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Facebook Official is an expression indicating that a couple has selected the "In a Relationship" profile setting with one another on the social networking site Facebook.

Origin

On December 11th, 2005, Urban Dictionary^[1] user ilovebronsoncornrows submitted an entry for "Facebook Official," describing it as "the ultimate definition of a college relationship" (shown below).

Spread

On August 19th, 2008, Gawker^[5] published an article titled "No, She Won't Go 'Facebook Official' With You." On April 2nd, 2009, the college news site North by Northwestern^[3] published an article about university students becoming "Facebook official" in their romantic relationships. On October 5th, 2011, the MineLeggo4nia YouTube channel uploaded a music video for the song "Facebook Official" by the boy band Heart2Heart (shown below).

On September 10th, 2014, the Elite Daily YouTube channel posted a comedy skit titled "Becoming 'Facebook Official' is a Huge Mistake" (shown below, left). On January 6th, BuzzFeed^[4] published an article titled "No One Wants to Admit They're in a Relationship on Facebook Anymore." On February 11th, the internet news site Elite Daily^[2] published an article titled "Why Couples Don't Make Their Relationships Facebook Official Anymore." On July 30th, the BuzzFeedYellow YouTube channel posted a video in which several men discuss the meaning of "Facebook official" (shown below, right).

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