man date

See also: mandate, Mandate, and mandaté

English

Alternative forms

mandate
man-date

Etymology

From man (“adult male”) +‎ date (“meeting with a romantic partner”).

Noun

man date (plural man dates)

(colloquial) A platonic outing by two (typically straight) men, often in settings that would otherwise be reserved for romantic encounters.
- 2023 April 10, Jennifer 8. Lee, “The Man Date”, in The New York Times‎^[t]:
  Anyone who finds a date with a potential romantic partner to be a minefield of unspoken rules should consider the man date, a rendezvous between two straight men that is even more socially perilous.
- 2007 September 7', Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 3:
  Moss: Oh, he's long gone, although Roy's got a man date with him.
  Roy: It is not a man date. I am not a man-woman. We are not married. I am not your wife!
- 2010, Jason Day and Aaron Chronister, BBQ Makes Everything Better, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 17:
  We were set up on a man date, and the next thing you know we were cooking for our first competition!
- 2011, Tod Goldberg, The Bad Beat, Penguin, →ISBN, page 62:
  Just three buddies having a Sunday afternoon man date at a faux dive bar.

单词	man date
释义	man date See also: mandate, Mandate, and mandaté English Alternative forms mandate man-date Etymology From man (“adult male”) +‎ date (“meeting with a romantic partner”). Noun man date (plural man dates) (colloquial) A platonic outing by two (typically straight) men, often in settings that would otherwise be reserved for romantic encounters. 2023 April 10, Jennifer 8. Lee, “The Man Date”, in The New York Times‎^[t]: Anyone who finds a date with a potential romantic partner to be a minefield of unspoken rules should consider the man date, a rendezvous between two straight men that is even more socially perilous. 2007 September 7', Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 3: Moss: Oh, he's long gone, although Roy's got a man date with him. Roy: It is not a man date. I am not a man-woman. We are not married. I am not your wife! 2010, Jason Day and Aaron Chronister, BBQ Makes Everything Better, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 17: We were set up on a man date, and the next thing you know we were cooking for our first competition! 2011, Tod Goldberg, The Bad Beat, Penguin, →ISBN, page 62: Just three buddies having a Sunday afternoon man date at a faux dive bar.
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