flingee

English

Etymology

fling +‎ -ee

Noun

flingee (plural flingees)

(informal) A person with whom one has a fling, or casual romance.
- 2008, Wendy Etherington, Hot Pursuit, page 241:
  He never thought of her as temporary or a flingee.
- 2011, Sheila Simonson, Larkspur:
  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.
- 2013, Aorewa McLeod, Who Was That Woman Anyway?:
  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.'

Anagrams

feeling, fine leg, fleeing

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