Dating Terms

In our age of high technology dates have become quite different. How to be a modern but successful dater?

If you know these TOP 10 dating terms you will never ruin the date.

1. Catfishing

The phenomenon of internet predators that fabricate online identities and entire social circles to trick people into emotional/romantic relationships (over a long period of time). Possible motivations: revenge, loneliness, curiosity, boredom.

Пример: She was worried that her online boyfriend was a phoney after she saw a TV program about Catfishing.

2. Ghosting

When someone you’re dating cuts off all contact with no explanation.

Пример: I want to try to make a contact with the guy who has ghosted me.

3. Breadcrumbing

Breadcrumbing is the latest dating buzzword. It is when somebody aims to maintain your attention from afar by dropping 'crumbs' of affirmation in a sporadic fashion: a Like on an old Instagram post or a random text without much substance, but no real effort or commitment made.

Пример: In most cases, the breadcrumber is dropping crumbs for a lot of people, not just you.

4. Sexting

A fun way to turn the eggplant, peach, splash, and saxophone emojis into a dirty conversation.

Пример: Stop sexting me at work. - I’m not, I’m just trying to hammer out plans for tonight.

5. Catch And Release

This describes someone who loves to chase, but when they’ve ‘caught’ a person they let them go with ‘ghosting’ intent.

Пример: Catch and release is by no means just done by men. As soon as they win you over, they let you go.

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6. Zombieing

It is when your ex 'comes back from the dead' and pops back into your life after a spell of acting like a stranger.

Пример: Zombieing has a nasty tendency to turn right back into ghosting as soon as you’re back in regular contact.

7. DTR

An acronym for ‘define the relationship’. You may have been dating someone for a while and it's now time for that chat to determine what you are and where the relationship is headed.

Пример: You keep two toothbrushes at my apartment, you’ve met my entire family, and you’re technically listed on my life insurance plan. We have to DTR.

8. Cuffing season

Running from autumn to winter, cuffing season is the time of year when avowed singles suddenly find themselves longing to be 'handcuffed' to a partner; someone who will keep them warm in the cold.

Пример: The whole rest of the year besides cuffing season people pretend they are happy being single.

9. Dealbreakers

An arbitrary and often irrational set of standards we use to self-sabotage when trying to date another person.

Пример: He seems like a great guy with whom I could happily spend the rest of my life but he chews a little too slowly and he’s left-handed, both of which are absolute dealbreakers for me.

10. FBO

The online indicator of the seriousness of your relationship status. It became the social trend more than a decade ago. It was a way of announcing to your community a key detail about yourself.

Пример: How we answered the question, “So, are you FBO?” said a lot.