courting kind 

Someone love being in a relationship and usually more in love with the idea of love.

That pop star is the courting kind

courting kind by spen53 May 14, 2018

Passive Aggressive Courting 

The indirect expression of affection characterized by self-deprecating comments, pointed sub-tweeting and circuitous social maneuvering. A passive aggressive courter will never directly communicate his/her affections.

"Jamie said I was intelligent, gorgeous, soft-spoken, and way out of their league. Talk about passive aggressive courting."

Passive Aggressive Courting by LCPtheatre November 15, 2014

nerd courting 

(Non-romantic) Attempting to earn another nerd's favor by appealing to their nerdness. Applicable in the tech world where nerds with power are generally difficult to get along with

- Dude, that Datacenter manager is real jerk, he says no to every request!
- Not Joe, he was totally nerd courting him the other day talking about proper cabling methods for an hour and now all of his requests get approved
- Not me, I totally nerd courted him by talking about proper cabling methods for an hour and now he approves all my requests!

nerd courting by CrunchyTacooos January 14, 2015

pre-courting 

playful flirting on social media

In this technology age pre-courting is part of a social media user's ways.

pre-courting by Coop Dupe December 9, 2019

Candy Courting 

When candy is used to get closer to a girl for a sexual encounter or possible relationship; The act of offering candy opens the door for further conversation with the person you are interested in.

That Ray is coming to the office every day and offering candy to Wendy. It's quite obvious that he is infatuated with her as he keeps "candy courting" her with that sweetmeat.

Candy Courting by Lime5 March 5, 2014

counting shoulders 

its a term used to put your arm around someone. you start with counting ur far shoulder away from them as one, two which is the closest one to them, 3 their first and 4th the farthest one on the other side and keep ur arm around them

“have you ever counted shoulders before?”
“dude, i just used the counting shoulders trick on katie and it worked!”

counting shoulders by kathryn money September 25, 2018

counting my monkeys before they're out of the trees 

Assuming you will have something before you actually have it; similar to "counting your chickens before they hatch" (which is commonly attributed to Aesop).

"The Mariners could do better than expected this year."

"Let's not kid ourselves. Check your premises before you make a prediction."

"I'm assuming a number of things go right. Maybe I'm just counting my monkeys before they're out of the trees."

counting my monkeys before they're out of the trees by Rusanova March 7, 2012