If you watch a lot of romance k-dramas you’d know that Koreans refer to that as 썸 (sseom)

It’s the stage where before you define the relationship. 

But while it’s common to use 썸 now, there’s another slang word Gen Z’s use to define that kind of relationship - 

It’s 삼귀다 (samgweeda).

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