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Gen Z’s latest dating trend is “weird matches”

Gen Z’s latest dating trend is “weird matches”

If you hear this in passing, don’t be alarmed.

There’s a new saying among Gen Z, they’re looking for the peanut butter in the jelly.

The generation born between 1995 and 2012 is keen on renaming concepts that existed long before they were born.

In this latest example, instead of simply saying they want someone who is like-minded and has similar hobbies and interests, they’re calling it a “geek match.”

If you want to date now, you’d better learn the phrase “match my freak.” That’s what it means. Getty Images/iStockphoto

Content creator Morgan Pate told Elle: “When you say you want someone to ‘match your freakiness,’ you want someone to do the things you love with you day in and day out. , but do it together”. Gen Z also uses this phrase platonically.

The quirky-sounding spoken word stems from Tinashe’s suggestive viral song “Nasty,” which debuted in April.

The phrase “match my freak” comes from the song “Nasty” by Tinashe. YouTube/Tinashe

The singer’s now-iconic line, “Can anyone match my monster?” has been posted on social media for months. She even made some tongue-in-cheek videos saying that despite the song’s success, she couldn’t find anyone to match her freakiness.

Yet its everyday use is more wholesome than the piece’s implicit, explicit weirdness.

For example, she describes in her TikTok that matching Pate’s geekiness involves drinking gourmet coffee, working out, tanning, showering, and watching Sex and the City in “cute” pajamas.

This isn’t the first time the word “geek” has entered the zeitgeist, said Kelly Elizabeth Wright, assistant professor of language sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

She told TODAY that songs like this come out about once every decade, citing the most iconic of them all, Rick James’ 1981 “Super Freak.”

In the dating world, matching someone’s geek is all about connecting with them through similar interests. Getty Images/iStockphoto

“The songs are all about light-hearted conversations about accepting yourself; it’s also about encouraging people to show off their weirdness,” Wright said. It also shows “empowerment for sexually uninhibited women,” he added.

“People ask the universe to send them someone with the same quirks, interests and quirks that match,” she added. “In our time, being a freak is sexy, silly, commonplace, public, preferable, and profitable.”

Now, this slang is becoming a common dating slang. Plenty of Fish even calls “geek matching” a 2025 trend.

The dating site reports that “39 percent of singles are lucky enough to experience this level of intimacy with someone.”

“We would like to say that we are very grateful to Tinashe for bringing this global hot topic to our attention,” Plenty of Fish added.

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