flingee

noun

flingee

noun

Etymology From fling + -ee.

1

Informal A person with whom one has a fling, or casual romance.

  • He never thought of her as temporary or a flingee.2008, Wendy Etherington, Hot Pursuit, page 241:
  • Jay was trying to track down the flingees. Denise had never married, nor had she taken another long-term lover after Dennis's birth, though she had been seen in fashionable places with a variety of leading men.2011, Sheila Simonson, Larkspur:
1 more example
  • Brendy pointed out to me that a fling is different from an affair. 'A fling is definitely not serious—it's meant to be temporary and the flingees remain good friends afterwards.'2013, Aorewa McLeod, Who Was That Woman Anyway?:

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