Ghosting to bread crumbing, here are 6 popular dating terms that ruled 2016

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Ghosting

Ghosting
Has someone ghosted you? Ghosting happens when someone you’re dating all of a sudden stops making any contact, giving no signs at all. This means they are not interested and are afraid to tell you this.
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Bread crumbing

Bread crumbing
Breadcrumbers resurface time and again and they are those people who contact you intermittently in order to keep you interested, but are unclear and rude about taking the relationship forward. Basically, they keep you in a limbo.
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DTR

DTR
Define the Relationship. This happens when your bae asks you ‘where the relationship heading? Define it.’

FBO

FBO
Facebook Official. Your relationship becomes legit only when you update your status on social media. Have you made it FBO yet?
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Cuffing season

Cuffing season
Millennials call the winter season as cuffing season. This is when single people look for relationships

Benching

Benching
Sounds too technical? This happens when a person who has been dating stops meeting you in person, but continues to contact you over message and social media.
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