English

Noun

womance ‎(plural womances)

1. (slang) A close but non-sexual relationship between two (or more) women.
   • 2012, Sarah Mayberry, Within Reach, Harlequin (2012), ISBN 9780373717958, page 12:

     “We're having an intense moment of womance here, do you mind?” Billie said.

   • 2013, Marcia Clark, "Chapter 3", Inherit the Dead, Touchstone (2013), ISBN 9781451684759, page 42:

     “Angel goes through BFFs the way Limbaugh goes through oxy. Always has. I give their little 'womance' six months tops before Angel gets tired of her.”

   • 2013, Deborah Ross, "At last, a film about proper women who aren’t just drippily searching for love", The Spectator, 27 July 2013:

     She shares an apartment with her best friend Sophie (Mickey Sumner, daughter of Sting and Trudie Styler; she is terrific), but then Sophie dumps her for a rich boyfriend, and although the two have quite a womance going — ‘We are the same person, but with different hair,’ they tell everybody — we are never quite sure if Sophie is true or not.

Synonyms

• girl crush

Coordinate terms

• bromance
• man crush

Derived terms

• womantic

See also

• queerplatonic