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'Tillerson-ed' is the perfect dating slang for these chaotic end times

Ghosting? That's so 2017.

Martha Tesema

on March 13, 2018

'Tillerson-ed' is the perfect dating slang for these chaotic end times

Now former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Credit: Photo by Inga Kjer/Photothek via Getty Images

It's 2018 and "ghosting" someone you were in a relationship with? That's so last year.

Now it's all about Tillerson-ing people. The term, which is admittedly a real mouthful, was coined Tuesday in the wake of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson learning he was out of a job via Donald Trump's tweets. The good folks on Twitter have turned his misfortune into a verb that perfectly describes so many of our dating woes.

People have been sharing stories of the time they ended a relationship via social media or uh, non-traditional means.

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