With the arrival of Valentine's Day comes the desire to bond with that special someone. You might find yourself trying to figure out how to either find yourself a valentine or impress your current significant other, but worry not! Here are some science pick-up lines that will be sure to help you form an attraction with your valentine this year.
1. Are you Broca's aphasia? Because you make me speechless.
An aphasia a communication disorder that results from brain damage, and Broca's area is the part of your brain that is responsible for the formation of speech. So you are claiming to be literally speechless because of this person.
2. I wish I was your coronary artery so that I could be wrapped around your heart.
The coronary artery delivers blood to your heart. It's a pretty important artery!
3. You're so cute you make my zygomaticus muscles contract.
Your zygomaticus muscles are the muscles that allow you to smile.
4. Are you the sine of pi/2? Because you are the 1.
You might vaguely remember this from your trigonometry class.
5. Hey girl, you're pulling on my chordae tendineae, and it hurts so good.
Your chordae tendineae are fibrous strings found in the ventricles of your heart. Basically, they're your heartstrings.
6. Excuse me, but I'm really attracted to you and according to Newton's laws of gravitation, you're attracted to me too.
Newton was a pretty smart man.
7. I wish your name was Avogadro, because then I would already know your number.
Everyone knows that Avogadro's number is 6.022 x 10^23! No? I'm the only one? Well, now you know.
8. Are you a defibrillator? Because you're sending shocks straight to my heart.
Pretty self-explanatory.
9. If I were an enzyme, I'd be DNA helicase so that I can unzip your genes.
This one's a classic.
10. Blood is red. Cyanosis is blue. I get tachycardia when I think of you.
Tachycardia is an abnormally high heart rate. So your heart speeds up whenever you think of your valentine. If that's not love, I don't know what is.
11. Are you a carbon sample? Because I want to date you.
Carbon dating is a way to tell how old a carbon containing object may be. But in this case, you just want to date the person so no need to bring age into this.
12. I wish I was adenine so that I could be paired with U.
DNA has four bases that help code for a certain gene: adenine, guanine, thymine, and cytosine. Adenine binds with uracil (U), which is found in RNA. Unfortunately, adenine can also pair with thymine in DNA, so you better watch out!
13. You give me more jolt than a mitochondria.
Mitochondria is the power house of the cell.
14. You must have lesioned my vestibulocochlear nerve, because you've had my head spinning all day long.
OK, this one may be a little wordy, but your vestibulocochlear nerve sends information from your vestibular system, the system that is responsible for your balance, to your brain. If you have a lesion in this nerve, you'd be falling all over because your balance would be affected. Plus, it's another way to impress someone with your extensive knowledge about the human body.
15. You're so hot that you denature my enzymes.
Enzymes don't react well to heat. If someone is this hot, I recommend that you don't spend too much time around him.
16. You must be the square root of two because I'm irrational around you.
For all you math nerds out there.
17. Your name must be phylum because you're above class.
That's pretty classy. Who knew scientific names could come in so handy?
18. Are you my appendix? Because I don't understand how you work but this feeling in my stomach makes me want to take you out.
Does anybody know what an appendix does though?
19. Are you made up of copper and tellurium? Because you are CuTe.
The periodic table can be a great source for pick up lines!
20. You must be missing an electron, because I got my ion you.
Be wary of using this one; you don't want to come off as creepy.
21. You and I are a galvanic cell. Can't you feel the electricity flowing around us?
A galvanic cell involves generating electricity from various reactions that take place inside this cell.
