Tinderite

plural Tinderites

1. A user of the online dating and geosocial networking application Tinder.

   Many regular Tinderites have also had strange experiences that can put them off.

   2014 October 12, Josh Glancy, “Feeling Tinder fatigue?”, in The Sunday Times, page 42

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   Alternatively, there are the shots of men snuggling with normal-looking females who are clearly the ex-spouses of the now-alone Tinderites. […] Not everyone includes bios, but those who do share devastating similarities. […] Of course, there are some Tinderites who break the mould. Some made me laugh, like the guy who described himself as “legendary hand model & stoic philosopher”. […] After all, if you walk through a room filled with photos of the opposite sex, you are bound to pick half-a-dozen that you like – if you don’t mind the odd tiger. And if they like you back, well congratulations, Tinderite. You have got yourself a date.

   2014 April 27, Kerri Sackville, “love me tinder: life matters”, in The Sun-Herald, page 10

   The south west is pretty public school but things get grittier as you travel further east; the kind of Tinderites I tend to go for fixate on Clapham with its newbie graduates or Brixton where things are a little more grounded. […] It may be that Jack is exceptionally picky and I should feel honoured to have met his exacting standards; it may also be that I am on a date with a man 99.5 per cent of female Tinderites found repellent.

   2015, Rosy Edwards, Confessions of a Tinderella, London: Century, Penguin Random House, →ISBN, pages 112 and 369

   In an age dominated by tweets and texts, it is quite easy to forget—or at least be distanced from—the chaos and warfare that ravages the world today. Kim Kardashian ‘breaks’ the Internet while Russia breaks international laws. Dresses change from white to blue on Facebook while the situation in Syria stagnates. ‘Tinderites’ incessantly strike out while U.S. drone strikes still affect countless families.

   2015 March 18, Luka Ciklovan, The Tribune, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2023

   Tinderites may be anywhere from age 18 to 35, the younger set being those not yet interested in marriage prospects and likely to stay with the service for a longer time, notes Brooks.

   2015 August 12, Lila MacLellan, “Why Online Dating Has a Hard Time Hooking Up with Venture Capital”, in Institutional Investor

   But the most popular apps seek to help their users filter possible mates using clever technology. Tinder, for example, only provides users with profiles of fellow Tinderites who are nearby, to make it that much easier to meet in person.

   2016 February 13, “With dating apps, good matches need good data”, in Star Tribune, volume XXXIV, number 319, published 17 February 2016, page D6

   Synonyms: Tinderer