cuffing season
Cold-weather romance period
Cuffing season is the period from fall through winter when single people seek short-term romantic partners to couple up with during the colder months.
The term plays on handcuffs—being "cuffed" to someone.
The implication is that these relationships are driven more by seasonal loneliness than long-term compatibility: I'm not looking for anything serious, just cuffing season vibes.
- cold weatherFrigid atmospheric conditions
- sweater weatherMild cold requiring knitwear
- short daysMinimal sunlight hours
- datingPursuing romantic connections
- companionshipState of having company
relationship · intimacy · desperate · snuggling · hot cocoa · romance · autumn · commitment · monogamy · vulnerability · loneliness · contemporary slang · pairing · boyfriend · attachment · boo · partnership · settling down
- datingmatch, profile, swipe left, hookup, breakup
- innuendoinnuendo, sexual innuendo, double entendre, double meaning, implied meaning
cuffing seasonsummer fling
Brief romantic relationship during warm months
hot girl summer · summer love · spring fever · vacation romance · summer romance
cuffing seasonplaying the field
Dating without commitment
casual dating · hookup culture · no strings attached · situationship · single life
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