Courting is the experience of developing a deep relationship with someone, with a view to seeing if marriage is right for the couple, without the complexity of sexual intimacy being part of that relationship. Enabling each to find out everything about each other, developing unconditional love and trust, with out rushing things, to decide if this really is the person you want to spend the rest of your life with.

Dating is for fun. Courting is for marriage.

Traditionally Courting would include no sexual activity but today that is not usually followed.

To have an excuse to not be "dating"....yet still routinely boning. A way to subtly deflect impertinent questions with sarcastic humor via archaic terminology without offending the one with whom one bones.

1. The act of dating a person with the intent to marry.

2. A game where a black robe and some people in suits and ties dance around and pretend to establish justice on behalf of a terrorized victim of society.

2013's new STD, a mutation of the clap. Also known as jenelle evans sloppy 10ths, and blue waffle version 2.0. It turns your face scabby and gaunt, and your vag into a giant roast beef that eats everything in its path. It's food preferances are iphones and clothes.

(n) A young man in a love relationship with a courtee with a declared intent of marriage. This term sandwiches date and fiance.

adj; a person with characteristics such as loving, kind, trust-worthiness, Hottie, fun, real, and honest.
Syn; 'one hell of a best friend' :)