man date

plural man dates · alternative mandate · alternative man-date

1. colloquialA 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

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   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

   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