situationship

[sich-oo-ey-shuhn-ship]

noun

Informal.

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of situationship¹

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

Example Sentences

After sharing the news with my best friend about my romance with Allen, she burst my bubble: “You’re in a situationship.”

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She confirmed that what I had shared with her was the solid definition of a “situationship.”

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As best I could understand it, he was getting branded with the landmark because he was enmeshed in a situationship that wasn’t working out.

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But from its premiere in December 2021, the sequel to the popular HBO series was like a situationship viewers could never fully get a handle on.

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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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