English

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Etymology

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rival +‎ -mance

Noun

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rivalmance (plural rivalmances)

  1. (Dragon Age fandom slang) A romance with a character with whom the player has an antagonistic relationship in Dragon Age II.
    Antonym: friendmance
    • 2017 December 17, CaiusGermanicus, Reddit[1]:
      Yes, Anders' rivalmance is cruel. I never did it, and I don't plan it (I simply can't imagine).
    • 2018 February 21, wardsarefunctioning, Reddit[2]:
      I actually like the unhealthy aspects of the rivalmances (and some of the romances) in DA.
    • 2019 February 24, KvonLiechtenstein, Reddit[3]:
      I preferred the friendmance with Fenris personally, but like with Isabela, the rivalmance is also pretty good.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:rivalmance.

Verb

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rivalmance (third-person singular simple present rivalmances, present participle rivalmancing, simple past and past participle rivalmanced)

  1. (Dragon Age fandom slang) To romance a character in this manner in Dragon Age II.
    Antonym: friendmance
    • 2017 December 17, IntoTheCosmo, Reddit[4]:
      And finally I would rivalmance Anders by being a hypocritical mage that supported the templars.
    • 2019 May 10, [deleted user account], Reddit[5]:
      I love rivalmancing Anders and Fenris. Brings a lot of tension that I find really sexy lol.
    • 2022 August 28, Vlad_Dracul89, Reddit[6]:
      i wanted to rivalmance Merrill once but that would cause my heart to explode.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:rivalmance.