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showmances

showmances is the plural of showmance.

Meaning of showmance

Noun

showmance (countable and uncountable, plural showmances)

  1. (colloquial) A romance between cast members or production crew of a play or television show (often reality shows) which only lasts the duration of the show, or its filming.
    • I notoriously fell for my leading man. I really did. By the third or fourth leading man I said "No, Mom, it's real. I love him. I know it is sort of like a pattern but I love him." There is legitimacy to a showmance."2004, David Wienir, Jodie Langel, Making It on Broadway: Actors' Tales of Climbing to the Top, New York, Allworth Communications, Inc., →ISBN, page 115

Questions about showmances

What is showmances the plural of?
Showmances is the plural of showmance.

Words near showmances in the dictionary

  1. showjumps
  2. showless
  3. showlike
  4. showman
  5. showmance
  6. showmances
  7. showmanish
  8. showmanism
  9. showmanlike
  10. showmanly
  11. showmanry

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