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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Murphy was also known for the rom-coms Little Black Book and Just Married.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
For Carol to follow that speech with a passionate kiss and lovemaking session with Zosia sounds like one of those clichéd rom-com moments where the two beautiful leads who have been yelling at each other for 90 minutes finally embrace.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Co-writers Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon, and Michael Kennedy fold whip-smart rom-com banter into a hyper-violent whodunit that arms their filmmaker with the confidence of a Golden Age hack-and-slash auteur.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2025
Minnie Driver is among the Netflix rom-com's new additions.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
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Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
For Carol to follow that speech with a passionate kiss and lovemaking session with Zosia sounds like one of those clichéd rom-com moments where the two beautiful leads who have been yelling at each other for 90 minutes finally embrace.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Co-writers Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon, and Michael Kennedy fold whip-smart rom-com banter into a hyper-violent whodunit that arms their filmmaker with the confidence of a Golden Age hack-and-slash auteur.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2025
Minnie Driver is among the Netflix rom-com's new additions.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
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“Rom-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rom-com. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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