Situationship slang term.

Situationship

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A Situationship, also known as a Non-Relationship, is a slang term used to describe dating someone without making it "official" or calling each other boyfriend and girlfriend. While the term has appeared sporadically across internet blogs and messageboards since 2009, the word entered mainstream slang after the year 2014, continuing through the early 2020s.

Origin

The earliest mention of the term "situationship" appeared on an internet blog post on Baggage Reclaim from July 19th, 2010.[1] The post described the blogger's messy and unofficial relationship with a past partner, with the word "situationship" being used alongside classic markers that denote such a non-relationship (seen below).


Long-time readers will know that I dated a guy, Dot Dot Dot Man (he used to finish his text messages with annoying dots...). We spent five months in a non relationship/situationship. I had no idea what the hell was going on. He blew hot and cold, lived with his ex-girlfriend and was so ambiguous, it was like trying to see meaning in a blank wall. This was my epiphany relationship where it dawned on me that I was the only common denominator to my dodgy track record of relationships with emotionally unavailable men.

Later mentions of the term include a December 2012 listicle about how to exchange gifts in a situationship,[2] various posts between 2013 and 2014 from the Facebook agony aunt page Zane.[3] On April 5th, 2014, the word was added to Urban Dictionary,[4] where it gathered over 4,000 likes in eight years (seen below).


Situationship A relationship that has no label on it.. like a friendship but more than a friendship but not quite a relationship. Me: Me and this guy have been talking for six months now. Friend: Are you guys together? Me: Its like were together but were not.. its more of a situationship that's happening. by Derosa (DB) April 5, 2014 4775 y f 394 FLAG

Spread

The term began to gain traction in the latter half of the 2010s, with Twitter[5] user @malissaali posting a tweet using the word in 2017, gathering over 2,000 likes in five years (seen below, left) and Twitter[6] user @QUEbaGoodingJr posting a tweet using the word on April 6th, 2018, gathering over 7,000 likes in over four years (seen below, right).


Malissa Ali @malissaali ⠀ Wow I just knew a term called situationship (n) means a relationship that has no label on it.. like a friendship but more than a friendship but not quite a relationship. 5:15 AM - Oct 13, 2017 3,198 Retweets 270 Quote Tweets 2,168 Likes >The Husky Home Wrecker @QUEbaGooding Jr Situationship Goals 8:52 PM - Apr 6, 2018 3,458 Retweets 710 Quote Tweets 7,101 Likes H LIND DUBAI 3288 :

On September 4th, 2018, Twitter[7] user @LondonAffair posted a tweet using the word as well, gathering over 60,000 likes in the first known viral instance of the word being used (seen below).


yea yea @LondonAffair at this rate, if men keep mening. this will be me. perfectly content with my unmarried ass life. traveling. living lavish lavish. a long term situationship with a fine ass chocolate man 10 years younger than me. Drea @dreajmorg. Sep 2, 2018 M 6:31 PM - Sep 4, 2018 QC მე, მერე ი Ezyl Z. Z. Hel 3 3. ⠀

Various Examples

@augymusic Somehow I’m both of these people #fyp ♬ original sound – AUGY

@prxscvllaa #situationship #menaintshitttt ♬ original sound – Priscilla Surjopolos

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External References

[1] Baggage Reclaim – Situationship

[2] Black Enterprise – Situationship

[3] Facebook – Zane

[4]  Urban Dictionary – Situationship

[5] Twitter – malissaali

[6] Twitter – QUEbaGoodingJr

[7] Twitter – LondonAffair

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