Relationship
What does Talking stage mean?
A phase of messages and dates with no exclusivity agreement and no name.
Definition
Talking stage is the corridor. There is daily chat, maybe a kiss, no title. For one generation it is honest: we are still talking. For another it is a limbo that replaces asking someone to be together. Neighbour to the situationship, it is usually earlier: there is not yet a couple routine, only the thread. Ghosting loves this corridor because nobody made anything official enough to be billed.
Origin
English talking, Black and young American vocabulary, then global on TikTok.
History
The app stretched flirtation; the phase needed a name that was not dating.
How it emerged
We're talking became an informal civil status.
Usage examples
We've been in the talking stage for two months.
The talking stage does not prevent ghosting; sometimes it invites it.
Translations
- pt talking stage / fase de conversa
- en talking stage
- es talking stage / fase de hablar
Synonyms
- talking phase
- we're talking
- pre-relationship
Related terms
Questions
What is the talking stage?
The phase in which people talk and go out without naming themselves a couple.
Is it a situationship?
It can become one. Talking stage is the corridor; a situationship already looks like a house with no sign.
How long?
The lexicon does not set a term. Too long without clarity becomes another word: limbo.