Tinderite

English

Etymology

From Tinder +‎ -ite.

Noun

Tinderite (plural Tinderites)

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

   Synonym: Tinderer

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

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

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

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

     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 March 18, Luka Ciklovan, The Tribune‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-10-15:

     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 August 12, Lila MacLellan, “Why Online Dating Has a Hard Time Hooking Up with Venture Capital”, in Institutional Investor‎^[2]:

     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.

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

     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 May 11, T. Christian Miller, “The Dig: How to Background Your Tinder Dates”, in ProPublica‎^[3]:

     Today’s installment will focus on the tips that I got from Tinderites. […] But some Tinderites were more hard core. Among their tricks: […] “The Facebook connections help me to figure out if someone is worth knowing,” one Tinderite told me. […] And an office Tinderite colleague just rolled her eyes when I asked if she would use the chat to inquire whether their match had recently visited any countries that were, say, plagued by the Zika virus.

   • 2017 July 26, “How Tinder grew up”, in Irish Independent, page 34:

     After cruising up to six snaps, Tinderites must choose whether to swipe right for ‘yes’, and strike up a conversation, or swipe left for ‘no’.

   • 2018 December 15, Yuliya Polovinchik, “I swiped right, then I never left”, in Los Angeles Times, page F10:

     (Pro tip for all you Tinderites out there: Never put in your bio that you’re not looking for nude pics. All people will do is ask you about nude pics. And then you’ll find yourself having 90 conversations about nude pics. You don’t want that, trust me.)

   • 2019 May 9, Akhila Damodaran, “Swipe right. You can meet right wing…”, in Bangalore Mirror‎^[4]:

     Swipe right. You can meet right wing… / Or a Congress worker. Tinderites are looking for more than just love / Is there nowhere you can go to avoid politicking? Not many places it would seem, with even dating apps turning out to be platforms for campaigning for your favourite political party. / Recently, a user of a dating app was shocked to receive a message ‘Please vote for BJP. Ask your family members to also vote for BJP for #NewIndia’, the moment she accepted the request from a man.