Since I saw The Holiday last night - and one of the characters used and defined the word meetcute-
Say a man and a woman both need something to sleep in and both go to the same men's pajama department. The man says to the salesman, "I just need bottoms," and the woman says, "I just need a top." They look at eachother and that's the 'meet cute.'
During a "meet-cute", scriptwriters often create a humorous sense of awkwardness between the two potential partners by depicting an initial clash of personalities or beliefs, an embarrassing situation, or by introducing a comical misunderstanding or mistaken identity situation. Sometimes the term is used without a hyphen (a "meet cute"), or as a verb, as in "to meet cute." (Wikipedia)
And yes, The Holiday is clearly one of my new favorite movies...ever. Let's see it has a journalist, a screenwriter, a producer, and a composer. It quotes Shakespeare, and there are a few characters with English accents. Old friends meet new friends, and the soundtrack is beautiful. As well they even have a scene with cutout stars and little girls playing in a tent, alas I have met my match. (and oh they drink good wine and enjoy the snow)
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