What is Room-mate?
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a term used to describe a live-in sexual partner w/out publicly admitting a committed relation. Commonly used at bars when attempting to gain a new sexual partner when questioned about a current one. Used by both men and women, most commonly heard in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Oh.. She's just my room-mate.
OMG, he tells everyone we're room-mates, can you believe that?
Hey, wanna come over to my place? My room-mate is out of town.
Me and my room-mate need to get a bigger bed, she keeps getting fatter!
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