Is there any slang word that describes somebody who doesn't show up when you date him?
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5A no-show (if you want to dampen the effect of retelling the tale of being stood up)– kolossusCommented Jul 21, 2014 at 5:51
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Are you looking for a word to describe the person who didn't show up, or the act of waiting for someone who doesn't show up?– FrankCommented Jul 21, 2014 at 5:57
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"A slang" is a language. What you are looking for "a slang word", or simply "slang", uncountable, no article.– RegDwigнtCommented Jul 21, 2014 at 8:46
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2Dumped! *baddum-tsh*– David RicherbyCommented Jul 21, 2014 at 15:13
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1if he never shows up, you actually haven't dated him yet.– OldcatCommented Jul 21, 2014 at 17:23
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No-show.
Although the correct answer for the action is definitely "stand up".
I can't believe it, he stood me up.
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3This isn't correct, RAY is asking for a slang term for the person, not the action. "He's a stand up" doesn't make any sense. Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 14:41
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Hmm ... he often makes dates and does not show up ... he's a stand-up guy...– GEdgarCommented Jul 21, 2014 at 14:50
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7@GEdgar "Stand-up guy" means that the guy is dependable, reliable, of good character, etc. It's not the kind of guy who'd have stood up his date. Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 16:12
The most common slang term I've heard for this is stood up. In 5 stages of dealing with being stood up (CNN), the opening lines are:
Nobody likes to get stood up! But it does happen. And if you date long enough, it's bound to happen. It's so embarrassing. You get left at a restaurant, the dude never shows, the man of your dreams just doesn't call.
answered Jul 21, 2014 at 5:48
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2And to derive a noun from that, you can call him either a stand-up (rare, in my experience), a stand-upper, or a stander-upper. All three are quite slangy. Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 8:49
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2@JanusBahsJacquet I'm okay with the other two, but I wouldn't call him or her a stand-up unless she or he were very funny.– bibCommented Jul 21, 2014 at 11:10
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@bib I have heard it used to mean someone who stands people up, but only rarely. For some reason, I can't help but think of it as being more habitual, a la “He's such a stand-up, always blowing his friends off when he's supposed to be meeting with them”. (Very different, of course, from calling him a real stand-up kind of guy!) Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 11:12
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1@JanusBahsJacquet Probably the most common use of stand-up (at least in the US) is to refer to a stand-up comic.– bibCommented Jul 21, 2014 at 11:19
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7I think you'd get some odd looks if you tried using any of the nouns in the first comment (brit here). If someone said "He's a stand-up", first I'd assume a comic, and if that was clearly not the case then I'd assume it was a misuse of the phrase "a stand up guy" (evidently slang) and a stand up guy wouldn't be standing anyone up..– OGHazaCommented Jul 21, 2014 at 11:38
I belive that the correct term here would be flaker.
Someone who does not show up when they had previously stated they will. Also, someone who has no intention of showing up, but acts like they will or want to show up only to mess with your feelings.
ex:
Tim is such a flaker. I can't believe that he bailed out the very last minute! I'm definitely not inviting him to hang out next time.
source: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=flaker
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4Calling someone a
flakeis also appropriate: "Jack is such a flake." Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 13:32 -
Please note that quoting text without citing where you’re quoting from is tantamount to plagiarism and will be deleted on sight by the mods. You should add a link to the Urban Dictionary entries you have cited here. Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 15:41
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3@Little A flake is more general to me (and I see UD agrees): it’s someone who’s just generally unreliable or muddles his way through life in a bit of a wishy-washy, willy-nilly fashion and leads a flaky existence. A flake is quite likely to stand you up, but someone who stands you up is not necessarily a flake. Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 15:45
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@JanusBahsJacquet Yeah, that's true, it'd require context. Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 16:05
to ignore someone or something; to skip an appointment with someone; to not attend something where one is expected. He decided to sleep in and blow this class off. It wasn't right for you to just blow off an old friend the way you did.
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1Sure, that is probably the origin of the idiom:))– user66974Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 6:24
I call no-shows a 'fluff' or a 'fluffer' - a flakey individual who is all puff and no follow through, i.e. a 'fluff' is a mocker of other people's time.
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1Have you any sources supporting the use of this term by others?– JJJCommented Mar 21, 2018 at 19:40
A slang term for not showing up that my friends and I use is fader.
Fader is a general term and isn’t necessarily related to a date.
Example:
Charles didn’t show up again — could he be any more of a fader?
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3Is this a commonly used word, or is it something that only you and your friends use?– DocCommented Jul 21, 2014 at 14:21
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I have heard it used outside of my friend group. Mostly in informal settings, but I have also heard it at work (I worked in a relaxed environment). Commented Jul 23, 2014 at 11:19
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@MartinSmith, thank you, I should probably have referenced that to avoid that negative vote. Commented Jul 23, 2014 at 11:21