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As one of your loyal Cosmo sex and relationships editors, I’ve given you my take on many a TikTok dating trend . And while a lot of them, like “ Shrekking ,” are pretty clearly toxic, others leave a bit more room for nuance. Enter: “zip coding,” the latest dating trend to make its way from TikTok to my desk.

From what I’ve gathered, zip coding can refer to either of two things: 1) Restricting your location range on dating apps to a very small radius/only dating people who live very close (i.e., within the same zip code as you); or 2) Having a location-dependent relationship in which you’re only “together” with someone when you’re in the same zip code and consider yourself single when you’re apart. For example, a college couple who consider themselves monogamously partn

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