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About

A Promposal is a surprise event organized by a student and presented to his/her romantic interest as an invitation to a prom dance. Similar to the phenomenon of marriage proposal videos on YouTube, these elaborately staged events are documented in photographs or videos and shared online, most notably on Instagram.

Origin

On March 27nd, 2012, earliest known viral instance of a high school promposal video was uploaded to YouTube by Kaelen Walsh, who asked his girlfriend to the prom by stuffing 500 ping pong balls with the word "prom?" written on them in her locker. That same day, Nour Rizk uploaded a video of his brother asking his best friend to the prom through a surprise flash mob event involving dozens of his classmates. As of April 2016, the two videos have garnered more than 2.1 million views and half a million views, respectively (shown below).

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Precursors

The first definition for promposal on Urban Dictionary[1] was submitted on January 22nd, 2006, by user TexanJackass who defined it as:

"a proposal from one person asking another person to the prom; is the combination of the words 'prom' and 'proposal.'"

Spread

Throughout the late 2000s, a number of promposal reaction videos, in the style of marriage proposal reaction videos, surfaced on YouTube and other video sharing sites. One of the oldest was uploaded to EbaumsWorld[2] on July 3rd, 2006, which featured a teenage girl covering Hellogoodbye's "Jesse Buy Nothing… Go To Prom Anyways!" As of April 2014, the video has gained over 250,000 views.

On June 28th, 2012, Instagram user mandy1657[8] posted a photo of her boyfriend’s promposal in which his friends spell out the question “will you go to prom with me?” using their bodies with the hashtag #promposal, a portmanteau word derived from "prom" and "proposal."

On April 5th, 2013, YouTube McKane Andrus[3] uploaded a video which represented a backlash against elaborate promposals titled "The Senn Way of Asking Someone to Prom," which featured a teenage boy describing promposals as over the top and describing his own video as satire, before twerking on a girl wearing gold short-shorts with "prom" written on the butt. As of April 2014, the video has gained over 7.7 million views.

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In 2013, there were over 100 photos uploaded to Instagram tagged #promposals[9] including promposals written in ketchup, on baseballs, and on pizza boxes. The first entry of 2014 was submitted on January 10th, 2014, by user madi_paiige15[10], who posted a photo of a promposal based on Disney's Up.

On March 19th, 2014, the official Instagram blog[7] highlighted #promposals in a post, which gained over 7,000 notes by April 2014. Several websites published roundups of the most impressive and extravagant promposals in March of 2014, including Mashable[5] and Buzzfeed.[6] As of April 2014, there are over 39,000 Instagram photos tagged #promposal.[4]

Notable Examples
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External References

[1] Urban Dictionary – promposal

[2] Ebaums World – Will You Go To Prom With Me?

[3] YouTube – McKane Andrus

[4] Statigram – promposal

[5] Mashable – 21 Clever Promposals You'd Never Turn Down

[6] Buzzfeed – 21 Clever Promposals You'd Never Turn Down

[7] Instagram – Hashtag Highlight: #promposals on Instagram

[8] Instagram – mandy1657

[8] Gramfeed – promposals

[9] Twitter – @Promposals2

[10] Twitter – @Promposals

[11] Seventeen – 9 Epic Celebrity Promposals You Need to See Now

[12] People – The Best Celebrity Prom Proposal Videos Ever

[13] EW – Jimmy Kimmel takes down 'terrible' celebrity promposals

[14] Tumblr – Beach-Tan-Summerlovin's Post

[15] Tumblr – Search Results for Promposal

[16] Pinterest – Search Results for Promposal

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About

A Promposal is a surprise event organized by a student and presented to his/her romantic interest as an invitation to a prom dance. Similar to the phenomenon of marriage proposal videos on YouTube, these elaborately staged events are documented in photographs or videos and shared online, most notably on Instagram.

