Meanings
plural Tinderellas
- InternetA female user of the dating app Tinder, especially as a romantic connection or potential romantic connection of another user.
A bit like meeting on Tinder these days and awkwardly mumbling how you met your Tinderella.
2014, Rebecca Dooley, "Peculiar pictorial pairings", The Courier (Newcastle University), Issue 1284, 10 February 2014, 10 February 2014, page 282 more examples
If I couldn't even get a harmless little interview on Tinder, then how could any Tinderellas out there expect to get a date?
2013 February, Melanie Stone, “New app not the answer to meeting someone special”, in The Daily Illini, volume 142, number 102,15, University of Illinois, page 4AThis will reflect how cool, casual and not-at-all-obsessed-with-you-I-swear you are to your prospective Tinderella or fella.
2014, Claire Dodson, "Five ways to make the most of Tinder", The Daily Beacon (University of Tennessee), Issue 3, Volume 127, 22 August 2014, page 4
Origin
Blend of Tinder + Cinderella.
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Tinderella. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tinderella
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