Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Situationship: Slang and trending but not yet officially in Merriam-Webster dictionary

 
GraphicCleveland Clinic
HeadlineNew York Times, 7/26/2026

From the New York Times version of "Dear Abby":
My boss, whom I love as a dear friend, has taken to bringing his “situationship” (a.k.a. not his partner or boyfriend) into the office to “work.” (This man is not an employee of the company.) Sometimes it is two full days a week, and the “sitch” will often sit at my desk, where private documents kept or sensitive phone calls with sources are taking place. (We work with highly sensitive information on a global scale.)


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2025
Lollygag.  (5/22)
Bummer.  (5/20)
TV dinner.  (2/3)

March-December 2024
Deepfake.  (9/1)
Life coach.  (6/30)
Face-plant.  (6/8)
Veggie.  (4/26)  
Dox/doxxing  (4/11)
Edgelord.  (3/23)
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February 2024
Edutainment.  (2/16)
Cut, as an adjective.  (2/13).  .
Flunky.  (2/5)
Janky.  (2/2)
Kiddo.  (2/2)

January 2024
Bonkers.  (1/31)
Heebie-jeebies.  (1/31)
Nudification.  (1/31)
Right-size.  (1/14)

2022
Dumpster fire.  (10/20/2022)

2018
Swinge.  (12/18/2018)

2017

2013
Yaw.  (2/28/2013)

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