♥ ♥ ♥ 16 Common English LOVE Expressions ♥ ♥ ♥

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Hi.
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Sending out love to all the corners of the world.
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This lesson is about expressions-some of them slang-about love and relationships in English.
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Love to everyone out there; thank you.
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My name's Ronnie and I'm going to teach you some slang.
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I'm going to teach you some expressions that we use all the time.
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Maybe you know the first one: "crush" from Instagram.
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So, recently I've been seeing a lot of Instagram pictures, and people will put, especially
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in another language: "crush".
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Do you know what that word means?
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Literally it means that you: "Arrr", you squish someone.
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Don't do that.
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But when we use it in slang in English: "to have a crush on someone", it means you like
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them.
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Maybe when you see them, you get a little nervous and you get...
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Your stomach feels funny, and you can't talk.
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"Oh my god.
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I'm going insane."
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Or...
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Or...
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Or...
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Or you get: "[Hyperventilates].
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Oh my god".
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So: "to have a crush on someone" means you like them.
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Now, if you are lucky, the person that you have a crush on has a crush on you as well.
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So, they like you, too.
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Now, if you're not lucky, then...
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Yeah, you just go home and cry in your big pillow, I guess.
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I don't know what you do.
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Hang out with your friends.
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Study English, yeah, that's what you do.
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Oh, don't do that.
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So, the next one: "hit it off".
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So, "hit".
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"This is so violent, Ronnie, what is happening?"
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If...
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You're not actually going to hit the per-...
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Please do not ever hit a person.
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If you "hit it off with someone" it means that you and your crush, or you and your...
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The person that you're dating really, really, really like each other.
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You actually enjoy what the person is saying, and you don't find them that strange; although
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they might be very strange.
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But "to hit it off" means right away you know that you would like to see the person again.
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Oo.
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Also, we have another expression that means the same thing: "to get on like a house on
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fire".
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So, you're thinking: "Oh, wow, okay, my house is on fire, Ronnie...
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This...
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This is...
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How can this be good now?"
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First of all you're hitting people, and now your house is on fire, but actually "to get
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on like a house on fire", again, means the same - is you have a really, really good beginning
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relationship with the person.
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So, I guess the house being on fire means it burns quickly, like the flames of love.
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So, both of these expressions: "hit it off" and "get on like a house on fire", these are
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very good expressions and it means that you're doing something right.
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Okay?
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The person hasn't run away yet.
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Wait til number seven.
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So, the next thing that might happen is maybe you go on a date with someone, and you like
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them and they like you - you hit it off, but then they don't text you or you don't text
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them because you're playing a wee game, and the game is called "hard to get".
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So, if somebody plays hard to get, it means that they don't tell the person exactly how
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they feel about them, or instead of texting them right away, they wait one hour for the
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text, or two hours.
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"Why didn't he text me back?
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Oh my god", and you check your phone.
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"Is it working?
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Is it...?
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Hello? Mom?
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Oh, Mom, no."
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So, if somebody's playing hard to get, it means they're not responding to you right
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away, and they're kind of playing a game with you.
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They're waiting to see how you will respond to them.
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So, playing hard to get, it's a game - be careful when you play games with people, because
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I don't know, I don't think it's cool at all; unless it's chess.
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I really like chess.
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Do you want to play chess with me?
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I lost my chess buddy.
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Next one.
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Maybe you hit it off with the person, and they play hard to get a little bit, and maybe
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you get them, but it was just a "fling" or a "one-night stand".
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But you're actually not standing.
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Well, you could; depends on your style.
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So: "have a fling" means you have a short romance-or sex-with someone.
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It's not a relationship, but it could be very intense love or it could be just a one-night
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stand.
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A "one-night stand" means basically you are with the person for one night.
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And when I say: "with the person", you're not playing chess; you're actually having
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sex.
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So, to have sex with a person for one night and never see them again or never call them
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again is called a one-night stand.
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You'll see this all the time in movies, and people have a one-night stand.
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Or you can have a fling with someone.
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A fling is usually longer than a one-night stand; maybe a month, two months.
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How much do you want to fling?
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Now, let's say that your relationship develops into more than a fling and you want to get
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married to this beautiful girl or beautiful boy.
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What might happen is somebody might pop...
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That didn't work.
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"Pop the question".
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If you pop-or past tense "popped"-the question, this means someone asked you to marry them,
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or you ask someone to marry you.
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So many romantic stories about people popping the question in Italy, or when they're skydiving
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- don't drop the ring!
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Oh, don't drop the ring.
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Or river rafting - don't lose the ring in the water.
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So: "popping the question" means you are asking the person to marry you.
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Traditionally, the man does it; traditionally.
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Ladies, if you'd like to pop the question to your man, go right ahead.
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But traditionally, they go down on their knees and they ask.
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So romantic.
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What if they say no?
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Oh, god, so embarrassing.
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You're skydiving; maybe you don't open your parachute?
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You try...
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Don't kill people!
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So, after you popped the question, the person says yes-hopefully-you can do what's called
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"tying the knot".
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Hmm, that sounds kinky.
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No.
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"Tying the knot" means you get married.
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So, there is a ceremony maybe, there's a wedding, and you tie the knot - basically means you
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are now married.
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I am sure that this must come from an older tradition where people tied something together
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and they made a knot, and that's how we got this expression.
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You've got homework: Please Google the origins of "tying the knot", and then write it in
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the comments and tell me, or make it up - I won't know.
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I'm not going to Google it; that's your homework.
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Okay?
