prompose

English

Etymology

Blend of prom +‎ propose, likely as a back-formation from promposal.

Verb

prompose (third-person singular simple present promposes, present participle promposing, simple past and past participle promposed)

1. To ask someone to prom using a promposal.
   • 2017 March 11, Kat Lourenco, “Six Awesome Ways To Prompose With These Hilarious Puns”, in Student Life Network‎^[1]:

     We have no idea how to compete with that. Which was a real problem when our partner, Hudson’s Bay, asked us to come up with some cool and interesting ways to help students prompose.