Meaning & use

promposal

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An elaborate, often public way of asking someone to a school prom, typically involving creative gestures, signs, or performances.

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He organized a promposal with balloons and a marching band outside her classroom.

Videos of the school's most creative promposals went viral online.

A note on using this word

A blend of 'prom' and 'proposal'; this informal American term became widespread in the 2010s as promposals grew increasingly elaborate.

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