situationshipとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌsɪt͡ʃuˈeɪʃənʃɪp/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌsɪtʃuˈeɪʃənʃɪp/

名詞

situationship (plural situationships)

1. (neologism, informal) A romantic or sexual relationship in which the parties do not consider or are not clear that they are in such relationship; such that is informal, without the responsibilities of a formal relationship; a companionship.
   • 2016, Lerato Tshabalala, The Way I See It: The Musings of a Black Woman in the Rainbow Nation, page 110:

     The thing about being in a situationship – and this is a big thing – is that because you exist in that no-man's-land, the rules of engagement are not spelt out.

   • 2017, Jamila Jasper, The Situationship: BWWM Romance Novel, Publisher s23991 (→ISBN):

     “Might you be pregnant?” I scoffed. “Listen Miss James, I know that you know that my personal life is a mess. There's no way I could be pregnant.” “Mark?” “What about Mark?” “Look, I know you're in a situationship with him...” I sighed, “Listen, Mark and I are friends. And anything that happens between us is very well secured against this.” Dawn shrugged, “Accidents happen.” “Not to me they don't,” I retorted.

   • 2021 January 10, Valeriya Safronova, “True Stories of Hooking Up During Covid-19”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     “I needed a ‘situationship,’” said Ms. Stevenson, a 31-year-old comedian and writer in Los Angeles. “A person I can rely on and trust to hang out with once a week.”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:situationship.

参考

• friend with benefits

Further reading

• “situationship”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999.