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What does will-they-won't-they mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word will-they-won't-they? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to a potential coupling between two people who share romantic chemistry, but whose relationship is threatened by uncertainty, external obstacles or internal strife.
  2. (by extension) Of or pertaining to any situation in which there is an extended period of uncertainty.
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Princess Sonja, the daughter of an Oslo fashion house director, married Crown Prince Harald last summer after a will-they-won't-they romance that had gone on for a decade.
Among the small producers, the West German companies Continental Gummi and Phoenix Gummi are in the middle of a will-they-won't-they merger dance.

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