online dates

Noun

online date (plural online dates)

1. A date over the Internet.
   • We had arranged to see one another again on the Sunday but I never heard from him again. Well, that is until I met my now husband a few months after the online date.2009, Rachel, “Fancy seeing you here”, in Georgia Barlow, The Cosmopolitan Guide to Online Dating: A Practical Guide for Dating Divas, London: JR Books, →ISBN, chapter 12 (True Stories: The Good, The...
2. A person dated over the Internet.
   • I lost Nick and I don’t find Chinese men attractive. We used to make fun of this, but it’s not fun anymore. I want to go back to see my online date in London or find a former classmate to get married.2006, Annie Wang, “Too Far Ahead of Her Time”, in The People’s Republic of Desire, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →ISBN, pages 432–433

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