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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Four years later, Cameron’s father made a cameo in her popular 1998 rom-com, There’s Something About Mary.
—Ilana Frost, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025
The 55-year-old Bridget Jones star — who is currently promoting Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the third installment in the rom-com franchise — rocked a pixie cut for the shoot ... a far cry from the long, straight locks she's known for.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
When the rom-com icon walked onto the set for her first movie in more than a decade − about former spies whose old life comes back to haunt them − Foxx remembers hyping her up to the cast and crew.
—Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
Weaver recently signed a seven-figure deal for her upcoming dark rom-com trilogy.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
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Ilana Frost, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025
The 55-year-old Bridget Jones star — who is currently promoting Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the third installment in the rom-com franchise — rocked a pixie cut for the shoot ... a far cry from the long, straight locks she's known for.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
When the rom-com icon walked onto the set for her first movie in more than a decade − about former spies whose old life comes back to haunt them − Foxx remembers hyping her up to the cast and crew.
—Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
Weaver recently signed a seven-figure deal for her upcoming dark rom-com trilogy.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Rom-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rom-com. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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