Monday 12th February 2024
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The language of dating (Quiz #451)

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Questions based on a New York Times article on terms relating to dating, as well as the similarities between dating and job-hunting.

1. What term describes not responding to contact after a first date, but then, after a few months, getting in touch as if nothing untoward ever happened?

A. Ghosting

B. Vampiring

C. Zombieing

2. In the world of dating, what is an "imaginationship"?

A. A relationship in which the parties meet infrequently without ever getting to know each other

B. A relationship in which you fantasise about becoming someone’s spouse, but they see you as a no-frills hookup

C. A relationship in which both parties fantasise about becoming each other’s spouse, but they are spectacularly ill-matched

3. In the language of dating, what is "breadcrumbing"?

A. A long sequence of back and forth messaging without ever meeting up

B. After a single date, one partner texting intermittently but resisting any kind of actual plan to meet up again

C. One partner leading the other in a series of dates without any commitment to a relationship

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