Relationship Set

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Baby (=Babygirl)

(Go here for more ways of saying 'beautiful') A term used to address your significant other. Baby girl is also common. However, sometimes we say baby after an exclamation, and we're not necessarily addressing anyone, for example: "It's party time, baby!"

Have good game

(also got game) To have a good technique and way of seducing and chatting up girls.

Catcall

(also sometimes referred to as wolf whistle) The whistle men make when they see a sexy-looking girl on the street.Snap22

Make advances at sb

(also to advance on someone) To say or do things that will get you closer to kissing or sleeping with someone (usually a man to a woman)

STAND sb UP

(most commonly used as to GET STOOD UP) if you stand someone up, you don't show up to a date.

Blind date

A date organized for two people who have never met each other (generally by friends or family)

to be heads over heel for sb

A different way of saying you have fallen in love with someone. - When I was a kid I was head over heels with my neighbor.

Smoking hot

A girl that is extremely hot (sexy)

Brunette

A girl with black or brown hair.

Blondy

A girl with blonde (yellowish) hair.

Readhead

A girl with red hair. People also say 'ginger' but this word is sometimes derogative.

Pushy

A guy is pushy when he's too insistent about being with a girl, and doesn't know how to take his time.

Friend with benefit

A guy or girl who you're not dating, but with whom you have a sexual relationship.

Granade man

A guy who accepts to be with the less attractive girl of a group so that their friends can be with the unattractive girl's friends.

Creep (or creeper)

A guy who likes a girl and tries way too hard to catch the girl's attention, making the girl feel uncomfortable and totally uninterested in him.

Womanizer

A guy who manipulates women to have sex with him. As opposed to a 'player', womanizer is a negative term.

Wingman

A guy's friend who helps him find sexual partners, and who would sacrifice himself by accepting to be with an unattractive girl so that his friend can seduce her more attractive friend. A woman's wingman is another woman that helps her avoid men who are looking for sex

Pick up line

A line guys say to show they're sexually or romantically interested in a girl.

Player

A man who is skilled in seduction, and sleeps with many women, especially through manipulation. - "I don't think Rob's good boyfriend material. He seems like a player."

Fu*k buddy:

A more vulgar way of saying 'friends with benefits.

Cutie

A nice, innocent way to refer to a good-looking girl. Click here to find out about more ways to say beautiful.

Flirtatious remark

A playful and sometimes innocent thing you say to a person you're attracted to.

old flame

An "old flame" is a person with whom you had a romantic relationship in the past. - "Many affairs start when the husband or wife receives a message from an old flame on Facebook."

Stud

An attractive, charismatic and popular guy who has no problems finding a girl to sleep with.

Jailbait

An extremely sexy-looking girl that you can't legally have sex with because she's younger than 18 (the legal age one can be in a relationship with someone over 18). If you do have sex with a jailbait girl, you might end up in jail. Just like the term suggests, she is a bait (object or piece of food used to attract prey) to jail.

FALL FOR

BE ATTRACTED. BE FOOLED

FALL IN LOVE WITH SB

BECOME INFATUATED WITH SOMEBODY

GET ALONG

Be on friendly terms.

Sexting

Derivative from texting. Sexting is sending nude pictures or having a sexual conversation with someone via messages on the phone.

Hit a home-run

Finally, a home-run is sex.

Play hard to get

If a girl plays hard to get, they resist getting seduced easily to make the man more interested.

pop the question

If a man "pops the question," it means he asks a woman to marry him. - "Jerry popped the question to his girlfriend on New Year's Eve - and she said yes!"

wear the pants in the relationship

If a woman "wears the pants" in a relationship, it means she has more control of the relationship than her boyfriend or husband. - "Peter's wife is the one who wears the pants in the family - she makes all the important decisions."

knocked up

If a woman gets "knocked up," it means she got pregnant - often unintentionally (without wanting or planning to). - "Amanda got knocked up by a famous actor, but he claims he's not the father of the baby."

dump

If one person "dumps" their boyfriend or girlfriend, it means they end the relationship. ("Dump" is a rather strong word, usually meaning that the relationship ended badly. If you want to describe the end of a relationship with a more neutral phrase, you can say "She broke up with her boyfriend.") - "Susan dumped her boyfriend after she caught him kissing another girl."

