SITUATIONSHIP (Dating Term)

What Does Situationship Mean in a Text?

Definition of Situationship

A "situationship" is an undefined romantic relationship.

There May Be Romance

Not for Everyone

Not everyone who is in a situationship is necessarily where they want to be romantically. Singer and Tiktoker Savanna Leigh has an entertaining take on situationships:

@savannaleighofficial the girls that get it, get it🙃🙃 #fyp #situationship #singersongwriter #independentartist #originalsong ♬ head games - Savanna Leigh

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Are You In a Situationship?

A situationship may involve romantic feelings or expectations.

Summary of Key Points

Situationship
Definition:	Undefined Romantic Relationship
Type:	Word
Guessability:	3: Guessable
Typical Users:	Adults and Teenagers

Examples of Situationship in Sentences

Here are examples of situationship in conversations:

• Toni: Are you and Sam getting serious now?
• Jo: No, it's just a situationship. I'm going home at the end of this semester and Sam's staying here, so there's no point in getting too serious about things.

• Lee: Can I meet your parents soon.
• Ali: Oh Lee, we don't need to do all that. You know that this is a situationship for us. Let's not complicate things.

An Academic Look at Situationship

As it is formed by merging two words into one, situationship is a portmanteau word. It is a combination of the words situation and (relation)ship. Situationship is also a neologism, i.e., a newly coined term or expression that has not yet become widely used or recognized in a particular language or culture. Neologisms are often created to describe a new concept, idea, or phenomenon, and can be:

• A new meaning for an existing word (e.g., mood, sick).
• A completely new word (e.g., oversharers).
• A new combination of existing words (e.g., digital detox, situationship).

Some neologisms are formally accepted into mainstream language (at which point, they cease to be neologisms), and some wither until they can longer be considered everyday terms.

Example of Situationship Used in a Text

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