zombieing
Dead contact revives
Zombieing is a dating term for when someone who previously ghosted you suddenly reappears, rising from the dead like a zombie.
After weeks or months of silence, they send a casual text as if nothing happened: He zombied me with a "hey stranger" after three months of nothing.
The behavior leaves the recipient to decide whether to engage or ignore the resurrection.
Abruptly ceasing all communication
- reappearingShowing up again
- textingSending typed mobile messages
- exPrevious romantic partner
- breadcrumbingInconsistent romantic teasing
orbiting · haunting · benching · situationship · comeback · ignored · sudden · messages
Deceased yet animate
- resurrectionRevival from death
- risenMoved upward already
- corpseDeceased human body
- graveSerious and worrying
reanimation · shambling · awakening · lurching · infected · outbreak · apocalypse · horde
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
- LinkedInProfessional networking platform
- reconnectingResuming a severed link
- job offerFormal employment invitation
reference · favor · professional · opportunistic · career · reaching out · request · mentorship
ghosting
Abruptly ceasing all communication
- reappearingShowing up again
- textingSending typed mobile messages
- exPrevious romantic partner
breadcrumbing · orbiting · haunting · benching · situationship · comeback · ignored · sudden · messages · dating apps
undead
Deceased yet animate
- resurrectionRevival from death
- risenMoved upward already
- corpseDeceased human body
grave · reanimation · shambling · awakening · lurching · infected · outbreak · apocalypse · horde · walking dead
former colleague
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
- LinkedInProfessional networking platform
- reconnectingResuming a severed link
job offer · reference · favor · professional · opportunistic · career · reaching out · request · mentorship · promotion
- Neologismsselfie, blog, vlog, podcast, hashtag
- dating slangghosting, breadcrumbing, talking, situationship, cuffing
- online datingdating apps, dating profile, dating profiles, online dating, OkCupid
zombieingghosting
Abruptly ceasing all communication
blocking · vanishing · radio silence · fading out · slow fade
zombieingghosting
Abruptly ceasing all communication
clean break · closure · blocking · moving on