Definder - what does the word mean?

What is backsliding?

a term coined in the tv show New Girl which means a person who is in a state of sadness or depression and due to this, goes back to their ex.

Ashley: OMG, did she just get back with her douchebag ex-boyfriend?
Rachel: Yeah but only 'cause she's been super depressed lately.
Ashley: So she backslid to her ex?! What a backslider!

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Backsliding - what is it?

A backslider is someone who has no honor, someone who is full of deception. A liar and thief who always taketh and never giveth.

Bare your windows and lock your doors, beware the backslider roams the moors.

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What does "backsliding" mean?

What the Moonwalk used to be called, the backslide has its' roots in mime.

Man, look at Cooley Jackson backslide! I hope Micheal Jackson don't steal his move.

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Backsliding - what does it mean?

Backsliding is the action of crawling back to one's ex.{Very popular}

Person 1: Dude, give me your phone

Person 2: What? Why?

Person 1: Because after this drink, you're going to call up Jen and try to get back with her...whatever she is.

Person 2: What? Naw, man...

Person 1: Yeah you will. You do it all the time. It's called backsliding

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Backsliding - meaning

To revert to sin or wrongdoing, especially in religious practice

Someone who gets safed only to revert to their old sinful ways is referred to as a backslider

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Backsliding - definition

verb: to re-adopt sinful ways after having spent some time as a pious religious person.

For about a year, we thought we lost him, but then one day Skeevo backslides right back into our lives!

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Backsliding - slang

When one goes back to their Exs.

'I can't believe you're with her again.. Man, you're such a backslider, you always backslide!'

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Backsliding

verb: To revert to sin or wrongdoing, especially in religious practice.

Even after tasting true freedom in Christ, Alex found it easy to backslide into habitual ways of the flesh.

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Backsliding

verb: to have sex with someone you were previously dating or hooking up with. Specifically after a falling out or bad breakup and tends to make things more complicated.

"I knew I was going to backslide with Ben last night as soon as he walked into the bar. My friends are going to kill me"

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Backsliding

To go back to talking to, dating, or having sex with a previous ex. The backslider tends to be the person who broke it off, but not always. Friends must watch out for their friends who may be backsliding especially with those who have had a recent break up and/or if they don't think the two people should be together.

Everyone worries Rhianna is backsliding into an abusive relationship with Chris Brown.

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