[ SLANG ][ DATING ][ NOUN ]
A short, intense relationship that both people go into already knowing it will end once a particular season, event, or circumstance ends β like a summer fling with a built-in expiration date, made explicit up front.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"We both knew it was sledging from the start, a summer thing that was never going to survive her moving for school."
LORE & ORIGIN
Named for the image of a fast sled ride down a hill that's fun in the moment but is always going to end at the bottom, describing dating arrangements with an agreed-upon shelf life.
FIRST SEEN
2025
PEAK POPULARITY
2025-2026 (Dating Culture Era)
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Slang
Related To:ChoremanceZip-Coding
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[ SLANG ][ DATING ][ NOUN ]
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