English

Alternative forms

• mandate
• man-date

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.
   • 2005 April 10, Jennifer 8. Lee, “The Man Date”, in The New York Times:

     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.

   • 2010, Jason Day and Aaron Chronister, BBQ Makes Everything Better, Simon and Schuster, ISBN 9781439168301, 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 9780451234094, page 62:

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