Sunday Independent (Ireland)

Basic B*tch

A new language of flowers

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ACACIA: Concealed love; drunk-texting

AMARYLLIS: Passive aggression; irritable bowel syndrome; Taylor Swift AZALEA: Fragile masculinit­y; social anxiety

BEGONIA: Sending screenshot­s; keeping receipts; vengeance BLUEBELL: Procrastin­ation; entitlemen­t; exclusivit­y

CACTUS: Irresponsi­bility; the orgasm gap; punching below your average CARNATION: I hate you

DAFFODIL: Goldenhour selfies; internalis­ed misogyny DAISY: Manic pixie dream girl; Brexit DANDELION: Emotional Affair; gaslightin­g

EDELWEISS: Daddy issues; humblebrag; slut-shaming

FIR: Deleting your social media; reactivati­ng your social media FORGET-ME-NOT: I’m still getting over my ex

GERANIUM: Softbois; sexual attraction to women’s mental Illness GLADIOLI: ‘I will insist on paying on a first date even if you beg me to split it’

HEATHER: Admiration; not in the right place for a relationsh­ip right now

HOLLY: Having a ‘birthday week’; 40-year-old DJs; uselessnes­s HYACINTH (BLUE): FOMO; endometrio­sis; #GirlBoss

HYDRANGEA: Body positivity for thin white women IRIS: JOMO; booty call

IVY: Going to tag someone in a meme and seeing that they’ve already tagged you in it

LARKSPUR (PINK): Send nudes; I don’t believe in monogamy LILY (EUCHARIS): Maiden charms; body dysmorphia

MAGNOLIA: Explaining racism to old people; how do you feel about pegging?

MARIGOLD: Netflix and chill; we haven’t had ‘the talk’ yet MISTLETOE: You embarrass me

OLEANDER: What’s your skincare routine?; mumpreneur­s ORCHID: ‘Let’s run this relationsh­ip into the ground, slowly and painfully, instead of parting as friends now’

PETUNIA: Not like other girls; girls are so much drama; incels

POPPY: Just put a towel down; red flags; dealbreake­r

PRIMROSE: (Lightly) choke me; charity; constancy ROSE (RED): Don’t catch feelings; f*ckboys

ROSE (TEA): Check your privilege; I love you but I don’t like you any more ROSE (YELLOW): Frenemy; toxic female friendship SWEETPEA: Ask me about my kink; ghosting

TULIP (GENERAL): Men who don’t own bedframes; low self-esteem

TULIP (YELLOW): Let’s move too fast; single-use plastic VIOLET: Believe me; better-looking in person

ZINNIA (MIXED): The creeping unease of targeting advertisin­g possibly reading your mind ZINNIA (YELLOW): Cognitive behavioura­l therapy

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