Single people have arguably found this year of isolation hit hard, with chances to connect with others and meet up being limited severely.
Hopefully we can look forward to more chances for dating and interaction as we come into 2021, but that doesn’t mean that every match will be a great one.
Experts at the dating app Happn have compiled their list of dating personalities to watch out for in the year ahead, with those who coupled up as soon as the pandemic hit to those who embraced self love in the wake of an international crisis.
Marine Ravinet, Head of Trends at Happn, said: ‘2020 has been a testing year for everyone – to say the least – however, we have noticed singles grabbing their dating life by the reins and engaging in such strong ways.
‘We do know though, that new habits have been picked up by singles on the dating scene and giving those daters a name will hopefully raise some awareness in case people stumble across them on their journey to finding the one!
‘Sometimes, being able to identify a pattern of behaviour in another single allows people to move forward with dating, instead of falling back into old habits – let’s leave those in 2020!’
Let’s check out their predictions:
The Ronamancer
Definition: A person who got into a relationship as soon as the pandemic started.
Usage: ’They were off the market as soon as the pandemic began! They’re such a Ronamancer!”
The Vaccindater
Definition: The person who asks their Crush if they’ve been vaccinated against Covid-19 before they meet up for a date IRL.
Usage: ‘Well, before we find a time and a place to meet, can I just ask you one small question? Have you been vaccinated yet or what? I’m a vaccindater and need that proof.’
The Masked Bandit
Definition: When you think it’s love at first sight… and then the mask comes off.
Usage: ‘I thought they were SO good looking… until the mask came off. They’re a Masked Bandit!’
The Covidumped
Definition: A name for those whose relationship broke down due to the lockdown, and are now fresh on the dating scene.
Usage: ‘Apparently they’re just out of a four-year relationship. Watch out for them, they were Covidumped!’
The Tracer
Definition: The one who is now looking for ‘the one’ as they can’t face another lockdown alone! Taking tracker and tracing to a whole new level.
Usage: ‘They’re a tracer… They can’t do another pandemic single!’
The Pandamner
Definition: A single who flirts and chats with others out of boredom (especially during the pandemic) but has zero intention of meeting up.
Usage: ‘So they keep messaging you, but haven’t arranged a date yet? Beware, they’re a pandamner!’
The Panspective
Definition: Singles who, having had a year of reflection, are taking control of their dating life in 2021.
Usage: ‘They’ve changed this year – they are on it. They’ve put their life into panspective.’
The Flatmaters
Definition: Whether it’s a friend you live with or don’t, the kind of dater who, when locked down with another, moves quickly into a relationship.
Usage: ‘They were just living together, but now they’re together, together. Pure Flatmaters.’
The Bug Brainers
Definition: A single who has been out of the dating game for a fair while (thanks 2020) and can’t quite grasp how to speak to their crush.
Usage: ‘I haven’t dated in a year. I’ve forgotten how to even be on a date, let alone speak to my Crush! I’m a real Bug Brainer!’
The Palette Cleanser
Definition: A name for those who are getting back into dating but need to settle their nerves – so are on the lookout for an easy target who won’t last long.
Usage: ‘Don’t go near them, they’re looking for a Palette Cleanser, and that is NOT you!’
The Handy Andy
Definition: That convenient single who is fit, funny, and just around the corner.
Usage: ;What about that Handy Andy? They’d be perfect for you and literally a five-minute walk away!’
The Lizzo
Definition: A former high-maintenance person who has embraced their own body for any and all of the beautiful forms it takes!
Usage: ‘They have really embraced themselves this year and are so much better for it. They’re a real Lizzo!’
Dating terms and trends, defined
Blue-stalling: When two people are dating and acting like a couple, but one person in the partnership states they're unready for any sort of label or commitment (despite acting in a different manner).
Breadcrumbing: Leaving ‘breadcrumbs’ of interest – random noncommittal messages and notifications that seem to lead on forever, but don’t actually end up taking you anywhere worthwhile Breadcrumbing is all about piquing someone’s interest without the payoff of a date or a relationship.
Caspering: Being a friendly ghost - meaning yes, you ghost, but you offer an explanation beforehand. Caspering is all about being a nice human being with common decency. A novel idea.
