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We've seen people on the internet talking about red and green flags in romantic relationships, but lately, there has been a lot of fuss about another color.

TikToker Caito (@itscaito) coined the term "beige flag" in one of her videos from a year ago, where she explained that it's a sign that someone's really, really boring to date.

@itscaito beige is the new red and in other news dating apps are a wasteland 🚩 #hinge #redflags #datingredflags #hingedating ♬ original sound - Caito

However, since then, folks have evolved it, making the beige flag something in between the red and green ones. Now, this sign is understood to be more like a personal quirk that catches your attention, a mannerism that makes you pause and think, "Hmmm... that's a bit odd" without fully understanding if it's good or bad.

(For reference, think of when Anatoly Dyatlov in HBO's Chernobyl heard the radiation reading and said: "3.6 [Roentgen] — not great, not terrible.")

So to give you a better understanding of the latest online dating slang, we compiled some of the most popular beige flags that we've seen.

#1

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similarly
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one's pretty funny. Waste not, want not ...

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    K W
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's actually kind of cute.

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    #3

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    Legen ( wait for it ) dary
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How do you carry on a conversation with him ? I have so many questions.

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    #4

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    Mmmm
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my friend is like this and its hilarious

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    #6

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    Legen ( wait for it ) dary
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Asking all the questions on people who do this is amazing, because they answer. Not sure if always honest or true.

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    #7

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sorry, but as annoying as this must be, I also find it hilarious.

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    #8

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    #9

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    niyahurt Report

    similarly
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As someone with high-functioning autism, this sounds like it might be Autism Spectrum Disorder. Many High Functioning Autistic people have trouble with chatting and casual conversation. The fact he has to google topics for conversation hints he might be having trouble with casual social skills and is making an effort to compensate. Likewise, the fact he asks intimate questions in a room full of people suggests he has trouble understanding social propriety and boundaries, another thing difficult for people with autism.

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    #10

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    Legen ( wait for it ) dary
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Put him in front of a mirror and tell him that he is cute and a keeper, because he is actually listening to you. My one, I could tell him 200 times how a watch is beautiful and he would still show up on valentines or birthdays with something else but the watch.

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    #12

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    Gustav Gallifrey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Umm...aren't alarm clocks just a type of timer?

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    #13

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    E Menendez
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this is a healthy self care boundary and not a flag at all.

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    #14

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    Sue Denham
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Snack budget"? That doesn't sound good.

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    #15

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    PandaGoPanda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think that flag is red, not beige!

    Me.
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it's a joke, which as long as its not a sensitive issue for anybody there, is fine.

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    Joe Russo
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a meme from somewhere. My two teenaged kids will repeat this for 10 minutes...

    SheDeM
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd have to keep a pool noodle handy so I could pummel him every time he did this.

    Carole Petricek
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let me guess: he was born in the early 90's? I remember a campout with my boys and bunch of cub scouts and they would NOT stop repeating that one like it was the funniest joke ever! And my boys still think it's funny (and I am still occasionally treated to a rehash of this even though they're over 30 now!)

    GK
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a meme. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/crazy-i-was-crazy-once-they-locked-me-in-a-room-a-rubber-room-a-rubber-room-with-rats-and-rats-make-me-crazy

    PcktFox
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think that would end up being a deal breaker for me! Having to listen to the same tired bit over and over would drive me... well, you know.

    Tams21
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Go crazy? Don't mind if I do...

    bi mermaid (she/her/hers)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a camp counselor who said this too much-he was a funny one, we documented everything he said (mostly government conspiracy theories)

    Penny Kemper
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But it's original from some old movie or show. Because I heard it long ago before the internet was widely used.

    Phoenix
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Crazy? I was crazy once.. and it never stopped.

