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
Jim WindolfExamples of rom-com in a Sentence
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The rom-com features Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti.
—Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Reynolds told a packed audience Friday afternoon during a career-spanning conversation at TIFF, just after the festival played a clip of him in a scene with Sandra Bullock from the 2009 rom-com hit The Proposal.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
Aside from fake dating, the novel is full of beloved, albeit cheesy, rom-com tropes.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Part rom-com, part coming-of-age tale, the film is bright and funny and sexy and sad, the sort of thing that could only be made by someone who lived through so much of what her heroine encounters.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
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Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Reynolds told a packed audience Friday afternoon during a career-spanning conversation at TIFF, just after the festival played a clip of him in a scene with Sandra Bullock from the 2009 rom-com hit The Proposal.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
Aside from fake dating, the novel is full of beloved, albeit cheesy, rom-com tropes.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Part rom-com, part coming-of-age tale, the film is bright and funny and sexy and sad, the sort of thing that could only be made by someone who lived through so much of what her heroine encounters.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Rom-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rom-com. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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