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title: "catch feels · GenZ Decoded"
description: "catch feels: To develop romantic feelings or attachment for someone. Example: \"We were just friends but I caught feels.\" Meaning and usage."
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# catch feels

Gen Z[#dating](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/dating/)

**Meaning.** To develop romantic feelings or attachment for someone.

See it in a sentence

We were just friends but I caught feels.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    catch feels

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    No word for this one yet.

- Gen X

    No word for this one yet.

- Boomer

    No word for this one yet.

- Plain English

    to develop romantic feelings or attachment for someone

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## Related slang

- [boo'd up](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/boo-d-up/): Being in a happy romantic relationship or coupled up.
- [breadcrumbing](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/breadcrumbing/): Leading someone on with sporadic attention to keep them interested without commitment.
- [curve](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/curve/): To reject or turn down someone's romantic or sexual advances.
- [delusionship](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/delusionship/): A one-sided relationship that exists mostly in someone's imagination.

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