Neologism or just I am late to the fair.

[+ purplekow]

I was playing Words With Friends and played the word BROMANCE with no problem.  That was months ago.  In playing today. I was looking for a good word and tried WOMANCE which it was not an acceptable word.  I figured that a bromance that women had would be a womance though I had never heard the word.  So has anyone ever seen this word used?   There is a wikipedia heading for it but it is very brief and there is an apparel company by that name.   So anyone use this term?

Edited November 29, 2022 by purplekow

[jeezifonly]

Intimate friendships between women don’t need a new term, I guess, because other women don’t regard intimacy as gay. 

[+ DynamicUno]

I've never heard "womance" used.  The portmanteau isn't as natural sounding and it's not even etymologically parallel to "bromance".  There's just not a strong feminine equivalent to "bro" in common usage. "Sis" just doesn't get used the same way and "wo-" feels forced.

[+ purplekow]

On 11/29/2022 at 2:17 AM, DynamicUno said:

I've never heard "womance" used.  The portmanteau isn't as natural sounding and it's not even etymologically parallel to "bromance".  There's just not a strong feminine equivalent to "bro" in common usage. "Sis" just doesn't get used the same way and "wo-" feels forced.

But woman is right there in the word.  Woman ce.   It may be that it is not needed on a social level but the portmanteau is spot on.  

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On 11/28/2022 at 9:37 PM, purplekow said:

...So anyone use this term?

Nice try, but probably just you... 😉

[Marc in Calif]

55 minutes ago, purplekow said:

... the portmanteau is spot on 

That spot is microscopic. The n-gram viewer show its usage to be negligible. 

Maybe it's just a floater in your eye instead?

[+ sync]

1 hour ago, purplekow said:

But woman is right there in the word.  Woman ce.   It may be that it is not needed on a social level but the portmanteau is spot on.  

It is supported in the Urban Dictionary:  Urban Dictionary: Womance