prommy

comparative more prommy · superlative most prommy

1. informaluncommonResembling or characteristic of a prom.

   I got married last Feb. and ALL the bridal shops had only "prommy" dresses and strapless/spaghetti strap.

   1999 January 3, Tracyarts, “bridesmaid dresses?”, in alt.fashion (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025

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   I ADORED that place....the real Honest-ta-Christ 50's prommy dresses with nine yards of crinoline underneath so they could stand up all on their own.

   1999 October 28, betnoir, “Fallen Angel...”, in alt.callahans (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025

   I have a question - the stack of videos that hell hound raiser guy used to condition the hell hounds to attack ppl in formal wear included a bunch of classic prommy movies like Pretty in Pink, Carrie etc, and...Pump Up the Volume.

   2000 March 21, Angel, “The Prom-redux - Random comments”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025

   “You know,” I say, “she has that prommy dress, and the tiara and those banana curls. And no one looks like themselves at the prom, but—” “Yeah, I’ve seen your prom picture, in the Farrah-wannabe getup,” Franklin says.

   2007, Hank Phillippi Ryan, chapter 6, in Face Time (Charlotte McNally; 2), Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin Next, →ISBN, pages 70–71

   Elizabeth says, “My dress only cost $160, but I want to get something really beautiful when I’m a senior so I bought something pretty inexpensive this year.” Describing her dress to the others, she says, “It’s very prommy. I mean, it’s over the top, but I like it.”

   2008 March 20, Sarah A. Chase, “Social Worlds: How Girls and Guys Do It Differently”, in Perfectly Prep: Gender Extremes at a New England Prep School (Child Development in Cultural Context), Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 66

   “What are you looking for exactly?” […] “Something with a lot of color. Something glamorous but not prommy.” “Prommy? Congratulations, Mrs. Webster. You’ve just hatched a new word.”

   2008 September 2, Laura Preble, “Dress to Confess (or The Secret Lives of Liars)”, in Prom Queen Geeks (The Queen Geek Social Club; 3), New York, N.Y.: Berkley Jam, →ISBN, pages 183–184

present singular third person prommies · participle present prommying · participle past prommied · past prommied

1. childishrareTo promise.

   Hi.. […] I prommied Pia ( viking) to say Hi to everyone...

   1996 August 27, Anja C. Olsen, “I am back after a wet summer...”, in alt.good.morning (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Dec 2025

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   It’s all my fault! I’m super-duper sorry, please forgive me, I’ll never say another rude word in my life, I’m so sorry, cross my heart and hope to die, it’s all my fault, I prommy!

   2024, Teren Mikami, translated by TNFWIBYLU Translation Team, “There’s No Freaking Way I Can Be Buddy-Buddy with Kaho-chan!”, in There’s No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless..., volume 4, [Los Angeles, Calif.]: Airship, →ISBN

   “I gotta drive myself,” Jack slurs. “I’ll wait until I’m sober, I prommy.”

   2025, Alex Crespo, chapter 21, in A Feast for the Eyes, Atlanta, Ga.: Peachtree Teen, →ISBN

plural prommies

1. informalrareA promenade.

   ‘It’s in my cabin,’ replied Daniel. / ‘So wot now? Ain’t I supposed to be gettin’ the air on the prommy deck?’

   2011, Sean McMullen, “Hunter”, in Changing Yesterday, Melbourne, Vic.: Ford Street Publishing, →ISBN, page 321

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   The working girls operate by instinct. In the last year instinct has told them to forget the Americana. Why make do with junior-prommies? Leave Broadway to the nickel-and-dime hookers and their Metropole trade with the long necks and short pockets. The old Prostitutes’ Promenade along Central Park South is shopworn.

   1971 July 26, Gail Sheehy, “Wide Open City/Part I: The New Breed”, in New York, volume 4, number 30, New York, N.Y.: NYM Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25, column 3

   “Let him.” / “Let him do things to you that make my misfortunes look like a spring stroll down the prommy?” I shook my head.

   2013, Lynn Viehl [pseudonym; Sheila Lynn Kelly], chapter 3, in His Lordship Possessed (Disenchanted & Co.; 2), New York, N.Y.: Pocket Star Books, →ISBN