verb Internet Slang

Roaching

/ˈrəʊtʃɪŋ/ · verb · slang

Hiding that you're dating loads of people and acting shocked when you get caught.

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Definitions

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Secretly seeing multiple people while letting a partner assume you're exclusive, then justifying it by claiming you never agreed to be exclusive when you're finally caught.

“He was roaching the whole time, swore we 'never said exclusive' when I found out.”
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Used to describe the dishonest defence as much as the act.

“The roaching excuse is always 'we were never official though'.”
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Named on the idea that for every roach you see there are many hidden, so for every person you catch them with there are more.

“Roaching always comes out eventually, the hidden ones never stay hidden.”
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Roaching In A Sentence

Found three other talking stages on his phone, total roaching.
She's roaching hard, acts single online but tells me I'm the only one.
Don't pull the roaching card, you knew exactly what we were.

Origin & Usage

Coined around 2017 and named after the saying that for every cockroach you spot, many more are hidden. It spread through dating media as a term for secret multi-dating.

Variants RoachRoacher
Tags #gen-z#dating#internet#relationships#toxic

People Also Ask

What does roaching mean in dating?

It's secretly dating several people while letting a partner think you're exclusive, then claiming you never agreed to exclusivity once you're caught.

Why is it called roaching?

The name comes from the idea that for every cockroach you see, there are many more hidden, just like the secret partners involved.

How is roaching different from having a roster?

A roster is openly juggling options when single. Roaching is hiding it while one person believes the relationship is exclusive.

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