Benching - Being inconsistent in your treatment of a person, when you are unsure of your feelings for them
Softboy - A man who poses as a complicated person
with emotions, but is ultimately selfish, is a softboy.
"He discusses his
ex-girlfriend within the first thirty minutes of the date. He talks
about her in a sad, wistful way rather than a snarky, resentful way… He
is artistic. He is aware. He is still a d—,
Haunting - The ghost (who cut off you earlier) returning through social media
interactions without being directly in touch with you, is haunting!
Sliding - A form of social media flirting, especially Twitter DM
Tuning - Flirting with "Lets see" attitude
Passive ghosting - When someone who is not interested in dating a person still responds and
shows slight interest, leaving that person in a constant state of
confusion
Talking - A casual way of saying that you two have started “seeing each other.”
Cuffing season - Fall and winter, the time of the year you don’t want to be single in! The cuffing makes you want to say, “’til spring do us part!”
DTR - Define the Relationship
Boo Thing/ Boo thang - A boo thing/ thang refers to your love interest
Ghosting - Fading out or ending contact without giving any explanation whatsoever or breaking up in straightforward way.
Zombieing - A zombie is one who has ghosted you
before, but re-emerges using a social media channel, thus opening a can
of worms.
Swerve - Swerve means to dodge someone you are not interested in
Bae - Bae means Before Anyone Else
Catch and Release - Catch and Release is a common tactic that daters use while chasing someone. If that someone is reeled in, this commitment-phobe suddenly gets bored and is all, “See you later!”
Cute-a-gory - A category based solely on looks! This
system lets you rate from 0 to 10, and then helps you decide whether
they are out of your league or not
Feminist boyfriend - Attracted to assertive women, rather than getting intimidated by them
Lumbersexual - These men have rugged beards, are nature’s pets (at least stalking them on their Instagram page gives that idea!), and wear flannels and daddy jeans. If you are a hipster, this is your meat!
Non-date date - It
includes plenty of alcohol, intense eye contact, a subtle flirty vibe,
and lots & lots of confusion.
On a thing - When you are ‘on a thing,’ you mean you are in a relationship, and are quite serious about it
Draking- the act of wallowing in your sorrows caused by the opposite sex
The Lemming - Someone that, despite exclusively dating, will ditch their partner as soon as a friend comes out of a relationship
FBO - This term stands for Facebook Official, officially changing relationship status on FB.
And I thought use of jargon to screw people over more than they already are is exclusive to MBAs and corporates. Most of the nomenclature can be translated to a single phrase. Mixed Signals.
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