DATE, DATING
(also see COURTING)
ADJECTIVES
1945 — ON dating → Aust. sl.
1947 — BOGIE-AND-BACALLING dating, going together → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — JACK-AND-JILLING dating, going together → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — STARDUSTING dating, going together → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — UP FOR GRABS easy to date → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1950 — SHAFTED stood up by one’s date → sl.
1966 — LINKED dating someone steadily and exclusively → US sl.
2001 — OUT OF THE GAME dating only one person → US sl.
NOUNS
..20C — CRUISING searching for a date → teen & high school sl.
1942 — SCOTCHMAN’S SHOUT a date where each person pays their own way → NZ sl.
1944 — BLIND FLYING a date with an unseen girl; a blind date → services’ sl. (Bk.)
1945 — BIMBO DOUGH money for a date → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 — DUAL a date accompanied by a chaperone → World War II Amer. sl.
1947 — BIG DEAL an important date → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — BLACK MARKETING stealing dates → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — CONVOY a date → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — D-DAY a day on which one has an important date → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — HITCH a date → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — MALE ROBBERY a stealing dates → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — NIGHT MANOEUVRES dates → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — WALKY-TALKY DATE a date devoted to walking and talking → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — W.P.A. a date on which the woman pays all → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1960 — V.B.D. an unsatisfactory evening with a member of the opposite sex (Very Bad Date) → African-American sl.
1967 — FIX-UP a blind date → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 — BROWN HELMET bad or unfair treatment of a date; a jilting a boyfriend; any unpleasantness → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 — CLEAR FIELD a good chance to date girls → US sl. (Bk.)
1975 — BLIND DRAG a blind date → US sl. (Bk.)
1986 — DATE BAIT something that will entice a member of the opposite sex to accept the offer of a date → US students’ sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1947 — SANDWICH DATE a boy with two girls → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1950 — DATE MATE a partner of the same sex to accompany one on a double date → Amer. sl.
1954 — MOP your date for an evening → US teen sl.
1959 — BAM a steady date, a girlfriend → sl., orig. African-American
1966 — BIT OF LUMBER a woman courted, esp. one picked up at a party, etc. → sl.
1969 — HIGH SCHOOL HARRIET a high school girl dated by a college boy → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 — STUDHAMMER a male who dates heavily → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1971 — EASY RIDER a girl who ‘gives everything’ on a first date → US sl. (Bk.)
1990 — FRESH VEGETABLE a young man who is dating an older woman → W. Indies
PHRASES
1947 — HE’S ROCKING MY DREAM BOAT another boy is going with my girl → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1827 — WALK WITH to date; to court a woman → Amer. dial.
1859 — BEAU to date; to act as suitor to; to escort → Amer. dial.
1888 — WALK OUT WITH to date; to court a woman → Eng. & Amer. dial.
..20C — BOGUE to be stood up on a date → teen & high school sl.
..20C — CHILL to stand up for a date; common in rap music lyrics → teen & high school sl.
..20C — FLAKE to not show for a date → teen & high school sl.
1928 — BUZZ to have a date, to court → Amer. dial.
1934 — CANDY ANKLE to date → students’ sl. (Bk.)
1934 — DO A LINE to date; to make an amorous approach → Aust. sl.
1945 — DRAG AN ANCHOR to have a blind date with an ugly or dull woman → World War II Amer. sl.
1947 — DATE A GOON BAIT to have a date with a ‘drip’ → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — DRAG A BAG to have a date with a ‘drip’ → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — FLAME A TAME DAME to have a date with a ‘drip’ → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — GO FISHING to look for a date → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — GO WITH A CROW to have a date with a ‘drip’ → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — HANKER FOR AN ANCHOR to want to go steady → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — HAUL A MEATBALL to have a date with a ‘drip’ → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — LURK WITH A JERK to have a date with a ‘drip’ → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — MATCH THEIR CATCH to go on a double date → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — MATE A DATE BAIT to have a date with a ‘smooth’ girl → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — MEET A DOWN-BEAT to have a date with a ‘drip’ → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — SPOON A GOON to have a date with a ‘drip’ → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — WALK A ZOMBIE to have a date with a ‘drip’ → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — WOLF to look for a date → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1960 — AD-LIB to date indiscriminately → US sl.
1960 — BAIL ON — BALE ON to break a date → US teen sl.
1960 — GRAYHOUND — GREYHOUND to date a White person → African-American sl.
1960 — SHOOT DOWN to terminate a dating relationship → Amer. sl.
1960 — SNUFF to ignore or to break a date → Amer. sl.
1964 — SUMP ON to leave one’s date → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1966 — JAP OUT to fail to keep an appointment or date → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1969 — GET SMART to break off an affair; to stop dating → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1969 — GRAPPLE to socialize on a date → US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 — FLACK OUT to break a date → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 — GIVE THE GREEN WEENEY to break a date, or to ‘break up’ → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 — SHACK to stay out all night with a boy or girl → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 — SNARF to pick up a date, as at the bowling alley, a bar, etc. → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1977 — SNAKE to steal one’s date → US sl.
1980 — DEAL to make dates frequently → US students’ sl.
1990 — BABYSIT to date someone who is substantially younger than you → US sl.
1991 — KICK TO THE CURB to break off a relationship → US sl.
2001 — GET YOUR CAKE to date your girlfriend → US sl.