{"id":31127,"date":"2025-07-07T11:31:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T18:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/?p=31127"},"modified":"2025-07-07T11:31:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T18:31:05","slug":"flirty-language-then-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/flirty-language-then-and-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Flirty Language: Then and Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-31127\" data-postid=\"31127\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-31127 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_q0ui638 tb_first tf_w\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_ymaa638 first\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_jjf9554 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/old-school-flirtation.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-31128\" title=\"old-school-flirtation\" alt=\"old-school-flirtation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/old-school-flirtation.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/old-school-flirtation-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/old-school-flirtation-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/old-school-flirtation-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/old-school-flirtation-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_xuta508   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n\t    <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"flex basis-auto flex-col -mb-(--composer-overlap-px) [--composer-overlap-px:55px] grow overflow-hidden\"><div class=\"relative h-full\"><div class=\"flex h-full flex-col overflow-y-auto [scrollbar-gutter:stable_both-edges] @[84rem]\/thread:pt-(--header-height)\"><div class=\"@thread-xl\/thread:pt-header-height flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\"><article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\"><div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"><div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"><div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\"><div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"><div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"0924a86d-b7c5-448b-ac87-60ce8c49cbaf\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\"><div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\"><div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\"><p data-start=\"230\" data-end=\"702\">Long before emojis, ghosting, and sending a \u201cu up?\u201d text at 2am, people were still trying to get it on \u2014 they just had way fancier methods. According to a recent <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20250703-the-200-year-old-hidden-languages-of-dating\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"392\" data-end=\"494\">BBC article<\/a>, folks in the 1800s had secret codes of courtship. We&#8217;re talking <strong data-start=\"560\" data-end=\"580\">hand fan signals<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"604\">handkerchief drops<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"610\" data-end=\"633\">flower arrangements<\/strong> that basically said, \u201cI like you, let&#8217;s make out behind the stable.\u201d<\/p><p data-start=\"704\" data-end=\"965\">Yep, <em data-start=\"709\" data-end=\"719\">flirting<\/em> used to be a full-on performance art. 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People went to <em data-start=\"1660\" data-end=\"1672\">incredible<\/em> lengths to flirt without getting kicked out of church or publicly shamed by Aunt Mildred. And let\u2019s be real \u2014 dating hasn\u2019t gotten less complicated. We just swapped out fans and flowers for DMs and disappearing snaps.<\/p><p data-start=\"1892\" data-end=\"2138\">So what\u2019s the takeaway?<br data-start=\"1915\" data-end=\"1918\" \/>Whether it\u2019s hiding a message in a bouquet or decoding a triple-like on your profile, <strong data-start=\"2004\" data-end=\"2073\">humans will always find weird, creative ways to say &#8220;I like you.&#8221;<\/strong> Some are subtle, some are steamy, and some are&#8230; TikTok dances?<\/p><p data-start=\"2140\" data-end=\"2303\">Whatever your style \u2014 old-school romantic or modern-day emoji poet \u2014 just remember: communication is sexy. 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According to a recent BBC article, folks in the 1800s had secret codes of courtship. We&#8217;re talking hand fan signals, handkerchief drops, and flower arrangements that basically said, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dating-and-sex","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<img src=\"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/old-school-flirtation.jpg\" title=\"old-school-flirtation\" alt=\"old-school-flirtation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/old-school-flirtation.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/old-school-flirtation-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/old-school-flirtation-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/old-school-flirtation-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/old-school-flirtation-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\n<article dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\"><p data-start=\"230\" data-end=\"702\">Long before emojis, ghosting, and sending a \u201cu up?\u201d text at 2am, people were still trying to get it on \u2014 they just had way fancier methods. 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People went to <em data-start=\"1660\" data-end=\"1672\">incredible<\/em> lengths to flirt without getting kicked out of church or publicly shamed by Aunt Mildred. And let\u2019s be real \u2014 dating hasn\u2019t gotten less complicated. We just swapped out fans and flowers for DMs and disappearing snaps.<\/p><p data-start=\"1892\" data-end=\"2138\">So what\u2019s the takeaway?<br data-start=\"1915\" data-end=\"1918\" \/>Whether it\u2019s hiding a message in a bouquet or decoding a triple-like on your profile, <strong data-start=\"2004\" data-end=\"2073\">humans will always find weird, creative ways to say \"I like you.\"<\/strong> Some are subtle, some are steamy, and some are... TikTok dances?<\/p><p data-start=\"2140\" data-end=\"2303\">Whatever your style \u2014 old-school romantic or modern-day emoji poet \u2014 just remember: communication is sexy. And you don\u2019t need a floral codebook to shoot your shot.<\/p><p data-start=\"2305\" data-end=\"2422\">Now go forth and drop that metaphorical handkerchief. Or, y\u2019know, just send a flirty message on OBC. 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