Meaning & use
situationship
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A romantic or physical relationship between two people that lacks a clear label, commitment, or defined boundaries.
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After months of mixed signals, she realized their situationship was never going to become an official relationship.
He prefers a situationship to dating exclusively because he isn't ready to commit.
A note on using this word
A blend of "situation" and "relationship," this informal term became widely used in the 2020s to describe undefined modern romantic arrangements.
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