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tenderoni en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌtɛndəˈɹoʊni/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˌtɛndəˈɹəʊni/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Blend of tender + macaroni, a former trademark in the United States for a brand of quick-cooking macaroni introduced in the 1930s.

Meanings

1. (slang) A younger (often female) love interest.
   • Sweet tenderoni, a man should never be lonely / Sweet tenderoni, girl if I could only / I got my eye, I got my eye on you, ah you 1976 September, Allan Felder, “Sweet Tenderoni”, in Goin’ Up in Smoke, performed by Eddie Kendricks:
   • Only tenderonis can give a special love / A special kind of love that makes you feel good inside 1988 December 27, Babyface, Darnell Bristol, “Roni”, in Don’t Be Cruel, performed by Bobby Brown:
   • “Yeah, my game was pretty tight last night. I scored two tenderonies. I don't know their names. Anyway, madam, I wanna dispute some of these charges on my cell phone bill. I don't know anyone in Victorville. Oh, oh. No, no. No, no, no. Wait, wait. Yeah, I do. I do. Sorry.” [Beeps] 2007 April 29, Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwartz, “When a Stan Loves a Woman” (11:42 from the start), in American Dad!, season 3, episode 16, spoken by Roger (Seth MacFarlane):
   • Tenderoni, you've got to be / Spark my nature, sugar, fly with me 1983 September 19, James Ingram, Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)”, in Thriller, performed by Michael Jackson:
   • I must admit to having been somewhat taken back by the question posed to me by the young tenderoni. "Are you desperately lonely?" he had asked a few minutes after we had pulled up in front of his dwelling, after having shared an intimate spell together and then grabbing a fast-food combo. 2008 June, Nina Tracy, “Prologue: Lonely?”, in Twenty-Eight Days, West Babylon, N.Y.: Urban Soul, →ISBN, page 3:

Forms

Relateds

jailbait · sugar daddy · May-September romance

Translations (1)

fi nuorempi (younger (often female) love interest)

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