"man date" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "From man (“adult male”) + date (“meeting with a romantic partner”).",
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        {
          "ref": "2024 April 10, Jennifer 8. Lee, “The Man Date”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "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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        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 September 7', Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 3",
          "text": "Moss: Oh, he's long gone, although Roy's got a man date with him.\nRoy: It is not a man date. I am not a man-woman. We are not married. I am not your wife!"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Jason Day, Aaron Chronister, BBQ Makes Everything Better, Simon and Schuster, page 17",
          "text": "We were set up on a man date, and the next thing you know we were cooking for our first competition!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Tod Goldberg, The Bad Beat, Penguin, page 62",
          "text": "Just three buddies having a Sunday afternoon man date at a faux dive bar.",
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        "A platonic outing by two (typically straight) men, often in settings that would otherwise be reserved for romantic encounters."
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          "would",
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          "otherwise",
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          "reserved",
          "reserved"
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          "encounters",
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        "(colloquial) A platonic outing by two (typically straight) men, often in settings that would otherwise be reserved for romantic encounters."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "mandate"
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          "word": "man-date"
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  "word": "man date"
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  "etymology_text": "From man (“adult male”) + date (“meeting with a romantic partner”).",
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          "ref": "2024 April 10, Jennifer 8. Lee, “The Man Date”, in The New York Times",
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        },
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          "ref": "2007 September 7', Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 3",
          "text": "Moss: Oh, he's long gone, although Roy's got a man date with him.\nRoy: It is not a man date. I am not a man-woman. We are not married. I am not your wife!"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Jason Day, Aaron Chronister, BBQ Makes Everything Better, Simon and Schuster, page 17",
          "text": "We were set up on a man date, and the next thing you know we were cooking for our first competition!",
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        "(colloquial) A platonic outing by two (typically straight) men, often in settings that would otherwise be reserved for romantic encounters."
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