‘Fleabagging’ and ‘Caspering’ are among the bizarre dating terms you need to know for 2020
WHEN it comes to dating, we're all familiar with ghosting, and even breadcrumbing and benching have entered our vocabulary.
But there is a whole new set of dating terms for singletons to get their heads around in time for the New Year.
Dating app Plenty of Fish has revealed the seven new dating terms to emerge in 2020 to the .
So get ready to be glamboozled – and to yellow card them when you are.
CASPERING
Ghosting is what puts a lot of singletons off entering the dating pool with the fear of being given the silent treatment from a date.
But just like the animated ghoul Caspering implies a friendly form of ghosting by giving your match some warning before doing a disappearing act.
FLEABAGGING
Fans of the BBC show will be well aware of Phoebe Waller Bridge’s many (many) dating disasters.
And this dating term is for anyone suffering the same fate, with Fleabagging referring to those who consistently pick the wrong men.
GLAMBOOZLING
Most of us will dial up the glamour when it comes to a first date, whether that’s a fresh haircut or perhaps a whole new outfit.
But if you’re stood up, or bamboozled, having pulled out all the stops, well you have just been glamboozled my friend.
OTHER DATING TERMS TO GET YOUR HEAD AROUND
- BREADCRUMBING: Sending out flirty but non-committal messages to keep a potential lover just interested enough. Imagine leaving a trail of breadcrumbs for someone to follow.
- CUFFING: Serial singles pairing up for the colder months, when opportunities to get some are fewer and further between.
- DEEPLIKING: Showing you like somebody by scrolling back through their social media pictures and posts and liking them from months or even years before.
- E-FIT: When your social media posts and pictures are carefully curated so they serve as an online dating profile.
- FBO: Acronym for making a relationship “Facebook official”.
- GHOSTING: When all communication from the person you are dating suddenly ceases, with no explanation as to why you have been dumped. Savage.
- HAUNTING: When a ghoster starts liking your posts or even resumes following you on social media from beyond the grave. See also “zombieing”.
- LAYBY: When you date somebody who is just about OK while flirting with better options in the fast lane.
- MONKEYING: When you move from one relationship to the next without any time in between, like a monkey swinging from the branches of a tree.
- PEACOCKING: Dressing up for Instagram, or even IRL, to gain attention, like how peacocks use their tail feathers to lure a mate.
- SLOW-FADING: A supposedly kinder version of ghosting, where you slowly wind down contact with the person you have been dating, leaving longer and longer between your replies.
- UNCUFFING: Winter is over! Ditch your “cuff” in time for a summer of love.
- ZOMBIEING: When a ghoster suddenly resumes communication out of the blue, as if back from the dead.
FLASHPANNING
The first few months of dating are normally referred to as the Honeymoon period, with nothing to muddy the waters.
However, inevitably all couples will eventually run in to disagreements and while most will muddle through a flashpanner will jump ship as soon as things get tough.
YELLOW CARDING
Like in football producing a yellow card in a relationship is a way of giving your partner a warning.
While it’s not quite dumping territory, you’re letting them know that if the behaviour continues a red card may come in to play and the match will be over.
EXOSKELETON-ING
If you are approached by a partner’s ex over social media then you have been a victim of an exoskeleton.
The term refers to your partner’s skeletons coming out of the cupboard.
CAUSE-PLAYING
For many of us, once a partner becomes an ex they disappear for good, however a cause-player refers to one who messages you out of the blue.
But rather than confessing pent up feelings, this ex is looking for a favour from you.
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