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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!
room-mate by Deadwait March 1, 2009
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Room mate 

1. A person you have no control over being grouped with at college or university based flats.

2. A person you get on with and bide by an unwritten code of conduct.

3. A fat, annoying slob whose "studying" includes nothing but listening to obnoxious hardcore music on an endless loop long into the night and literally lives on carryouts. A lifeless turd who does nothing but rip-off students needing accommodation who actually would do the legwork required.
1. I have been placed in an apartment with room mates X and Y.

2. My room mate and I agree to clean up our own mess.

3. Room mate is a fat, annoying asshole who effectively lives in his room all day watching movies and listening to music.
Room mate by SupaAFC February 26, 2009

Room mate 

Either the most annoying or the greatest person you will ever meet. Plus you have to live with them...
My room mate was up cutting apart aluminum cans for an art project till 5am this morning. I didn't get any sleep either.

My room mate was the best man at my wedding.

Room Mate 

antonym of stranger, the room mate - to lie on one's stomach until your dick falls asleep then to proceed giving one's self a handjob, giving one the sensation of jacking someone else off.
My real roommate was out of town so i decided to roommate myself, it was great
Room Mate by solecize November 28, 2003

Room-mate-from-hell 

1)Someone who:
Has a mortal fear of showers.
Cuts his filthy, puke-inducing toenails right in front of you.
Hawks up phlegm, and then chews it and swallows, around fifty times an day.
Farts around 50 times an hour, and laughs every fucking time, like a fucking moron.
Doesn't even own a fucking toothbrush.
Tells you when he's just masturbated, and describes it in intricate detail.

2)Proof that no god exists.
Paul:Man, I saw your room-mate yesterday. I swear to God I could smell him from 50 yards. How THE FUCK can you live with him?
John: I don't know, I just don't know. I can't go on like this, John! I just can't!
* Starts crying on Paul's shoulder*
Paul: * pats John on the back*
There, there. There there.

douche-bag room mate 

Some as whole you moved in with or let him/her move in with you. S/He also eats all your fucking food and drinks everything before you even think about getting a drink. S/He also doesn't buy any of food/drinks him/her ate or drank. Also s/He has a male cat that isn't spayed so he pisses everywhere so he blanes your potty trained dog and they don't clean it so your stuck cleaning his cats shit. S/He also may not do dishes, vacuum, or let the trash pile up till it's a mini trash skyscraper. They also make you over pay and when you say something about any of the above problems they say " Well I don't have the money" Even though he works too.
"JP ate all my delicious bacon and left all the dishes to clean. Also his punk ass cat pissed on the couch again. He's such a douche-bag room mate."
douche-bag room mate by Ragerilla September 2, 2013

And they were roommates 

Originally a line from a Vine.

It now usually refers to straight people ignorantly misinterpreting gay/lesbian situations.
Person1: I saw a picture of Jim and John holding each other lovingly on Facebook, they must be good friends.

Person2: “and they were roommates”
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