10 Dating Terms Every Man Should Be Familiar With In 2019
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The last time we checked, dating was about two individuals enjoying each other’s company enough to risk going on multiple follow-up dates and ‘see where it goes’. However, come 2019 and dating ceases to be such a straightforward matter of the heart.
With the online dating scene blowing up as strongly as Joaquin Phoenix’s performance in Joker, 2019 has witnessed some major shifts in the dating arena that most of us already had difficulties making our way around.
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Now, add in a handful of the craziest dating terms into the mix and et voilà, you will have brought yourself into the absurd dating conundrum. The language of love has undergone dramatic changes and we’re here to help you manoeuvre your way around the ‘new-age’ dating lingo and survive it.
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Check out these 10 dating terms every dating enthusiast should be aware of in 2019:
1. Slow Fade
Just like the name suggests, it’s a more stretched-out version of good ol’ ghosting. When you notice your partner’s messages, calls and even dates are slow and far in-between, that’s what a slow fade looks like. It is considered better than going through the entire mess of a break-up.
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2. Caking
You’ve probably used this one yourself, or been subjected to it. Caking is basically stepping up your flirting game and how. Laying heavy on the compliments, extending genuinely close interest and being just extra affectionate are just certain ways how caking works.
3. Orbiting
Remember that relationship that started out just fine but then withered away for no apparent reason? However, to this day that partner keeps popping up in your life every now and then. They subtly keep reminding you of their presence and this is considered a way of letting an ex-flame know they’re still interested.
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4. Benching
Benching is basically a term best suited for people who believe in testing the waters before truly taking a dive. So, when someone puts a potential relationship on hold for something “better or interesting” while not keeping the former off the hook, know that they have been benched.
5. Date-rview
This one’s interesting. This one was invented to express the feelings of the date that feels more like a test than a sweet getting-to-know-you-kind of interaction. It’s basically a date that feels like an interview.
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6. Cookie-Jarring
Probably one of the most intriguing terms on the list, cookie-jarring is the opposite of benching. It’s when your potential love interest keeps you as a back-up while ‘dating’ you besides other people – you know, in case the other one doesn’t work out you’ll still be around.
7. Zombie-ing
This is savage but has unfortunately claimed a lot of victims too. Zombie-ing is basically when someone gets ghosted twice. Basically, suppose you’ve been ghosted once, then they suddenly resurface in your life, the dates and texts/calls are back before you get ghosted once more. That’s zombie-ing for you.
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8. Love Bombing
Have you ever been in a relationship that came packed with potential, right from the intensity, to the chemistry and affection, it’s all there and your partner initiates plans and dates all by themselves, before it all fizzles out and you don’t know what just happened.
Well, that’s what love bombing feels like. It may seem like ghosting but here the intensity of feelings and emotions makes all the difference.
9. Cloaking
A more ruthless form of ghosting, cloaking is not just going MIA from all communication channels, but also unfollowing and blocking someone completely.
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10. Pocketing
Have you been dating someone for some time now, and yet they haven’t taken the pain to introduce you to friends and family? Well then, seems like you’ve been pocketed and are being kept low before they really decide to go all the way.