GO OUT WITH sb

If you go out with someone (the infinitive use of the verb) it means you are literally going somewhere with the person you're attracted to (going out on a date most commonly). If you're going out with someone (the gerund form of the verb) it means that you've been meeting with that person on repeated occasions, you're getting to know each other.

Have a chinwag

If you have a chinwag with someone, you have an opportunity to chat with each other. - "How about having lunch together on Friday? "OK, good idea, we can have a good old chinwag!"

Know someone/something inside out.

If you know someone or something inside out, you know them very well. - Sue and Anne have been friends since childhood. - They know each other inside out."

Cross somebody's path

If you meet someone, usually unexpectedly or by chance, you cross their path. - "Mrs. Bridgewater was my English teacher but I haven't crossed her path since I left school."

Play gooseberry

If you play gooseberry, you join or accompany two people who have a romantic relationship and want to be alone.

Rob the cradle

If you rob the cradle, you have a romantic relationship with someone who is much younger than yourself. - "My uncle Tom is dating a twenty-year-old girl. That's really robbing the cradle! "

First, second, third base

In the process in which you're dating someone, first base stands for kissing. Second base is heavy touching above the waist. Third base is touching below the waist or oral sex.

GET TOGETHER

Join, meet up with, gather.

Love at first sight

Love at first sight is when you fall in love with someone you just met or saw.

Chick

Men use this term to talk about women in the third person. Addressing a woman as 'chick' would be considered disrespectful. This word can be derogative, and men generally use it to express sexual attraction. However, with the right tone of voice it can have much less negative connotation.

MAN UP

Not really specifically a dating phrasal verb, but it's what a guy would tell his friend when he doesn't have enough courage to ask a girl out or make a move

FALL OUT

Quarrel with a friend. Argue.

Pull moves on

Similar to make advances on someone. If you pull moves on a girl, you attempt to get further in the dating process by saying or doing the things that would seduce her.

Deal-breaker

Something that causes you to not want to continue dating someone. You might like a person, but a deal-breaker is something that you can't accept in them, and therefore you decide to stop seeing them. For example, for many people it is a deal-breaker when they find out that the person smokes.

GIVE SOMEBODY UP

Stop having a friendship with somebody.

Soul mate

The person who is completely ideal for you, and who you would like to marry and spend the rest of your life with.

Have an affair

The same as to cheat on someone, but less informal.

Hold your horses

This expression can be used in many different contexts, but if you're hitting on a girl, she might tell you to hold your horses, which means to take your time or not go so fast. This might happen in a early-stage relationship when one of the two people involved is going too fast.

Get laid

This is one of the most common colloquial ways to say 'to have sex' or 'to sleep with someone'. You can say this expression among friends but you need to be more careful when you're talking with people you don't know very well. To have sex with and to sleep with someone are far more appropiate alternatives when you're not sure you should use this expression.

Single and ready to mingle

This is what people might say when they're single. 'To mingle' means 'to socialize' and when someone says this, he or she implies that he's interested in getting to know people.

patch things up

To "patch things up" is to resolve problems or conflicts in a relationship. - "My aunt and uncle were having some problems in their marriage last year, but they've patched things up."

HIT ON sb

To act in a way that shows you're attracted to the other person. It's similar to chatting someone up, but hitting on someone might include other forms of flirting like getting a bit more physical than normal (jokingly punching her/him, touching hands, a lot of hugging, etc.), or giving the other person sexy, provocative looks. - "I wish Peter would stop hitting on me. I'm just not interested in him."

ASK sb OUT

To ask someone if they'd like to go on a date with you.

Have a crush on sb

To be attracted to a woman or a man over a period of time. This expression is pretty common and can be used in almost every context and by different age groups since it's also innocent and playful.

