promlike

comparative more promlike · superlative most promlike

1. Resembling or characteristic of a prom.

   Fathers escort their daughters to these promlike balls, where at some point — between the dancing, food, and entertainment (largely involving little girls doing ballet around big wooden crosses) — the girls recite a pledge vowing to be chaste until marriage...

   2009, Jessica Valenti, The purity myth, page 65