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IS dating in its traditional form becoming extinct?
I’m beginning to think so.
Dating fads and relationship cuts are changing faster than fashion
trends, calling new words and phrases that are all the rage now in
the dating scene.
So, let us update our
relationship lexicon, shall
we? Because no matter what the
season or reason, you’ll always want your dating style to be in
vogue and in good taste.
• Ambiva-relationship: A
love–hate relationship or a couple with dramatic fights and even
more dramatic reconciliations.
• Alpha relationship: A couple
who seemingly have a perfect relationship. MFEO (made for each
other). Example: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have an alpha
relationship.
• Chick repellant: the physical
or hygienic qualities that make a man instantly undesirable to the
opposite sex.
• Comance: A romance or
courtship between two co-workers.
• Dating Moratorium: a
temporary, self-imposed suspension of all dating activity for the
purpose of recovering from a bad relationship or to go on the
proverbial journey of self-discovery.
• Ex-Box: The box where you put
away all the souvenirs from a relationship that has ended, i.e.
photos, cards, ticket stubs, etc. In extreme cases, this box may be
given faux funeral rights and buried or set fire to as a symbolic
gesture of closure and complete obliteration from memory.
• Friendship Date: When a guy
and girl who are just friends go out on a date for the seemingly
innocuous reason of just hanging out.
• LDR: The new hip acronym for
Long Distance Relationship.
• Manimal: Half man, half
animal. May pertain to looks, i.e. handsome in a rugged, jaw
dropping way. May also pertain to bedroom performance, i.e. “His
was a manimal!”
• Manstress: The male
equivalent of a mistress. May also interpreted as Mr. Tress as in
the number 3; the 3rd party.
• Manswer: The often inane and
senseless answers to relationship questions that could only come
from a man Example: Why do men cheat? Because can’t have adobo
everyday.
• Meaningful, dead-end
relationship: A good loving relationship that will, unfortunately,
someday just have to end because of external factors such as, but
not limited, to significant age difference, family background,
ethnicity, one leaving for another country.
• Relationship junkie: someone
who cannot stand being single. Suffers withdrawal symptoms when out
of a relationship and sees relationships as a way of satisfying a
craving for happiness.
• Relationship Lite: a
relationship with all the flavors, but with half the emotions and
none of the guilt. Also called a non-relationship.
• Relationship Potential: the
rating that you give someone you are dating to see if you are
compatible; the potential future you may have with that someone. May
be defined according to one’s specific criteria such as aesthetics
(tall, dark and handsome), professional (should be have stable job,
makes X amount of money), geographical radius (should not live more
than 15 kilometres away), etc.
• Relation-shipwreck: Also
referred to as “emotional train wreck,” it is that state you are
in after a particularly difficult break up.
• Relationship Scare: When two
people are just dating and one makes hints to take the relationship
farther, but the other doesn’t. Example: I had a relationship
scare. We’re just friends with benefits, but now he wants me to
think about commitment!
• Relationship Status: Your
degree of availability that you publicly declare to friends or on
social networking sites such as Friendster, My Space or Facebook.
Example: “Single,” “It’s complicated,” “It’s fully
functional,” “Engaged”
• Serial Monogamist: One who
doesn’t cheat on a relationship or has simultaneous ones, but is
always is one right after another. May be a milder form of the
relationship junkie.
• Serial Dater: One who goes on
a series of dates that never progress into anything more.
• Relationship Level: the state
of the relationship that you are in; how far off into the
relationship that you are in. not usually dictated by how long you
have been together. Example: “Wow, they declared in a relationship
with in Facebook! It’s relationship level 10.”
• Relationship Remains: the
leftovers from your current beau’s past relationship that you may
accidentally come across or discover. Example: A photo of his ex
stored on his phone.
• Relationship Virgin: One who
has yet to be initiated into a long-term relationship and its
various rituals/customs. Also known as Relationship Newbie or
Relationship Neophyte.
• Relattio: the number of
serious relationships one has had compared to the number of flings,
lovers, and other forms of casual encounters. Example: She’s had
only one boyfriend, but five different lovers. Her relattio is 1:5.
• Snother: The shorter form of
Significant Other
• Virtual relationship: A
relationship that exists purely in the virtual world—on phone,
text or email. The persons involved may or may not know each other
personally.
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