Lexicon
Terms in circulation, what the speaker means by them, and what they do.
A
- abundance mentality, see abundance mindset
- abundance mindset noun phrase
- AFC noun, abbreviation, also 'the AFC mindset'
- air of mystery, see mystery
- almost relationship, see situationship
- alpha noun
- alpha male, see alpha
- AMOG noun, an acronym (alpha male of the group)
- approach anxiety noun
- attachment style noun phrase, usually with secure, anxious or avoidant
- average frustrated chump, see AFC
B
- be the prize verb phrase, imperative
- beige flag noun
- benching verb, usually in the phrase 'being benched'
- bio-baiting, see kittenfishing
- breadcrumbing noun
- breadcrumbs, see breadcrumbing
- brotherzone, see friend zone
- burden of performance noun phrase
- buying temp, see buying temperature
- buying temperature noun phrase, also 'buying temp'
C
- cardinal rule of relationships, see the cardinal rule
- caspering noun, also verb (to casper)
- catfishing noun, also verb (to catfish)
- centering men verb phrase
- chatfishing noun, also verb (to chatfish)
- chemistry, see the spark
- choremancing noun
- circular dating, see multi-dating
- clear-coding, see loud looking
- cloaking noun, also verb (to cloak)
- closure noun
- closure talk, see closure
- cold approach noun phrase
- cuffing season noun
- curving noun, also verb (to curve)
- cushioning noun, also verb
D
- date stacking, see stack dating
- dating around, see multi-dating
- dating exclusively, see exclusive
- dating for the plot noun phrase, from the bio “everything I do is for the plot”
- dating with intention, see intentional dating
- day game noun, also 'daygaming'
- decentering men verb phrase
- delulu adjective
- delusional, see delulu
- designed to be deleted adjective phrase, a registered slogan
- desirability score, see Elo score
- dexting noun
- divine feminine noun phrase
- divine masculine, see masculine energy
- dogfishing noun, also verb (to dogfish)
- Dutch treat noun, also adverb
E
- Elo score noun phrase, after the chess rating of Arpad Elo
- emotionally unavailable adjective phrase
- errand dating, see stack dating
- exclusive adjective, usually in the phrase 'going exclusive'
F
- fashionably late adjective phrase
- feminine energy, see divine feminine
- fexting noun, also verb (to fext)
- field report noun, abbreviated FR in a post's subject line
- frame noun
- frame control, see frame
- freckling noun, also verb (to freckle), with the freckler as its agent
- friend zone noun
- friendzoned, see friend zone
G
- game, see rizz
- gatsbying noun, also verb (to gatsby)
- getting the ick, see the ick
- ghosted, see ghosting
- ghosting noun, from the verb
- ghostlighting noun, also verb (to ghostlight)
- going dutch, see Dutch treat
- going slow, see taking it slow
- green flag noun
- groundhogging noun
H
- hang noun, also verb
- hangout, see hang
- hard launch noun, also verb
- hardballing, see loud looking
- he's just not that into you, see just not that into you
- healing era noun phrase
- healing journey, see healing era
- high value adjective phrase
- high-value man, see high value
- high-value woman, see high value
- hoodfishing noun, also verb (to hoodfish)
- hopeless romantic noun phrase, usually said of oneself
- hot and cold, see push-pull
I
- ick, see the ick
- if he wanted to, see if he wanted to, he would
- if he wanted to, he would sentence, used as a rule
- indicator of interest, see IOI
- instagrandstanding, see gatsbying
- intentional dating noun phrase
- IOI noun, an abbreviation (indicator of interest)
J
- just not that into you phrase, used as a verdict, usually after 'he's'
- just talking, see the talking stage
K
- kiss close, see number close
- kittenfishing noun, also verb (to kittenfish)
- konkatsu noun
L
- leading noun, from the verb
- let him chase, see the rules
- limerence noun
- loud looking noun phrase, also verb, as in “singles are loud looking”
- love bombing noun, also verb
- love language noun phrase
