beep

Noun: A crush, romantic interest, or partner you discuss with your family or friends but whose name and identity you keep hidden from some or all of them.

Verb: When you're crushing on someone whose name and identity you keep hidden from family and friends.

Origin: Comes from the "beep" sound made on television in place of profanity or classified information (the bleep censor). First recorded in San Francisco in 2022.

Noun: I was at the park today hanging with my friends and my beep showed up.

Noun: Ugh, her old beep is basic. She's already got a new beep.

Verb: Eliot's been beeping him since February.