beige flag

Noun

beige flag (plural beige flags)

1. (figuratively, slang) A clue or indication (especially on an online dating profile) that a person is boring or unoriginal.
   • just seen someone on tiktok saying people talking about pineapple on pizza on dating apps is the biggest "beige flag" and i could not agree more2022 May 10, @edenyoung__, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2023
   • Jana Hocking says having a standard profile picture on a dating app is a "beige flag."2022 September 1, en, “Jana Hocking on why ‘beige flags’ are the new dating trend to watch out for”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Oct...
2. (figuratively, slang) A mundane but mildly unusual quirk or habit of one's romantic partner.
   • my bf's beige flag is he'll constantly tell me he has ocd but then proceed to cut the brownies like this 😭😭😭2023 May 29, @wrldhars, Twitter, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2023
   • Though the video went viral a year ago, you've probably been seeing the slang term all over your FYP since late May 2023. In fact, the hashtag #beigeflag has amassed over 269.6 million views and counting, and it's all thanks to a new trend where users (lovingly) expose their partners' beige flags.2023 May 30, Jillian Giandurco, “On TikTok, Users Are Celebrating The "Beige Flags" In Their Relationships”, in Bustle, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2023
3. (broadly, figuratively, slang) Someone who has a beige flag (in either sense).
   • That guy is a huge beige flag.
   • You set up a dating profile to stand out from the crowd, but you've filled it with the same basic, unexceptional cookie-cutter observations and interests as everyone else. Nothing about you stands out. You are a walking, talking beige flag. Why should I waste my time on you?2022 September 12, “Beige flags: the warning signs that announce you're too boring to date”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beige, flag.
   • Lenny looked down at his clothes. He was wearing a pair of beige pants and a green shirt. He'd dressed himself without his book of flags. There were no beige flags. Not yet anyway. But someday there might be.2007, Kate Banks, Lenny's Space, New York, N.Y.: Frances Foster Books, →ISBN, page 150