propink

English

Etymology

Back-formation from propinquity.

Verb

propink (third-person singular simple present propinks, present participle propinking, simple past and past participle propinked)

(humorous) To have the effect of propinquity with regards to closeness and familiarity leading to romantic feelings.
- 1956, Ian Fleming, Diamonds are Forever, published 1965, page 155:
  "May even decide to make up and be friends. You know how they say." He beckoned to the waiter. "Nothing propinks like propinquity."
- 2009, Robert Aitken, Miniatures of a Zen Master‎:
  Some of the marriages were really quite happy. As my Nana, Florence Page Baker, used to say, "Propinquity propinks."
- 2019, Simon W. Bowmaker, When the President Calls, page 77:
  I didn't want to leave Washington because my boss, George Ball, was fond of saying that in politics nothing propinks like propinquity.'

单词	propink
释义	propink English Etymology Back-formation from propinquity. Verb propink (third-person singular simple present propinks, present participle propinking, simple past and past participle propinked) (humorous) To have the effect of propinquity with regards to closeness and familiarity leading to romantic feelings. 1956, Ian Fleming, Diamonds are Forever, published 1965, page 155: "May even decide to make up and be friends. You know how they say." He beckoned to the waiter. "Nothing propinks like propinquity." 2009, Robert Aitken, Miniatures of a Zen Master‎: Some of the marriages were really quite happy. As my Nana, Florence Page Baker, used to say, "Propinquity propinks." 2019, Simon W. Bowmaker, When the President Calls, page 77: I didn't want to leave Washington because my boss, George Ball, was fond of saying that in politics nothing propinks like propinquity.'
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