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man date en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (colloquial) A platonic outing by two (typically straight) men, often in settings that would otherwise be reserved for romantic encounters.
   • Just three buddies having a Sunday afternoon man date at a faux dive bar. 2011, Tod Goldberg, The Bad Beat, Penguin, →ISBN, page 62:
   • We were set up on a man date, and the next thing you know we were cooking for our first competition! 2010, Jason Day, Aaron Chronister, BBQ Makes Everything Better, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 17:
   • 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. 2005 April 10, Jennifer 8. Lee, “The Man Date”, in The New York Times:
   • 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! 2007 September 7, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, season 2, episode 3:

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