flirtationship
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
flirtation + -ship and/or Blend of flirtation + relationship.
Noun[edit]
flirtationship (countable and uncountable, plural flirtationships)
- (rare) flirtation
- 1918, Gilbert Frankau, One of Them:
- Jack's Jills ! Why, Muse possesses quite a list full,
May's Jill, and June's Jill, August's, and September's. . . .
Yet dares no more than skim each light adventure
Which followed on flirtationship's indenture.
- (informal) A casual relationship based only on flirtation.
- 2011, Anna Lefler, The Chicktionary, page 70:
- You may have a flirtationship with your best friend's brother, a coworker, or the baristo with the nice forearms who makes your latte […]