Local Lingo

Some colorful useful phrases I am trying to pick up on....

Suspenders: women’s pantyhose garters
Garters: men’s sock garters
Braces: suspenders
Nobs: twats, idiots
Total Tip: Utter mess
Chatting up: Flirting (I figured out this one all by myself)
Chuffed: Pleasantly surprised, pleased
Major Session: Drinking...a lot
Pissed: Drunk
Pulling: Hooking up

Pulling (being pulled, having pulled) can range the spectrum from a simple kiss to the kind of poetry they make explicit movies about. The word itself, pulled, implies a pre-existing resistance, which of course the young Don Juan or Siren must overcome through the sheer force of their sexual magnetism. It is a deliciously ambiguous notion, which connotes either triumphant conquest or false modesty.

The American version, hooking-up, is culturally speaking a more neutral concept. It is an activity people do together (hook-up), without the necessary designation of one of the individuals having been “hooked”. Nobody loses the struggle and still, everybody wins.



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Pretty sneaky, huh?