Board Thread:ROBLOX help and discussion/@comment-4196050-20160123125837/@comment-25140825-20161014010231

TheFlyTeen wrote: i think Online dating is actual dating, not in-game dating Y'know,  I hate it when I try to look in a dictionary to find the definition of 'online dating',  but nearly EVERY dictionary has a different definition and it's so annoying because you can't determine what the real meaning of it is. It's nigh-impossible to find out the definition of "online dating" due to a wide variety of dictionaries saying different things,  and you wouldn't know what to trust.

At this point, I do think though that online dating is an ambiguous term, with two definitions: (1) hooking up with a romantic partner on the internet so you can meet them in real life, and (2) talking with a romantic/or sexual partner on the internet who you do not plan to meet in real life.

At this point,  the definition of 'online dating 'doesn't really matter. Context does. If it's online roleplay dating,  the second alternative would be a much more reasonably customized choice. The setting matters, and for 'online dating' to be one of the most convoluted equivocal terms in the English languages emphasizes that even further.