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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Danni Scott

'Hook up culture' ditched by singletons as half of young people say it's outdated

Singles searching for love often turn to dating apps for help as meeting someone 'organically' appears to be a thing of the past. Along with new apps, a whole new language around dating has emerged to describe everything but a relationship.

'Situationships', 'seeing each other', 'talking stages' and 'dating' are all vague terms to describe getting to know someone before you are officially together but one common term has fallen out of use.

Over half of Gen Z think the term 'hooking up' is outdated - but that doesn't mean they're not doing it, instead it's now just part of the dating process.

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