The state of a relationship when you're not quite dating but not just friends. Neither party is sure if they like the other enough to date, yet continue to do most of the same things as people in committed relationships. If they get tired of one another, they can simply return to "just friend" status without social upheaval.

So named because of the tomato's role as not quite a fruit and not quite a vegetable and not to be confused with fuck buddies or sex friends.

Briefly, "the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own." Originally from the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, which has a lot more beautiful neologism definitions like this you might enjoy.

When an individual drinks too much, his face becomes bright red - or "Tomatoed"

To get squashed so hard by something that your blood squirts out of your body like a tomato.

I word that David "Fuzzy" Garber likes to post twice.

To get squished or squashed so hard that your blood squirts out like a tomato.

To be red from exercise or embarrassment.

Tomatoing - verb form