LEAD sb ON

To cause someone to think that you are interested in them when you are not (either because you want the attention or to get something)

PICK UP sb

To have a make out session or have sex with a girl you just met, generally at a pub, bar or night club.

CHEAT ON sb

To have sex with a person who's not your boyfriend or girlfriend; wife or husband.

One night stand

To have sex with someone with no intention of talking to that person again.

HOOK UP with sb

To have sex with someone. However, for some people it might mean anywhere from making out to sex. Click here to learn about more ways to use the word hook. - "She got drunk and hooked up with some guy she met at the bar."

Have chemistry with sb

To have very good energy. You vibe with them either personally or sexually. (Also, to have a spark).

Mterm-38AKE OUT with sb

To heavily kiss. Can also include touching and petting. - "When I was a teenager, I'd make out with my boyfriend in the back of his car so that my father wouldn't see us!"

Ogle

To look or stare at someone in a way that shows you're sexually interested in that person.

Take one for the team

To sacrifice oneself for the general good of the team. In the context of a group of guys looking for girls to have sex with, the guy who takes the less attractive girl can be said to be taking one for the team.

Reject

To say no to a romantic invitation. To turn someone down.

Be an item

To say that two people are an item means that they are involved in a romantic relationship. - "So Sally and Harry are an item, are they?"

Birds of a feather

To say that two people are birds of a feather means that they are very similar in many ways. - "Having come from the same background, the two associates were birds of a feather."

Flirt

To show through actions, words or attitudes that you like someone.

Make eyes at sb

To stare at someone because you like him or her. (to drool over)

CHAT sb UP

To talk to someone in a way that shows you're attracted to them.

Get on like a house on fire

Two people who get on like a house on fire have similar interests and quickly become good friends. - "The two boys were in the same class and got on like a house on fire."

Out of one's league

We say a girl is out of your league when you think she's too beautiful to possibly want to date you.

Wink at sb

Wink at sb: To close one eye while looking at a person (girls usually do this) to insinuate sexual attraction or because they want to look sexy. It's not specifically a dating term, but it's usually associated with seduction.

Significant other

Your boyfriend or girlfriend. People refer to their couple as t 'significant other' when they don't want to disclose their marital status or sexual orientation. (also, partner)

settle down

be in a long-term stable relationship

run into someone

happen to find or meet someone

GET ON (WITH SB)

have a good relationship

HIT IT OFF

have a good relationship from the first time you meet a person.

make out with someone

kiss the person very passionately

jerk someone around

manipulate the person or use them for your own advantage

BUMP INTO SB

meet by accident

bring st up sb

propose, suggest

split up / break up

separate, end the relationship

drift apart

slowly go in different directions over time

GET BACK TOGETHER

start a relationship again

MOVE IN (WITH SB)

start living in the same home

Build up courage

this is not just related to dating, but it's what you need to do if you want to ask someone out. You need to gather courage if you feel nervous or awkward about talking to a girl you like. - I'm going to take her to dance, but I just need a few moments to build up some courage.

To be seeing sb

to be going out with a person in whom you're interested in getting to know better to find out if he or she is a good match for you. Similar to to be going out with someone or to date someone.

To date sb

to be going out with a person. Snap19 Drool over sb: to look or stare at someone with obvious desire.

BREAK UP

to end a relationship.

Tease

to playfully and jokingly make fun of and provoke someone because you're attracted to that person. 'A tease' is also a woman who leads men on.

Look up to

to respect and admire someone. - "She's always looked up to her mother. She wants to be just like her."

Put down

to say bad things about someone; to insult. - "It makes me angry when she puts me down in front of my friends."

TURN sb DOWN

to say no to a date invitation, or to reject any kind of romantic intention from someone

MAKE UP

to stop being angry with someone. to forgive, apologise with someone and to be friends again after a fight or argument.

Put up with

to tolerate; to accept an unpleasant situation, although you do not like it - "I can't put up with loud music my neighbour's playing any longer. It's driving me crazy!"


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