nonromance

plural nonromances

1. alternativeAlternative form of non-romance.

   But they did not date each other, sparking among friends a lot of ribbing about their nonromance.

   2003 March 16, “[Weddings/Celebrations] Jennifer Brown, Kent Bonniwell”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015

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   Lafayette wants you to fall in love with it, but it tries too hard in some ways and not hard enough in others. It’s a restaurant that is a little too easy to place in the friend zone. The nonromance starts at the door.

   2013 June 26, Pete Wells, “French Class Is in Session”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2013

   What advertising it did have focused on Efron, who has never headlined a nonromance that opened to more than $10 million.

   2015 September 3, Kevin Lincoln, “How ’’We Are Your Friends’’ and Other August Flops Were Maimed by Bad Marketing”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2026

1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of non-romance.