Diaz introduced the idea of hardballing, giving a small explanation of what the term means: [Hardballing is] when you treat your dating life like youre running a Fortune 500 company. In other words, its about discovering up front whether you and your date have the same values and intentions for the relationship.

What is Hardballing?

play hardball, to act or work aggressively, competitively, or ruthlessly, as in business or politics.

What does Mermaiding mean in dating?

What does mermaid effect mean? The mermaid effect, coined by the sitcom How I Met Your Mother, states that, the more time a man spends with a woman, the more hell find her sexually attractive–even if he initially finds her unattractive.

What does mermaiding mean in dating?

Casually moving on from these two very real dating trends, Rebel briefly mentions “mermaiding,” which immediately causes a double-take. “Its, like, when a girl goes out with a guy to a boardwalk and then she gets really bored with the date. So, she just goes into the ocean and you never see her again.”