promenade, prom
(noun) a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
Source: WordNet® 3.1
prom (plural proms)
(British) a promenade concert
(British, abbreviation) promenade
(US) a formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions, e.g. near the end of the academic year
• romp
PROM (plural PROMs)
(electronics) Programmable read-only memory: A PROM chip can be programmed one or more times (depending on the type) and generally cannot be re-programmed without special equipment. Once programmed and installed in a device, it functions as a read-only chip (as if it had been hard-wired to function that way.)
• romp
Prom (plural Proms)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Prom is the 18550th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1487 individuals. Prom is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (47.21%) and White (44.86%) individuals.
• romp
Source: Wiktionary
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
