Tagged Dating

The Dating tag covers slang for app-era romance and its discontents: the avoidance patterns (ghosting, orbiting, benching, dry texter), the launch cycle (soft launch, hard launch), and the recurring narrative arcs (situationship, talking stage, cuffing season, the ick). Heavy therapy-speak overlay: love bombing, green-flag spotting, friend zone. Notable: situationship, ghosting, catfish, the ick, down bad.