The last two years have been rife with new terms for dating that only make sense to people who have lived through a pandemic. And though it seems the pandemic is slowing (finally maybe?), the new dating terms haven’t stopped flowing. Here are a few shared over on Yahoo:

Hard-balling: really knowing what you want after months of reflection

Fast-forwarding: looking to the future, deciding what those plans look like, whether your partner fits, and looking out for all those dating green flags

Explori-dating: wiping one’s brain clean of what one normally thinks their “type” is and instead, do diving in the pond for potential fishes that one would not have otherwise gone for

Consciously single: to be more mindful in how and when one chooses to date.

Power-PDA: PDA in public places that make most onlookers feel uncomfortable