"OMG, I ran into my friend off-campus the other day, and it was totes awkward."

"Bro, I saw Michelle at a party this weekend, it was so awkward."

"So we were all talking and then it went silent for like a full two seconds. Most awkward thing to ever happen to me."

Have you been a victim of saying one or all of these lines? Do you have a tendency to come accross only the most awkward moments? Or have you ever had the look on your face like Ginny Weasley did when she first laid eyes on Harry Potter?

Yeah, that one.

Well look no further. I've developed a hypothesis. I've put it to test and amazingly it has a 100% success rate at making any situation NOT awkward!

The magical secret to not making things awkward is a quick and easy two step process:

1) Don't think that the supposedly awkward thing is awkward.

2) It won't be awkward.

Shockingly, situations are only awkward if you let them be. Imagine that! No other species on Earth values awkwardness even a little bit. But us humans? Oh, we eat awkward for breakfast, we breathe awkward to stay alive, and we think awkward for our sanity. Heck, there's even a tv show titled "Awkward."

It's no surprise that awkwardness is becoming a major part of our social culture. But what does the word really mean?

Dictionary.com defines awkward as "lacking skill or dexterity." So when you call a situation awkward, you're saying that everyone around you lacks skill? That doesn't make much sense.

Let's try the next definition: "lackinggraceoreaseinmovement." I'm still confused. Are you saying I'm not elegant?

Actually, it's not until the seventh definition that relates to the way we use it: an awkward moment.

Alright, I'll cut you all some slack. Using awkward as a synonym for "uncomfortable" is okay. But what about when you say, "It was just so awkward to see that girl I like at the party with all my friends." Really? It was awkward that you saw the girl of your dreams at a social gathering? I think the term you're looking for is "golden opportunity."

And it's funny, the few things I actually do find awkward, other people don't.

I think it's awkward when...

People like other people's comments that they're not friends with on Facebook. But people do it.

Guys call me "bro" when they don't even know me. But they do it.

Guys don't know whether to dap me or go in for the bro hug. But they do it.

Girls text "lol" in every text message. But they do it. I know for a fact that I'm not that funny.

Girls try to dance at parties. But they do it.

People don't know how to walk on campus so they walk into you. But, you guessed it, they do it.

That's about it. Everything else is fair game.

Ah, I don't get it. But I don't get a lot of things in life. I don't get why TNT still shows Law and Order 24/7 even though nobody watches it. I don't get why ice cream cake is a thing. I don't even get why RG3 is still a Redskin.

If it were up to me, I would just say we stop using the word akward in a social context altogether. I mean, sheesh. It's like we're addicted to purposefully making things uncomfortable. I hope you all continue to make me think about these pointless social constructs and use them as much as you like. Lord knows I won't.