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Wellness > Sex + Relationships

What Does It Mean To Match Someone’s “Freak?”

I may be a bit of a romantic, but I will die on the hill that there is someone out there for everyone. Yes, even I β€” the girl who dressed like Forever 21 Blair Waldorf every day to attend her rural public high school β€” had a date to my senior prom. We all know that one couple comprised of the two wackiest people you’ve ever met, and they’re perfect for each other. According to the internet, these are the people who “match each other’s freak,” and honestly? I’m absolutely here for this term.

I want you to think of the most chaotic couples in pop culture: Chuck and Blair, Samantha and Smith, Donkey and Dragon β€” you get it. Couples that “match each other’s freak” essentially mean that their respective weirdness complements, and sometimes enhances, each other. In this case, “freak” refers to the strange, unconventional, and societally unpalatable parts of a person that can find a good counterpart in another person’s strangeness.Β Can I get a “hell yeah?”

On social media, users are sharing some of their favorite couples that “match each other’s freak.” Their answers span from reality television show favorites to animated characters, and each of them gets more and more accurate.

Seriously… Vanessa and Barry Bee Benson really were made for each other.

What is the “match each other’s freak” origin?

ICYMI, the internet didn’t just come up with this slang term on a whim. “Match each other’s freak” comes from the popular Tinashe song “Nasty,” in which the artist sings, “Is somebody gonna match my freak?” When it comes to memes, the more you know, right?

Freaks, rise! Your person is out there β€” trust me.

Julianna Marie
Julianna Marie is the Wellness Editor at Her Campus β€” leading the site's coverage of health, wellness, sex, relationships, and mental health. Additionally, she oversees our College Try franchise, the LGBTQIA+ vertical (Free To Be) and occasionally covers astrology, entertainment, fashion and beauty, and internet culture.

Julianna's work as a screenwriter and filmmaker has also received recognition at major film festivals such as LA Shorts, Tokyo International Film Festival, the NYC Horror Film Festival, and more. Currently, she is in the process of writing her debut novel.

She graduated with a B.F.A in Screenwriting from Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts in May 2022, where she formed very strong opinions on movies and a love for the beach. (She's a Pisces.)

When she's not writing burning hot takes and writing about her personal life for the masses (sorry, mom), you can find Julianna cooking, going out with the girls, doing yoga the morning after going out with the girls, watching reality television with her fiancΓ©, playing chess, or advocating for the food scene in Pittsburgh, PA. It really is that good, BTW.

If you like blurry Instagram Stories and food reviews, you can follow her on Instagram at @juliannammarie.