Catfish: Someone who uses a fake identity to lure dates online.
Clearing: Clearing season happens in January. It’s when we’re so miserable thanks to Christmas being over, the cold weather, and general seasonal dreariness, that we will hook up with anyone just so we don’t feel completely unattractive. You might bang an ex, or give that creepy guy who you don’t really fancy a chance, or put up with truly awful sex just so you can feel human touch. It’s a tough time. Stay strong.
Cloutlighting: Cloutlighting is the combo of gaslighting and chasing social media clout. Someone will bait the person they’re dating on camera with the intention of getting them upset or angry, or making them look stupid, then share the video for everyone to laugh at.
Cockfishing: Also known as catcocking. When someone sending dick pics uses photo editing software or other methods to change the look of their penis, usually making it look bigger than it really is.
Cuffing season: The chilly autumn and winter months when you are struck by a desire to be coupled up, or cuffed.
Firedooring: Being firedoored is when the access is entirely on one side, so you're always waiting for them to call or text and your efforts are shot down.
Fishing: When someone will send out messages to a bunch of people to see who’d be interested in hooking up, wait to see who responds, then take their pick of who they want to get with. It’s called fishing because the fisher loads up on bait, waits for one fish to bite, then ignores all the others.
Flashpanner: Someone who’s addicted to that warm, fuzzy, and exciting start bit of a relationship, but can’t handle the hard bits that might come after – such as having to make a firm commitment, or meeting their parents, or posting an Instagram photo with them captioned as ‘this one’.
Freckling: Freckling is when someone pops into your dating life when the weather’s nice… and then vanishes once it’s a little chillier.
Gatsbying: To post a video, picture or selfie to public social media purely for a love interest to see it.
Ghosting: Cutting off all communication without explanation.
Grande-ing: Being grateful, rather than resentful, for your exes, just like Ariana Grande.
Hatfishing: When someone who looks better when wearing a hat has pics on their dating profile that exclusively show them wearing hats.
Kittenfishing: Using images that are of you, but are flattering to a point that it might be deceptive. So using really old or heavily edited photos, for example. Kittenfishes can also wildly exaggerate their height, age, interests, or accomplishments.
Lovebombing: Showering someone with attention, gifts, gestures of affection, and promises for your future relationship, only to distract them from your not-so-great bits. In extreme cases this can form the basis for an abusive relationship.
Microcheating: Cheating without physically crossing the line. So stuff like emotional cheating, sexting, confiding in someone other than your partner, that sort of thing.
Mountaineering: Reaching for people who might be out of your league, or reaching for the absolute top of the mountain.
Obligaswiping: The act of endlessly swiping on dating apps and flirt-chatting away with no legitimate intention of meeting up, so you can tell yourself you're doing *something* to put yourself out there.
Orbiting: The act of watching someone's Instagram stories or liking their tweets or generally staying in their 'orbit' after a breakup.
Paperclipping: When someone sporadically pops up to remind you of their existence, to prevent you from ever fully moving on.
Preating: Pre-cheating - laying the groundwork and putting out feelers for cheating, by sending flirty messages or getting closer to a work crush.
Prowling: Going hot and cold when it comes to expressing romantic interest.
R-bombing: Not responding to your messages but reading them all, so you see the 'delivered' and 'read' signs and feel like throwing your phone across the room.
Scroogeing: Dumping someone right before Christmas so you don't have to buy them a present.
Shadowing: Posing with a hot friend in all your dating app photos, knowing people will assume you're the attractive one and will be too polite to ask.
Shaveducking: Feeling deeply confused over whether you're really attracted to a person or if they just have great facial hair.
Sneating:When you go on dates just for a free meal.
Stashing: The act of hiding someone you're dating from your friends, family, and social media.
Submarineing: When someone ghosts, then suddenly returns and acts like nothing happened.
V-lationshipping:When someone you used to date reappears just around Valentine's Day, usually out of loneliness and desperation.
You-turning: Falling head over heels for someone, only to suddenly change your mind and dip.
Zombieing: Ghosting then returning from the dead. Different from submarineing because at least a zombie will acknowledge their distance.
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