Keeping someone as a backup option while pursuing other people.

Giving someone just enough attention to keep them interested, with no intention of committing.

Ending contact with someone but continuing to watch and react to their social media.

Reappearing in someone's life months after ghosting them, as if nothing happened.

Ending a relationship by disappearing completely with no explanation.

The period of getting to know someone romantically before anything is defined.

A romantic or sexual relationship without a label, definition or agreed commitment.

Having your message seen and not replied to, with the read receipt proving it.

A photo posted specifically to attract admiring attention, framed as if it were about something else.

Fruit and vegetable emoji used as body-part euphemisms.

Suggestive or knowing — implying something without saying it.

A warning sign about a person's behaviour, usually in dating.

Desperate — usually about a crush, sometimes about life going badly in general.

Someone who does excessive favours or flattery for a person they're attracted to, hoping for affection.

A sudden, irreversible feeling of repulsion toward someone you were attracted to.

Playfully delusional — believing something unrealistic about yourself or a crush, usually on purpose.

Attracting someone through presence and body language alone, without saying anything charming.

Charisma, specifically the ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner through conversation.