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Next one: Once you get married and you love this person forever, you might refer to the
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person as "my better half" or "my other half".
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So...
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"Oh, god, why did I cut myself in half?
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And where's my other half?"
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So: "the better half" means your mate; your boyfriend or your girlfriend.
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We kind of say this like a joke, that: "You're not the good one; it's your husband or your
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wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend who's the better person than you are."
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Oh, that sounds rather discouraging as a human, but "your better half" basically means your
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partner, and it's a joke.
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Next one.
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Uh-oh.
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This happens a lot.
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Maybe you did something bad or really stupid.
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Okay?
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This happens all the time...
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And, oh, this isn't a drink, but you'll probably need one.
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If your relationship is "on the rocks", you're not actually at the seaside or you're not
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drinking some whisky with ice.
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"On the rocks" is very bad.
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If your relationship is on the rocks, it means that it is not going very well.
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Maybe it's going to end; I don't know.
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I hope not, but if something's on the rocks, it's a negative thing and it means the relationship
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is kind of bad.
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We have another expression: "in the dog house".
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So, this is...
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Men usually say this, they say: -"Oh, geez, I'm in the dog house."
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-"Well, no you're not - you're standing right in front of me.
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How are you in a dog...?
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Why are you in a dog house?
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How did you get in the dog house?
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It's tiny; you're massive."
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If somebody's in the dog house, it's basically saying that the person had a fight and things
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are not going well.
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Now, this is traditionally when men go to the supermarket and buy flowers.
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So, every time I see a man in the supermarket buying flowers, I think: "Oh, you've done
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something wrong, sir.
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But you've got those flowers and everything will be fine."
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Hopefully you won't be in the dog house anymore if you bring your lady or your gentleman some
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flowers, then you get to sleep in the bed again.
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Good dog.
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Ruff.
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So maybe you don't actually, you know, get married and have kids, and be normal.
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Maybe you just have sex a lot with people.
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Do whatever you want; it's your life.
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This is called "a hook-up" or "a booty call".
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So: "a hook-up" or "a booty call" is usually one person, two people, three people - people
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that you have sex with.
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It's not a boyfriend, it's not a girlfriend, there's no relationship - you just call the
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person, like: -"Hey.
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Want to come over for a booty call?"
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-"I don't have any boots.
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It's summertime."
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So: "a hook-up" or "a booty call" is basically you just have sex with the person.
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We also say: "no strings attached relationship", like you're a puppet.
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So: "a hook-up" or "a booty call" is a friend that you just have sex with.
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Oh, this is bad.
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Please don't do this; this is rude.
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So, if you "stand someone up", they didn't fall over, but you'll hear the expression:
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"He stood me up."
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Okay?
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So this doesn't mean that they fell and you've got to pick them up again.
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If somebody stands you up, it means you had a plan to meet the person.
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So, for example: "I will meet you at this restaurant at 8pm on Tuesday."
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So, at 8pm on Tuesday, you go to the restaurant and you wait.
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And you decide what you'd like to eat.
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The waiter comes or the waitress comes and gives you some more water, maybe more tequila;
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but the person is late, and you've received no text, no email.
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Better check your Twitter account - maybe they Twittered you; maybe it was Instagram.
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Nothing.
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There is no communication from the other person, and eventually they don't ever meet you.
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Guess what?
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You got stood up.
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So: "to get stood up" means you make a plan with someone and they do not meet you; they
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do not call you; they do not text you, and this is awful.
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I mean, come on.
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Even just be direct with people and say: "I don't really like you anymore.
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I'm not going to be there."
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Or even if you call and say: "I'm sick."
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Cool, okay.
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But it's really rude not to talk to people.
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It doesn't matter if it's a relationship, a business deal - just come on, people, respect
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each other.
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Right?
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It's a crazy world out there.
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Next one, it's kind of the same idea, but it's a little bit different from standing
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someone up.
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If someone "ghosted you"... Oo, they're a ghost.
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So: "to ghost someone", this is a new vocabulary, kind of a modern expression that we use now.
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If you ghost someone, it means they disappear.
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So, maybe you're texting with someone for a day, a week, a year, and all of a sudden
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they do not answer your texts.
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So, you think: "Okay, this person's playing hard to get.
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They haven't texted me in an hour, or two hours, three hours...
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A day?
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24...?
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Five days?
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Oh my god."
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This person never texts you back.
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They're a ghost; they've disappeared completely from your life, and move on.
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Okay?
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Some people do that, that's fine.
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If you don't like the person, you just stop sending text messages.
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Oh, that's kind of rude, isn't it?
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Just tell the person: "Hey.
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I don't like you.
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You smell bad."
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Or: "Your fly was down."
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Or, I don't know - just be nice to people again.
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We have another one, it's: "quickie".
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Bam.
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Wham-bam.
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Thank you, ma'am or sir.
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Mm-hmm.
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So: "a quickie" basically means you have sex with someone quickly.
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Oh.
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So, people do quickies – quickies? – everywhere; maybe in the elevator, maybe at work, maybe
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in the park.
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So: "a quickie" means you have sex really quickly, and then you're done, and you go
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back to doing what you're doing.
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It's not a long, drawn-out, beautiful sexual encounter; it's just a quickie.
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A little of the old in and out.
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Please use protection, people; we have lots of children in the world.
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So, if you have questions about relationship and love - I don't know, ask your Mom, because
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nobody knows really.
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You figure it out yourself, but please respect people, be safe, wear protection, wear a condom,
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and have fun.
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I'm Ronnie and I'm gone.
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Bye.
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