SITUATIONSHIP Definition & Meaning

situationship

[sich-oo-ey-shuhn-ship]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Informal.

a romantic or sexual relationship that its participants have not defined, and which can also lack commitment or exclusivity.
After two years of a messy situationship, she was looking for someone who wanted to settle down.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of situationship¹

First recorded in 2005–10; situation ( def. ) + (relation)ship ( def. )

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In “All Over Me,” she’s exulting in the erotic thrill of a new situationship — “Take off your clothes / Unlock your door / ’Cause when I come over / You’re gonna get some” — while warning the guy not to get out over his skis as any kind of partner.

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Each week, the podcast will see women discuss listeners' dating dilemmas, relationship revelations and "situationship" struggles.

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Over the course of the eight-episode season of “Overcompensating,” their freshman situationship quickly gets more and more complicated.

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A patrol coordinator in their Jackson, Wyo., settlement, Jesse has an on again, off again relationship with Dina — “a situationship,” as Mazino calls it.

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Watching Levano’s video, I couldn’t help but feel like many of us are essentially in a toxic situationship with discount culture.

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