flingee

flingee

English

Etymology

fling +‎ -ee

Noun

flingee (plural flingees)

1. (informal) A person with whom one has a fling, or casual romance.
   • 2008, Wendy Etherington, Hot Pursuit (page 241)

     He never thought of her as temporary or a flingee.

   • 2011, Sheila Simonson, Larkspur

     Jay was trying to track down the flingees. Denise had never married, nor had she taken another long-term lover after Dennis's birth, though she had been seen in fashionable places with a variety of leading men.

   • 2013, Aorewa McLeod, Who Was That Woman Anyway?

     Brendy pointed out to me that a fling is different from an affair. 'A fling is definitely not serious—it's meant to be temporary and the flingees remain good friends afterwards.'

Anagrams

• feeling, fine leg, fleeing