S/O Bases, What does "hooking up" mean to you?

[Deleted]

"Hooking up" seems like such an ambiguous term.  I always assume it means sex, but some people use it to mean anything from making out, to oral, to full-on sex. 

[LeggsBenedict]

oral or sex.

[berbles]

Depends on the age of the speaker.

I "hooked up" with guys in HS. That did not involve sex.

I "hooked up" with a couple guys right after my divorce. That meant one-time wham-bam-thank-you-man, getting it out of my system.

[VeryViolet]

I feel like this is a context of the usage/reputation of the people involved kind of thing that doesn't have a defined answer.

[jigsy]

At this age, hooking up means fucking.

[nerdicorn]

If the speaker is a teen then I will go with "making out". But if it's an adult, sex.

[wambam]

I assume sex.

[RoxMonster]

I usually assume it means having sex.

I can see it mean making out/fooling around if used by a teenager.

[rex]

sex.

[crazycakes]

In high school it was making out/possibly some groping.

College and beyond it was definitely sex.

[hisno1girl]

Oral and/or other forms of sex.

[EmilieMadison]

Sex

[Deleted]

Sex

[bonquiqui]

Sex

[underwaterrhymes]

UWR's Glossary of Terms

- Kissing - The act of touching lips and tongues together and occasionally messing up the hair of the person you are kissing. Might take place up against a car, but probably not in the car because then that would be "making out."

- Making Out - Involves kissing, but might also involve a gear shift in one's stomach and some mild over the clothing groping or dry humping. The removal of clothing means it is "hooking up."

- Hooking Up - Naked or topless kissing, groping and / or oral. Some people claim that to hook up means to have sex, but although it may involve having sex, it does not have to.

- Had sex - Self explanatory.

[bonquiqui]

Aug 1, 2014 18:20:52 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

I use it to mean get together lol .

Text from earlier to my aunt:

Oh that's okay, no worries. I'll hook up with you later!

Forward lol

[blanca]

Sex

[kristinschmistin]

meeting friends out at some point in the night for drinks after we've all been out doing our respective things. weird, right? totally g-rated.

[karmasabiotch]

Sex

[karmasabiotch]

Or a drug exchange.

[ginger]

Dude. Hooking Up always equals Sex. Oral, regular, whatever. But definitely means sex. Not making out.

[karmasabiotch]

Aug 1, 2014 18:53:33 GMT -5 karmasabiotch said:

Or a drug exchange.

I'm on my 6'th season of binge watching Weeds. Everything is about drugs to me right now.

[mellymel]

Oral or p in v

[Deleted]

Sex

[rupertpenny]

It can be anything from making out to sex. But probably only horizontal making out. If all parties remain vertical I would just say "making out."

The beauty of this term is in the ambiguity. A girl has to retain her aura of mystery!

[Jalapeñomel]

Sex

[sporky]

So, funny story: Hooking up to me has always meant full-on sex. When we were in college, eventual-DH heard this term and thought it meant going out on a date. So after some friends had introduced us, he casually asked me to hook up one evening. I may or may not have laughed in his face saying, "Uh, NO." He was hurt and dumbfounded but I didn't do casual encounters. It was a couple of weeks later while chatting over AIM that we finally found the root of the problem and agreed to a date.

Just a little miscommunication there.

[sugarbear]

Aug 1, 2014 18:20:52 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

I use it to mean get together lol .

Text from earlier to my aunt:

Oh that's okay, no worries. I'll hook up with you later!

Hooking up with Jen is ALWAYS a good time!