Sex and Dating Terms

A-Z Glossary of Terms Used in Digital Dating

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Do you remember the days when you used to meet someone at a sports club, a night club, or a bar? Yeah? Well, those days are over. Nowadays, you don't need to ask what someone likes or does for living when you meet them because all that information, and a tonne more, will have been given to you beforehand. Should a relationship between two Millennials or the other iKids ever reach a face-to-face meet, the protagonists will already have seen three dozen perfect selfies of each other and know how much each one can bench press.

The other interesting point is that more people are gay now...or bi...or a different gender to their birth certificate...or something in between. Of course, that's all absolutely fine. We are what we are. Fact. It just seems that the iKids are a bit more of that than Generation X and their predecessors were.

So, the language of love has changed a lot recently. There are literally hundreds of news terms used to describe sexual preferences and orientation.

To make life easier for you, we have organized them into the following categories:

Race, Ethnic Origin, Physical Description & Characteristics.
Lifestyle & Status.
Sexual Orientation & Preferences.
Religion.
Miscellaneous Abbreviations, Acronyms & Slang Terms.

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Race, Ethnic Origin, Physical Description & Characteristics

These Dating Terms are typically used to describe the sender/poster or the person they are looking for.

Lifestyle & Status

These abbreviations, acronyms and slang terms are used in digital dating to give an idea of the type of person that the poster is and their lifestyle, as well as the type of person they are looking for. Take care! Like all digital dating terms, these ones are often not used honestly!

Sexual Orientation & Preferences

The digital dating terms used to refer to sexual orientation and preferences are usually predictable and mundane. However, some of them, especially those that refer to sexual preferences, can be quite explicit.

Religious Beliefs

To many people, the religious beliefs of a potential partner are very important. Below are the most common abbreviations used on online dating sites to refer to religion.