Origin

On March 27nd, 2012, earliest known viral instance of a high school promposal video was uploaded to YouTube by Kaelen Walsh, who asked his girlfriend to the prom by stuffing 500 ping pong balls with the word "prom?" written on them in her locker. That same day, Nour Rizk uploaded a video of his brother asking his best friend to the prom through a surprise flash mob event involving dozens of his classmates. As of April 2016, the two videos have garnered more than 2.1 million views and half a million views, respectively (shown below).


[This video has been removed]


Precursors

The first definition for promposal on Urban Dictionary[1] was submitted on January 22nd, 2006, by user TexanJackass who defined it as:

"a proposal from one person asking another person to the prom; is the combination of the words 'prom' and 'proposal.'"


Spread

Throughout the late 2000s, a number of promposal reaction videos, in the style of marriage proposal reaction videos, surfaced on YouTube and other video sharing sites. One of the oldest was uploaded to EbaumsWorld[2] on July 3rd, 2006, which featured a teenage girl covering Hellogoodbye's "Jesse Buy Nothing… Go To Prom Anyways!" As of April 2014, the video has gained over 250,000 views.



On June 28th, 2012, Instagram user mandy1657[8] posted a photo of her boyfriend’s promposal in which his friends spell out the question “will you go to prom with me?” using their bodies with the hashtag #promposal, a portmanteau word derived from "prom" and "proposal."



On April 5th, 2013, YouTube McKane Andrus[3] uploaded a video which represented a backlash against elaborate promposals titled "The Senn Way of Asking Someone to Prom," which featured a teenage boy describing promposals as over the top and describing his own video as satire, before twerking on a girl wearing gold short-shorts with "prom" written on the butt. As of April 2014, the video has gained over 7.7 million views.


[This video has been removed]


In 2013, there were over 100 photos uploaded to Instagram tagged #promposals[9] including promposals written in ketchup, on baseballs, and on pizza boxes. The first entry of 2014 was submitted on January 10th, 2014, by user madi_paiige15[10], who posted a photo of a promposal based on Disney's Up.



On March 19th, 2014, the official Instagram blog[7] highlighted #promposals in a post, which gained over 7,000 notes by April 2014. Several websites published roundups of the most impressive and extravagant promposals in March of 2014, including Mashable[5] and Buzzfeed.[6] As of April 2014, there are over 39,000 Instagram photos tagged #promposal.[4]

Notable Examples


Since you owe me BIG, PROM? PROM?

Celebrity Promposals

[researching]

Search Interest

External References

[1] Urban Dictionary – promposal

[2] Ebaums World – Will You Go To Prom With Me?

[3] YouTube – McKane Andrus

[4] Statigram – promposal

[5] Mashable – 21 Clever Promposals You'd Never Turn Down

[6] Buzzfeed – 21 Clever Promposals You'd Never Turn Down

[7] Instagram – Hashtag Highlight: #promposals on Instagram

[8] Instagram – mandy1657

[8] Gramfeed – promposals

[9] Twitter – @Promposals2

[10] Twitter – @Promposals

[11] Seventeen – 9 Epic Celebrity Promposals You Need to See Now

[12] People – The Best Celebrity Prom Proposal Videos Ever

[13] EW – Jimmy Kimmel takes down 'terrible' celebrity promposals

[14] Tumblr – Beach-Tan-Summerlovin's Post

[15] Tumblr – Search Results for Promposal

[16] Pinterest – Search Results for Promposal

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Recent Videos 12 total

Recent Images 15 total


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Here we see the normie male in his natural habitat. A yearly mating ritual occurs soon. A curious species, the normie does not make a call or a cry as other mammals do to attract a mate. Rather, they undergo the complex "Promposal" The rules of this animalistic ritual are still not entirely understood. While the Chads, a subspecies of the normie, need not put so much effort in this endeavor, we have measured a correlation between the awkwardness of the specimen, and the grandeur of their proposal.

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