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flingee en · NOUN

Etymology

From fling + -ee.

Meanings

1. (informal) A person with whom one has a fling, or casual romance.
   • He never thought of her as temporary or a flingee. 2008, Wendy Etherington, Hot Pursuit, page 241:
   • 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. 2011, Sheila Simonson, Larkspur:
   • 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.' 2013, Aorewa McLeod, Who Was That Woman Anyway?:

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