There's a new version of 'Netflix and chill' and it involves Harry Potter
It was only a matter of time. What was once a fun euphemism for sex has now become a tired out expression that makes you audibly groan at its very utterance.
Well, there's a new expression in town. One that Harry Potter enthusiasts won't have too much trouble getting on board with: "Philosopher's Stone and chill."
According to KnowYourMeme, the phrase "Netflix and chill" made its first appearances "online in late 2014, mostly through Black Twitter."
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This new iteration, meanwhile, was uttered aloud on the season premiere of British reality dating show Love Island on Monday.
During the first episode of the new season, Niall -- a self-proclaimed Harry Potter enthusiast with a tattoo of Hermione's wand on his arm -- asked a fellow contestant: "You don't like to Philosopher's Stone and Chill?"
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After Niall fired off this line —which we're certain J.K. Rowling is very proud of — Twitter was, naturally, set ablaze with enthusiasm for the evolution of "Netflix and chill".
It's time for everyone to change their Tinder bios.
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Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
