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
VogueOne 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 nounTad Frienda 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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The show is an eight-episode remake of the 1981 rom-com of the same name, directed by Alan Alda and starring Alda, Carol Burnett and Rita Moreno.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2025
An Emily Henry novel reads like a classic rom-com in the making.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
The adaptation of the teen rom-com comes with a book by Lena Dunham and playwright Jessica Huang.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 23 Apr. 2025
Lena Dunham and Carly Rae Jepsen are teaming up to bring the beloved 1999 teen rom-com, starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger, to the Great White Way as a musical adaptation, PEOPLE confirms.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2025
An Emily Henry novel reads like a classic rom-com in the making.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
The adaptation of the teen rom-com comes with a book by Lena Dunham and playwright Jessica Huang.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 23 Apr. 2025
Lena Dunham and Carly Rae Jepsen are teaming up to bring the beloved 1999 teen rom-com, starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger, to the Great White Way as a musical adaptation, PEOPLE confirms.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rom-com
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“Rom-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rom-com. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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