    Nichole Harris
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bwahahahaha 🤣 what a classic bit he's a keeper

    bi mermaid (she/her/hers)
    Community Member
    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yep I know someone like that I indulge them till they get bored 🤣

    Lesbitarian Lady
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mental help, with a Dr, may be in order for this one

    Celtic Pirate Queen
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aw - that's adorable. I'll tell my husband I'm going to the store, so he'll say Why don't you go to the store? & I'll counter with You know what? I think I'll go to the store & he'll say Maybe you should go to the store, until one of us says, "Oh, just shut up already" You shut up, No YOU shut up - YOU shut up first (said like Eunice from "Mama's Family). Yeah, we're weird. But we're weird together & it 's worked for almost 16 years.

    Jason Romine
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a colossal life-force drain.

    Pie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did this when I was 15...

    Silver5trike
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My friend does this and at this point our entire group just starts joining in with her lol. It made something that was a little annoying into something that was fun!

    Sandy Smith
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would abuse this like...uh...crazy. That word would appear in every conversation.

    Skye Ragsdale
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The version we did on my playground had more verses. It was a longer loop.

    Stef
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I haven't heard this one on years!

    Kimberly Buchanan Fisanick
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG! I thought I was the only one. I heard it somewhere when I was a teenager. I am 59 now. It was before technology

    Trish
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's this generations "This is the song that never ends."

    bennu
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd that from the 'you me gas station' meme?

    Lauren M
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it's time to let him spiral all by himself

    Legen ( wait for it ) dary
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is not a enough reason to speak with a professional ? This is more then odd.

    Wise Turtle
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He’s quoting a meme. But it’s actually annoying

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    #16

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    #18

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    Exotic Butters
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am waving the beige flag. I do this very thing.

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    similarly
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In high school, my brother loved convincing people that "gullible" wasn't actually in the dictionary.

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    similarly
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've often said that it's as selfish to refuse to receive as it is to refuse to give, because in refusing to receive we are denying other people the opportunity to be generous and we are refusing to be grateful to other, instead insisting they always be indebted to us. Generosity sometimes means allowing others to be generous too.

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    #21

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    Em
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    100% me. Not hypochondria or attention seeking, my body is just a POS. I either try not to comment on it because I can absolutely see how this would be annoying, or I make it a joke, like, ugh, what's broken on me now?

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    #22

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    Nina
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I friggin hate when people do that! Didn't you read the rest? Is your brain function that limited? Why?!

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    #23

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    Sue Denham
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When my children went through this phase I'd pretend to not know what they wanted until they spoke properly. (And, yes, they were fully able to articulate clearly.)

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    #24

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    Johnny
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't understand why that would make the waiter embarrassed - he'll either have an actual favorite that he'll recommend, if not then he'll pick something at random from the menu (or something expensive)... or maybe the manager said "hey, we've got too much fish, so push the fish!" and recommend that. Not sure where the discomfort would come from unless the waiter was so unfamiliar with the menu that he couldnt think of a single dish to recommend.

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    #25

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    Hey!
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm like that and I'm a woman. If they want to say, they will tell me - that's my reasoning.

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    #26

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    Susan Green
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe he thinks it’s a beige flag that you call yourself a scheduled girly.

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    #28

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    Phil Vaive
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is me, and this is apparently very common in people who have ADHD (not saying she does). I hate having notifications hanging over me, so I open the message, and if I'm in the right mood I'll respond. But sometimes I think "I'll get back to it later" and then totally forget the message ever existed until the next time I think to text that person.

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    Mmmm
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i’m like this. but i don’t have money

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    #30

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    She who must not be named
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like a mental health issue to me, is she okay?

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    #31

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    Em
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is funny; some of y'all are severely overthinking it.

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    #32

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    Bouche, Audi, and Shyla, oh my!
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Chugs a monster? What if the monster in question doesn't WANT to be someone's breakfast drink?

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    #34

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    Aisling Raye
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This isn't a beige flag...it's just alcoholism

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    #35

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    RaroaRaroa
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like social anxiety to me. We don't speak because once, many years ago, we said something that sounded really awkward and remembering it still makes us physically cringe. We're afraid we'll do it again.

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    #36

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    Legen ( wait for it ) dary
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Green flag = he seems to be responsible as he doesn't want to miss work/ school. Red flag : your sleep is important too and he should consider it. After you prove to him many times and he still doesn't believe that alarm will go of.

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