womance en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
Blend of woman + romance.
Meanings
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(countable, informal, uncountable) A close but non-sexual relationship between women.
She shares an apartment with her best friend Sophie (Mickey Sumner, daughter of Sting and Trudie Styler; she is terrific), but then Sophie dumps her for a rich boyfriend, and although the two have quite a womance going — ‘We are the same person, but with different hair,’ they tell everybody — we are never quite sure if Sophie is true or not.
2013 July 27, Deborah Ross, “At last, a film about proper women who aren’t just drippily searching for love”, in The Spectator:“Angel goes through BFFs the way Limbaugh goes through oxy. Always has. I give their little ‘womance’ six months tops before Angel gets tired of her.”
2013, Marcia Clark, “Chapter 3”, in Inherit the Dead, Touchstone, →ISBN, page 42:“We're having an intense moment of womance here, do you mind?” Billie said.
2012, Sarah Mayberry, Within Reach, Harlequin, published 2012, →ISBN, page 12:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| womances | Number=Plur | lexicographic |