Heartbreakers (The Heartbreak Chronicles; 1), Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks Fire, published 2024, →ISBN:

Adjective
comparative	more prommy
superlative	most prommy
Verb
third-person singular present	prommies
present participle	prommying
past participle	prommied
past	prommied
Noun
plural	prommies

From prom + -y.

Clipping of promise + -y.

Clipping of promenade + -y.

What does prommy mean?: Prommy means resembling or characteristic of a prom.
How do you use prommy in a sentence?: “You know,” I say, “she has that prommy dress, and the tiara and those banana curls.
What part of speech is prommy?: Prommy can be an adjective, a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce prommy?: Prommy is pronounced /ˈpɹɑ.mi/ (US).

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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