PROMPOSAL Definition & Meaning

promposal

[ prom-poh-zuhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the act of inviting a date to a prom, often using props or gifts in a staged or choreographed scene:
The elaborate promposals at our school have become insanely competitive.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of promposal¹

First recorded 2005–10; blend of prom ( def ) + proposal ( def )

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But everyone is at least a little insincere, even the killer, whose mocking arrangements of rose petals and dismembered organs resemble a high school promposal.

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“I have been so impressed with everything that’s been going on there with this crazy idea to get me to come back,” Bacon told Payson’s students, who waited with bated breath for an answer to their long-winded “promposal.”

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The promposal ends up being a disaster that sends Theo into an existential crisis.

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He obliged, fake-searching one boy’s bag — as he blamed the watching girl for any contraband — only to pull out a “promposal” sign.

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But when someone leaks his plans, the countdown to his promposal becomes a countdown to find the homophobic hacker.

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