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Love & Relationships

Soulmates, ghosting, love languages, red flags — the shorthand modern dating built to describe the emotional terrain previous generations never had words for.

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Attachment Styles

A typology of how people relate in close relationships: secure, anxious, avoidant, disorganized.

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Friend Zone

Being kept as a friend by someone you want a romantic relationship with.

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Gaslighting

Making someone doubt their own perception or memory in order to control them.

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Ghosting

Ending a relationship by disappearing without explanation.

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Glow-Up

A visible, often dramatic improvement in someone's appearance, confidence, or whole self — usually shown in a before/after.

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Looksmaxxing

Aggressively optimizing one's appearance — from skincare and gym work to fringe surgery — as a project pursued mostly by young men on the internet.

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Love at First Sight

Instant, all-consuming romantic recognition on first meeting.

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Love Languages

Gary Chapman's framework: five ways people prefer to give and receive affection.

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Platonic

Affectionate but non-sexual — used most often of close friendships.

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Red Flag

A warning sign that a person or situation is going to end badly.

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Situationship

A romantic or sexual involvement that no one wants to label.

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Soulmate

A romantic partner who feels destined — the singular 'one'.

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Star-Crossed

Doomed by fate — usually said of lovers.