man date

See also: mandate, Mandate, and mandaté

English

Alternative forms

• mandate
• man-date

Etymology

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

Noun

man date (plural man dates)

1. (colloquial) A platonic outing by two (typically straight) men, often in settings that would otherwise be reserved for romantic encounters.
   • 2024 April 10, Jennifer 8. Lee, “The Man Date”, in The New York Times‎^[t]:

     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.

   • 2007 September 7', Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 3:

     Moss: Oh, he's long gone, although Roy's got a man date with him.
     Roy: It is not a man date. I am not a man-woman. We are not married. I am not your wife!

   • 2010, Jason Day, Aaron Chronister, BBQ Makes Everything Better, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 17:

     We were set up on a man date, and the next thing you know we were cooking for our first competition!

   • 2011, Tod Goldberg, The Bad Beat, Penguin, →ISBN, page 62:

     Just three buddies having a Sunday afternoon man date at a faux dive bar.