plural rom-coms
: romantic comedy
That's where the rom-com comes in, that wayward genre of sweet serendipity and forgivably thin plots set to rising music …Vogue
One of the film's pleasures is its movie within a movie, the rom-com "I Love You, I Love New York."Tad Friend
often used before another noun
a silly rom-com plot
Does anybody cry funnier than Segel does in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, the wonderful rom-com farce he not only starred in but wrote?Jim Windolf

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In 2023, Kim and North joined forces for another mother-daughter costume, this time dressing as characters from the rom-com Clueless. Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025 The trailer tees up his infatuation rom-com style before spinning into explosive action. Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025 Select episodes of award-winning dark fantasy Solo Leveling, fantasy action-adventure Black Clover, rom-com Horimiya, supernatural dramedy Fruits Basket, and the heartwarming My Roommate Is a Cat will be available on more than 165,000 seatback Delta flight screens starting next month. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025 The appeal of Nobody Wants This hinged primarily on the chemistry between Bell and Brody, which isn’t uncommon for a rom-com. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rom-com

Word History

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of rom-com was in 1958

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“Rom-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rom-com. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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