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What People in College Say, and What They Actually Mean

Suzannah Sparks
Mar 09, 2015
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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What People in College Say, and What They Actually Mean
"Do you want to come over and watch a movie?" 

Do you want to come over and hook up?

"I'll probably meet you at happy hour!"

I'm probably not going where you're going, so I might see you at like 11pm.

"Come to the gym with me?"

Help motivate me I'm feeling fat.

"I'm not doing too bad in my classes."

I'm not failing any of my classes.

"Oh my god, yes, I love her."

I've met her once, and she doesn't seem like a bitch.

"Oh yeah, I know her."

I hate her so much. 

"We're having afties, you should come."

We're going to stay up until 6am, and you should probably just spend the night. Wink?

"Wait, we have to take shots." 

I'm too sober to flirt with you or I'm on a mission to do something regrettable.

"SOS, so hungover, I can't move."

I'm too lazy to put pants on.

"No, I'm staying in to do homework tonight."

I really don't feel like going out, so I'm going to stay in and watch Netflix.

"I have so much work to do, I'm so stressed."

I have one paper that is going to take me five hours to do because I'm going to watch the office while I do it. 

"THIS IS MY FAVORITE SONG!!!!"

I LOVE THE HOOK OF THIS SONG AND DON'T KNOW THE REST OF THE LYRICS!!!!!!

"I really like wine."

I really like that $5 alcoholic juice that tastes nothing like real wine.

"We hooked up like once, I don't even care."

I care just enough to go out of my way so you see me, but I'm still ignoring you.

"I'm not using you, I really like you."

I'm going to get back together with my ex girlfriend!

"I have no idea why people think I'm crazy."

I know that I like to party harder than these lame-o's.

"Want to walk me home?"

"Want to make out in front of my house/apartment?"

"I'm kind of the biggest asshole in the room."

"i'm going to make sure that I'm the biggest asshole in the room"

"I'm honestly not trying to get drunk tonight."

I'm honestly probably going to be the drunkest person at the bar.

"I don't remember last night, sorry!"

I know I tore someones shirt down the middle in a packed bar, and I'm choosing to not acknowledge it.

"I made out with someone?"

Were they ugly??

"I'm going to the strip club tonight!"

I'm making poor decisions tonight.

"I'm actually going to be pretty productive today."

I'm going to try and not binge watch a whole season of House of Cards.

"We should really get food right now."

We should really get food right now.

The real lesson of college? The only thing people don't lie about is  wanting food. 

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