Dating apps decoded

Janna · United States

"Situationship. This is basically kind of a romantic relationship, but there's no labels. You're not really, you know, in a proper romantic relationship where you can, you know, be labeled as a boyfriend or a girlfriend. It's somewhere in between. Basically confusing for all parties. An example would be, oh my god, this situation with Brian is super confusing. Yesterday he took me out on a beautiful date, we had so much fun, but today he hasn't even texted me."

Janna · United States

"Soft-launch is the opposite, not exact opposite, but yeah, pretty much. It's when you're announcing something, but not full-on, in a low-key way, I would say. You're basically inferring, you know, whatever you're announcing. You're not straight-up saying it, so for example, let's say someone wants to soft-launch their relationship. They wouldn't post a picture of them and their significant other. They maybe might post a date they were on, with maybe just a figure showing, or not even the full person showing. An example would be, oh my god, I can't wait to soft-launch my relationship with David tomorrow."

Janna · United States

"Hard launch. Hard launch is when you announce something very straight up, very obvious. Could be a relationship, could be a business deal, could be a job. So hard launch is just putting it out there, super obvious, and you know, you don't really have to infer things. An example would be, Yo man, I'm hard-launching my business at a pop-up next week. I'd love if you guys could come and support."

Janna · United States

"A red flag is the complete opposite of a green flag. It's when someone does something that's not that good, you know, especially in a relationship. It might make you not want to be with that person, toxic behavior, one might say. An example would be, girl, when we went out to dinner last night, he literally snapped at the waiter. He was so rude and treated the waiter like he was below him. That's such a red flag."

Janna · United States

"Green flag is basically used to describe someone that's good, has good attributes, they, you know, there's nothing suspicious about them, good signs about them, typically used in like, you know, when talking about someone you're in a relationship with or someone you're getting to know. An example would be, oh my god, when he took me on a date yesterday, he opened the door for me, got me a bouquet of my favorite flowers without even me even asking him to do that. He's such a green flag."

Janna · United States

"beige flag that's basically in between a red flag and a green flag. It's not necessarily something bad or something toxic that would make you want to, you know, leave the person, or something good that makes you, you know, gravitate to the person. It's just a random trait. It's harmless, could be kind of weird, but yeah. An example would be, oh you know Ryan? He does have kind of a weird obsession with trains, but I'd say that's his beige flag."

Janna · United States

"Rizzler is basically a term given to a person that has a lot of rizz, or that can rizz really well. They are known as a rizzler. An example would be, oh my god, did you just see Sean Mendes's latest interview? He's such a rizzler, and I love it."

Janna · United States

"Simp is basically someone trying too hard to impress their crush. They're going above and beyond, sometimes maybe degrading themselves in a way, for that certain crush. An example would be, damn man, you really are simping, you drove 3 hours just to go out and see her? What a simp."

Janna · United States

"Sneaky link is basically, you know, your little secret hookup or a person you secretly talk to or meet in like a romantic way, I guess, or a sexual way that not everyone really knows about, maybe no one knows about at all, or maybe your best friend would know about it only. An example would be, did you guys see Emma yet? She went out at 1 a.m. to see her sneaky link and she's not back."

Janna · United States

"Delulu, spelled D-E-L-U-L-U, is basically short for delusional and is typically used in like the relationship manner where, you know, it's like, it's a funny way. It's not a like, like proper like institutional delusion. It's basically picking up like random little hints that you're having from someone you're talking to and going like, oh my god, yeah, he's into me or she's into me or they're into me. An example would be, okay, so Brian asked for my notes last time. And I saw him writing notes in class. So pretty sure he's into me. I'm just delulu."