Guide
Modern Dating Terms, Defined
Sixty words, from talking stage to sneaky link, grouped by what is actually happening - with the dictionaries and studies behind them.
Topic
Dating Terms
Dating has picked up a vocabulary of its own, most of it coined in group chats and on apps. Here we define the words people actually use, say where they came from, and separate the useful ones from the noise, with dictionaries and studies behind each definition.
Dating Terms
What Is a Situationship?
The word is new. The feeling isn't. Here is what researchers know about how situationships work, how long they last, and how people get out of them.