adj. Relating to something that is associated with or strongly reminiscent of a romantic relationship.
2008
To refresh your memories, the "Grey's Anatomy" co-star was widely viewed as dissing her fellow cast members and in general the hand that feeds her when she opined that the show's scripts last season didn't merit her getting an Emmy nomination. Blogs cited "Grey's' insiders" who reportedly were ticked off, and betrayed fans of the relationshippy doctor show are treating Heigl (who plays Izzie Stevens) like she was the second coming of Dixie Chick Natalie Maines.
2008
Q: I've been friends with this girl for years and we have a good time together. We started sleeping together. Then she abruptly wanted to stop the physical activity, which is fine, but:
She wants to break it off because she thinks I'm being too "relationshippy" too quickly because I invited her on a trip, but really, as a friend, I would have invited her anyway and it wouldn't have been weird, but now it is because we slept together.
She wants to break it off because she thinks I'm being too "relationshippy" too quickly because I invited her on a trip, but really, as a friend, I would have invited her anyway and it wouldn't have been weird, but now it is because we slept together.
1991 (earliest)
George: I got it. You wanna get her something nice? How about a music box?
Jerry: No, too relationshippy. She opens it up, she hears that Laura's theme, I'm dead.
Jerry: No, too relationshippy. She opens it up, she hears that Laura's theme, I'm dead.
If the slightly pejorative term relationshippy has traction in the culture (and I think it does), it might be thanks to its cameo appearance in the Seinfeld episode The Deal, which aired on May 2, 1991 (see the earliest citation). For the record, here's the rest of the conversation (where George is helping Jerry buy Elaine a birthday present after the latter two slept together):
George: Okay, what about a nice frame? With a picture of another guy in it. Frame says I care for you, but if you wanna get serious, perhaps you'd be interested in someone like this.
Jerry: Nice looking fellow.
George: What about candle holders?
Jerry: Too romantic.
George: Lingerie?
Jerry: Too sexual.
George: Waffle maker.
Jerry: Too domestic.
George: Bust of Nelson Rockefeller.
Jerry: Too Gubernatorial.
George: Okay, what about a nice frame? With a picture of another guy in it. Frame says I care for you, but if you wanna get serious, perhaps you'd be interested in someone like this.
Jerry: Nice looking fellow.
George: What about candle holders?
Jerry: Too romantic.
George: Lingerie?
Jerry: Too sexual.
George: Waffle maker.
Jerry: Too domestic.
George: Bust of Nelson Rockefeller.
Jerry: Too Gubernatorial.