Promposal vs Proposal - What's the difference?
promposal | proposal | Derived terms |
(informal) An invitation, especially one which is made in an elaborate manner, in which the invitee is asked to accompany the inviter to a prom.
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That which is proposed, or propounded for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or design; terms or conditions proposed; offer; as, to make proposals for a treaty of peace; to offer proposals for erecting a building; to make proposals of marriage.
(legal) The offer by a party of what he has in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.
Promposal is a derived term of proposal.
As nouns the difference between promposal and proposal
is that promposal is (informal) an invitation, especially one which is made in an elaborate manner, in which the invitee is asked to accompany the inviter to a prom while proposal is that which is proposed, or propounded for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or design; terms or conditions proposed; offer; as, to make proposals for a treaty of peace; to offer proposals for erecting a building; to make proposals of marriage.promposal
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* prom-posalNoun
(en noun)'''‘Promposals’ratchet up the fun, and the competition," ''Globe and Mail (Canada) (retrieved 25 April 2013):
- 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.
'''‘Prom-posal’: Clever, elaborate prom invite, ''Washington Times / AP (retrieved 25 April 2013):
- Rebecca Leet, 17, had an audience of more than 250 people for a prom-posal from her boyfriend, Joe Nelson, 18.
It’s the season for '''promposals, the new trend in high school love," ''canada.com (retrieved 25 April 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.