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Test your knowledge of the most common '-ing' words in online dating profiles with this quiz. Choose from 50, 100, or all words to start. Can you name them all?

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Most Common Words Ending In ‘-ing’ In Online Dating Profiles – Choose Number

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Enter ’50’, ‘100’, or ‘All’ to begin. Then, name the most popular words ending in ‘ing’ with a minimum of 100 occurrences in online dating profiles (not necessarily gerunds – based on approx 39K female & 58K male profiles’ ‘about me’ section from urban areas across the US – straight orientation only – data normalized so male word count was as-if I downloaded 39K male profiles instead of 58K). Total occurrences and first letter shown. Object is most occurrences, not words.

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Klinkhamer

9 years ago

Huh?! Sting didn’t made it to the list? It’s a fraud!