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Tinderesque

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English

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Etymology

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From Tinder +‎ -esque.

Adjective

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Tinderesque (comparative more Tinderesque, superlative most Tinderesque)

  1. Characteristic of the online dating platform Tinder.
    • 2019 May 1, BGR, “Facebook’s new ’Secret Crush’ isn’t cute — it’s creepy”, in New York Post[1], New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-12:
      Facebook Dating, a service that's only available in a few markets right now, also got a new feature called "Secret Crush," which will let you match with your Facebook friends in a Tinderesque kind of way.
    • 2023 October 5, Annie Rauwerda, “On Wikipedia, Anyone Can Be a Model”, in Slate[2], archived from the original on 2023-10-12:
      The shot is a run-of-the-mill Tinderesque snap: abs flex in the foreground; toilet paper hangs in the background; a black-and-white filter gives the shot an aura of noir mystique.