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micro-cheat

verb

Etymology

From micro- + cheat.

  1. derived from eschet
  2. derived from eschete
  3. derived from chete
  4. derived from *excadēre✻
  5. derived from escheat
  6. derived from achetan
  7. prefixed as micro-cheat — “micro + cheat”

Definitions

  1. To show signs of attraction or focus on someone other than one's romantic partner.

    • There are plenty of different ways to micro-cheat on your partner. One of the prime examples is by going through someone's social media profile and liking old pictures of them – known as a "deep like".
    • But while physical cheating is publicly condemned and clear-cut enough to identify, there's a "tinier" form of cheating that can sting just as much: micro-cheating.

  2. A person who micro-cheats.

    • Here, LYNSEY CLARKE presents a quiz which will reveal if you are a micro-cheat, a mini-flirt or mega-loyal.

  3. An instance of micro-cheating.

    • New York–based relationship and etiquette expert of Relationship Advice Forum, April Masini, tells Bustle. "Sleeping with someone else is not a micro-cheat. That’s a flat-out betrayal."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA