man date

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man date

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From man (“adult male”) + date (“meeting with a romantic partner”).

noun man dates · mandate · man-date

  1. colloquial A platonic outing by two (typically straight) men, often in settings that would otherwise be reserved for romantic encounters. Anyone who finds a date with a potential romantic partner to be a minefield of unspoken rules should consider the man date, a rendezvous between two straight men that is even more socially perilous.

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@misc{man_date_2026,
  title = {man date},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/man%20date},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}