It’s hard to keep up with all the latest phrases coined in the dating world, and now there’s a new one on the block. After Love Islanders used ‘rizzing’ in the villa this summer, here’s your guide to other buzz phrases
Modern day dating remains one of the most baffling and ever evolving things that adults have to deal with. Everyday there seems to be a new dating trend, a change in relationship expectations or a new term to describe the weird and wonderful things that people do in their romantic endeavours.
Now, the latest new trend to wrap your head around is ‘Zombieing’, according to Cosmopolitan. It may sound like something out of a horror movie but instead, this increasingly popular term describes when someone ghosts you â i.e. stops communication with you out of nowhereâ and then pops back up randomly with no explanation. Although this is a world away from a literal Hollywood zombie that has risen from the dead, a date vanishing and ignoring texts without reason and then popping back up weeks or even years later is arguably just as scary as the movie monster.
If Zombieing was not already in your vocabulary and watching Love Island leaves you grasping for a dictionary, there are some other vital dating buzzwords that you need to know to help add context to the increasingly complicated world of dating.
‘Freckling’ continues to be used on social media by many. The term has nothing to do with freckles in the literal sense but instead has been likened to the skin feature as it describes a summer romance that disappears as winter approaches â much like actual freckles.