plural rom-coms
: romantic comedy
That's where the rom-com comes in, that wayward genre of sweet serendipity and forgivably thin plots set to rising music …—
Vogue
VogueOne of the film's pleasures is its movie within a movie, the rom-com "I Love You, I Love New York."—Tad Friend
—often used before another nounTad Frienda silly rom-com plot
Does anybody cry funnier than Segel does in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, the wonderful rom-com farce he not only starred in but wrote?—Jim Windolf
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Chiwetel’s rejoining the Working Title rom-com universe!
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
The image showed the longtime friends sitting outdoors together on the set of the 2004 rom-com — where Barrymore played Lucy Whitmore, a woman dealing with short-term memory loss after a car accident.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Many rom-coms are hyper-fixated on the physical relationships between their leads.
—Olivia-Anne Cleary, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025
While that doesn’t sound like the fixings for either a rom-com or a romantic drama, director Megan Park’s multi-hued sophomore effort serves as both and also poses and ponders one of the most profound questions about love.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
The image showed the longtime friends sitting outdoors together on the set of the 2004 rom-com — where Barrymore played Lucy Whitmore, a woman dealing with short-term memory loss after a car accident.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Many rom-coms are hyper-fixated on the physical relationships between their leads.
—Olivia-Anne Cleary, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025
While that doesn’t sound like the fixings for either a rom-com or a romantic drama, director Megan Park’s multi-hued sophomore effort serves as both and also poses and ponders one of the most profound questions about love.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Rom-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rom-com. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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