It’s the stage where you aren’t quite dating, but you’ve both established romantic feelings for each other. It’s exclusive but not official.
“So are you and David dating?”
“No but we’re in a thing.”
In the white American lexicon, this phrase means “the thing is” but has somehow transformed to include the word ‘is’ twice, colloquially.
“The thing is is that Friends was a groundbreaking sitcoms, guys.”
What happens when a character in a movie or tv show says the title of that movie/tv show in it. Also known as a Title Drop.
Doc Brown (on TV): "We're sending you BACK TO THE FUTURE!"
Me: "Yo dude they did the thing!"
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Border between friendship and an actual relationship
Me and Daniel had a thing however I noticed hown he was a fuckboy so I stopped talking to him
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Assortment of items, making "things"
Boy honey, check out all these new sex toys and things.
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the things that make it for the thing or things to be done
"Please send me the things so I can do the thing and submit."
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Basically when two people are together, without the official title. Includes relationship-like habits, but an individual caught up in "a thing" with someone is technically single. It is often the step before a relationship.
1. PersonA: are John and Sarah dating?
PersonB: They have a thing / thinging.
2. Sarah: why are you talking to Jasmine all the time?
John: chill out, you're not my girlfriend, I do what I want.
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