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dating down

Dating someone of a much lower caliber than you have in the past or are worthy of.
Friend #1 - 'Wow! She left a Biochemist with a Ph.D and a six figure salary to date a drugged out, abusive, divorced waiter who can't keep a job!'

Friend #2 - 'Yeah, no kidding... She was REALLY dating down with him! Good thing she finally got it together and left that loser!'
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dating-down 

dating someone that is on a lower caliber as yourself.
Or one who is not excelled as far a you have in any aspect

example: The chairman of a company dates a mailroom clerk
When we met I knew I was dating-down but he made my heart melt.
dating-down by ms-too_cute April 12, 2007

dating-down 

Dating someone who is of lower caliber than you. Often done to hurt your ex.
Lowering their status as you lower yours.
After they broke up, Bill started dating-down with full figured women, when asked by friends, he stated you know I like big women. his ex who was size 8 went on a crash diet.
dating-down by Gakkuri January 15, 2010

dating down the food chain 

Dating less and less desirable men or women as one ages.
Ever since I turned thirty, all I'm doing is dating down the food chain.

🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.
Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻
Word of the Day on June 1, 2026
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
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Jarlic by YSAC fanboy June 6, 2020
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