noun
Internet Slang
pen pal
PEN PAL · noun · informal
A match you endlessly text but never actually meet up with.
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Definitions
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A person on a dating app with whom you exchange lots of messages but who never converts the chat into a real-life date. All correspondence, no meeting.
“We've been talking for a month but he never asks me out, he's just a pen pal.”
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pen pal In A Sentence
We've been talking for a month but he never asks me out, he's just a pen pal.
Origin & Usage
Repurposes the old term for letter-writing correspondents.
Variants
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People Also Ask
What is a pen pal in dating?
It's a dating-app match you exchange lots of messages with but who never converts the chat into a real-life date. All correspondence, no meeting.
Where does the dating meaning of pen pal come from?
It repurposes the old term for letter-writing correspondents, since the connection stays all text and never becomes in-person.
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