Don’t be alarmed if you hear this by accident.
Gen Z has a new way to say they’re looking for peanut butter for their jelly.
The generation, born from 1995 to 2012, has a penchant for renaming concepts that existed long before they were born.
In the latest case, instead of just saying they want someone on their wavelength with similar likes and interests, they call it a “fantastic match.”
“When you say you want someone to ‘match your freak,’ you want someone to go day in and day out with you and do the things you love to do, but together,” content creator Morgan told Elle Pate, adding that Gen. Zers also uses the phrase platonically.
The odd-sounding colloquialism stems from Tinashe’s suggestive viral song “Nasty,” which debuted in April.
The vocalist’s now iconic line “Will anyone match my freak?” has been posted on social media for months. She even joked in the video that she can’t find anyone to match her freakiness – despite the success of the song.
However, its everyday use is more on the healthy side than the implied and obvious madness of the tune.
For example, matching Pate’s fear, she described in a TikTok, is drinking great coffee, working out, getting tanned, showering, and then watching Sex and the City in “cute” pajamas.
Kelly Elizabeth Wright, an assistant professor of linguistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says this isn’t the first time the word “speech” has entered the zeitgeist.
She told Today that songs like this come around once every ten years, citing perhaps the most iconic of all, Rick James’ 1981 “Super Freak.”
“These songs feature everything from lighthearted conversations about self-acceptance; to encourage pointing out your crazy,” said Wright, who added that it shows “empowerment even for sexually uninhibited women.”
“People are asking the universe to send them someone with the same characteristics, a match in both interests and eccentricities,” she added. “In our moment, being a bigot is sexy, stupid, common, public, preferable and profitable.”
Now, slang is becoming a common dating language. Plenty of Fish even coined the “odd match” as a popular trend for 2025.
The dating site reports, “39% of singles have been lucky enough to experience this level of closeness with someone.”
“All we have to say is that we really appreciate Tinashe bringing this hot global topic to our attention,” added Plenty of Fish.
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