- love-bombed, see love bombing
- lover girl noun, also 'lover girl era'
- loving too much verb phrase, usually as a gerund
- low effort adjective phrase, also written 'low-effort'
M
- manifesting verb, present participle, with the partner as its object
- Marleying noun, also verb (to Marley)
- marriage material, see wife material
- marriage of convenience noun phrase
- masculine energy noun phrase
- match my energy, see matching energy
- matching energy verb phrase, usually 'match my energy'
- meant to be verb phrase, passive
- MGTOW noun, acronym, also 'going MGTOW'
- micro-cheating noun
- mildang, see push-pull
- minimal effort, see low effort
- monk mode noun phrase
- mr. good enough, see settling
- Mr. Right noun phrase
- multi-dating noun
- mystery noun, usually in the phrase 'keep some mystery'
N
- neg, see negging
- negging noun
- next verb, also 'nexted'
- no-habiting noun
- number close noun, also verb (to number-close)
O
- on the same page prepositional phrase
- on the same wavelength, see on the same page
- oneitis noun
- orange peel theory noun phrase
- orbiting verb, present participle
- outcome independence noun
P
- Payers noun, plural, a defined term in Match Group's annual report
- peacock theory, see peacocking
- peacocking noun, also verb, 'to peacock'
- pebbling noun, also verb (to pebble)
- play hard to get verb phrase, also noun (playing hard to get)
- pocketing, see stashing
- post-economic adjective
- princess treatment noun phrase
- protect your peace verb phrase, imperative
- provider energy noun phrase
- provider mindset, see provider energy
- push-pull noun, also verb
Q
- quiet dumping noun phrase, also verb (to quiet dump)
- quirkyalone noun, also adjective
R
- rating and dating noun phrase, usually 'the rating and dating complex'
- reciprocity noun
- relational equity noun phrase, also 'relationship equity'
- relationship equity, see relational equity
- right person, wrong time noun phrase
- rizz noun, also verb
- rom-con noun
- Rose and Standouts noun phrase, two features of one app
- roster, see rotation
- rostering, see multi-dating
- rotation noun, usually in the phrase 'in rotation'
S
- Sadie Hawkins noun, also 'a Sadie Hawkins dance'
- sarging verb, also noun (a sarge)
- self-partnered, see quirkyalone
- serial dating noun, usually in the phrase 'serial dater'
- settling noun, also verb, usually 'settling for'
- sexual market value noun phrase, usually “SMV”
- singleton noun, chiefly British
- situationship noun
- slow burn noun phrase
- smv, see sexual market value
- socialating noun
- soft launch noun, also verb
- soft life noun phrase
- soft-cap dating noun phrase
- spinning plates noun phrase, also 'spin more plates'
- stack dating noun, also verb
- stashing noun, also verb (to stash)
- submarining, see zombieing
- surrendered wife noun phrase
T
- taking it slow verb phrase
- taking the lead, see leading
- talking stage, see the talking stage
- the 90-day rule noun phrase
- the bare min, see the bare minimum
- the bare minimum noun phrase
- the cardinal rule noun phrase, in full 'the cardinal rule of relationships'
- the five love languages, see love language
- the friend zone, see friend zone
- the ick noun phrase
- the rules noun, plural, a book title used as the name of its method
- the spark noun phrase
- the talking stage noun phrase
- throning noun, also verb (to throne)
- Tinderella syndrome noun
- toxic adjective, also in the phrase 'my toxic trait'
- trauma dumping noun, also verb (to trauma dump)
U
- unavailable, see emotionally unavailable
- unmatch, see unmatching
- unmatching verb
- untyping noun
W
- We Met noun, the name of a feature, from the answer to its question
- white knight noun, also verb (to white-knight)
- wife material noun phrase
- wokefishing noun, also verb (to wokefish)
- written in the stars, see meant to be
Y
- you are the prize, see be the prize
- Your Turn Limits noun, plural, the name of a Hinge feature