situationship

situationship

English

Etymology

From situation +‎ -ship or a blend of situational +‎ relationship.

Noun

situationship (plural situationships)

1. (neologism, informal) A (romantic or sexual) relationship in which the parties involved do not clearly define their relationship as such, but for example consider it "complicated" or a friends with benefits-type situation.
   • 2017, Jamila Jasper, The Situationship: BWWM Romance Novel, Publisher s23991 (→ISBN):

     “Might you be pregnant?” I scoffed. “Listen Miss James, I know that you know that my personal life is a mess. There's no way I could be pregnant.” “Mark?” “What about Mark?” “Look, I know you're in a situationship with him...” I sighed, “Listen, Mark and I are friends. And anything that happens between us is very well secured against this.” Dawn shrugged, “Accidents happen.” “Not to me they don't,” I retorted.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Kamaria G. Powell, WHAT THE F#@K IS ENLIGHTENMENT? (→ISBN), page 41"

     We just knew we wanted to be together. There was no one who could make me laugh quite the way Royal Blue did. We had so many good times together and he treated me like a queen whenever he could. Our relationship was built on love, trust and commitment, values that had been absent from many of my past relationships. In my situationships of the past, I had always found myself giving more than the other person.