soft launch

Meaning. To hint at a new relationship online without fully showing who the person is.

See it in a sentence

She soft launched him with a photo of two coffee cups and his hand in the corner.

How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

Gen Z · this one
soft launch
Gen Alpha
Haven't found the match yet.
Millennial
Haven't found the match yet.
Gen X
Haven't found the match yet.
Boomer
Haven't found the match yet.
Plain English
to hint at a new relationship online without fully showing who the person is

A hostile term for someone the speaker thinks deliberately provokes reactions to be noticed.

A romantic partner; a term of endearment shortened from babe, popular in the early 2010s.

Short for babe or baby, used affectionately, often for friends.

Big d--- energy: an air of relaxed, quiet, unbothered confidence.