Are You “Monkey Branching”… or Giving Off Dead Plant Vibes?

In this fast, funny edition of Nina’s What’s Trending, the crew breaks down two new buzzwords taking over dating and pop culture—and they might hit a little too close to home. From a dating habit that explains why some people never seem to be single, to an energy check you definitely don’t want associated with your vibe, this segment delivers laughs, insights, and relatable chaos.

Is this just another round of internet jargon… or are these trends actually calling people out? 🌿🐒 You’ll want to listen before these terms show up in your group chat—or your next date. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Give us three minutes and we'll give you everything you
need to know for the day with Nina's what's trending.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Monkey barring or monkey branching is a term you need
to know if you're out in the streets trying to
find love. This is a second day in a row
where we're getting new dating trends. But basically this just
means that you're somebody that moves from person to person
and you can't be single. So when you move through
the branches, you move on the bars, or like we're
on to the next, on to the next.

Speaker 3 (00:23):
Isn't that called something else?

Speaker 1 (00:25):
Uh? Find swinging up for people?

Speaker 3 (00:27):
Though it's not like I'm not facing your problems. Well,
it's just like.

Speaker 4 (00:31):
Suppressing you can't be codependent. Yes, that's exactly part of
every by yourself. Yes, can we stop calling new terms.
I'm not going I all confusing me with these all
these terms.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
I will say though, that these types of terms do
give you a very clear visual of what people are doing,
because maybe sometimes the emotional words are like the therapy
words are kind of tricky or not fully processed. But
when you start talking about monkey barring or monkey branching,
I see.

Speaker 3 (00:57):
You I see you say monkey barring.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
Are using that in therapy?

Speaker 3 (01:00):
I'm outay, I think you.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
Might be a monkey brancher.

Speaker 3 (01:06):
Really, what you really want to know?

Speaker 1 (01:08):
What?

Speaker 4 (01:08):
I Are you flirting with me?

Speaker 3 (01:13):
They're like asking me for drinks? Are you jealous? I
don't know.

Speaker 2 (01:17):
Yes, here's something you shouldn't be jealous of. Dead plant vibes.
Dead plant vibes is also trending, and essentially that means
that you're giving off a bad like energy, negative energy,
because when you walk into a home that has dead
plants in it, they do also add to the energy
of the space. It's negative, it's drained, it's all of

(01:38):
those things. And so now it's a new way to
describe somebody's energy. You're giving me dead plant back. I
forgot to water my plant now that I just thought
about it. Yikes, Oh you better do that, I know.
But also, plants are hard to keep alive. Have you
ever noticed that? No, because I've had the same plant
now for seven years. You have it a live for
seven years, a money tree. Oh dang, you water it
all the time.

Speaker 3 (01:56):
Once a week. I give it ice cue ten to
eleven ice cubes. That's my issue. My mom taught me
that hack.

Speaker 2 (02:02):
And honestly, it's the easiest thing to do instead of
just like pouring water with the whatever thing, just put ice.

Speaker 3 (02:06):
Cubes in there.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
Do you get an easy plant? This is not an
ad for easy plant.

Speaker 3 (02:11):
But is it actually called easy plant?

Speaker 1 (02:13):
Yeah, but that's what I get. The pots that they
go in, they have like a self watering thing. You
just water it like once every month and it like
feeds it at the water.

Speaker 3 (02:20):
Why people think I'm good at.

Speaker 1 (02:22):
Watering my plants, but no, I'm not good at any
source like that.

Speaker 3 (02:24):
I don't think anyone thought you were gonna I just
definitely didn't think that. But there's no dead plant vibes
dead plants.

Speaker 1 (02:31):
I have a lot of plants, you know, but they're
all pretty much self watering. That's really cool, Actually, I
don't know why to thrive around me.

Speaker 2 (02:39):
It will be self sufficient, but you will admire it
and you will cheer it on.

Speaker 3 (02:45):
Thinking of your dog that eaves that.

Speaker 1 (02:47):
Yeah, okay, he's trying to figure out feed himself. Still
he's hungry.

Speaker 3 (02:51):
Maybe I should take it out. Oh my gosh,