promposal

noun

prom·​pos·​al präm-ˈpō-zəl 

plural promposals

: a creative and often elaborately or extravagantly staged request for someone to be one's date for a prom

Fellas and ladies … if you can sing your promposal with a backup of smooth sounding buddies—you're golden.

—Elizabeth White

A lifeguard at a pool, Marisa Hahn was surprised by a floating 'promposal.' Hahn's boyfriend enlisted the help of friends, who assembled in the pool below the lifeguard's chair with pool noodles fashioned into "prom?"

—Amy L. Knapp

Everything is bigger in Texas, including the promposals. For instance, in 2021, a Midland Chick-fil-A helped an employee ask his date to prom with the marquee saying "Shelby will you be my 'chick' for prom?"

—Dalia Faheid

Word History

Etymology

blend of prom entry 1 and proposal

First Known Use

2006, in the meaning defined above