promposal

plural promposals · alternative prom-posal

1. informalAn invitation, especially one which is made in an elaborate manner, in which the invitee is asked to accompany the inviter to a prom.

   Rebecca Leet, 17, had an audience of more than 250 people for a prom-posal from her boyfriend, Joe Nelson, 18.

   2012 April 22, Beth J. Harpaz, "‘Prom-posal’: Clever, elaborate prom invite, Washington Times / AP (retrieved 25 April 2013)

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   Once posed as a timid "Will you go to prom with me?" in the locker room, the promposal is now an extravagant public affair: Think choreographed dance numbers, serenades, elaborate scavenger hunts and dramatic staging.

   2011 May 26, Zosia Bielski, “‘Promposals’ ratchet up the fun, and the competition”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, retrieved 25 Apr 2013

   Promposals can mimic marriage proposals — dropping down to one knee, and all that — or they can be more fun. Most appear to simply spell “prom?” in a creative way, and involve flowers.

   2013 April 16, William Wolfe-Wylie, “It’s the season for promposals, the new trend in high school love”, in canada.com, retrieved 25 Apr 2013

   “So, if we want to make an impulse promposal, we hold the door up, and ask him to go to prom, and then shoot the confetti gun.” “Simple. Tasteful. Elegant.”

   2023 May 14, Caroline Levich, “For Whom the Smell Tolls Adventure Part One)” (6:20 from the start), in The Great North, season 3, episode 21, spoken by Judy Tobin (Jenny Slate)