10 Phrases Men Use: A Glossary of Terms
Women are known for underlying currents of meaning in their rhetoric. Men are traditionally more direct; however, we do have underlying meanings as well. Our "language" is much easier to decipher.
Gentlemen, I'm not about to break the "man code" and spill out our secrets. I'm just attempting to balance the spectrum of knowledge. I doubt anything I write will be a major breakthrough in male-female interpersonal communication, but it should produce a chuckle or two:
Glossary of Terms
01. HUH? Typically follows a question a woman has asked. We're either lying about something or don't want to address what you're saying (ex. Lady: Where'd you go last nite? Man: Huh? *insert argument here*)
02. YEAH, OKAY... We are not listening to you - we noticed the pause after your sentence and knew to fill it with a feedback response; thus, giving the illusion that we're listening. A great solution is for you to change the subject to something worth talking about.
03. BUT I'M SAYING... We're not (really) saying anything. This is our "time procurement phrase" giving us an opportunity to create an elaborate, Lord of the Rings epic level fable - passing for an excuse.
04. I LOVE YOU We wanna have sex.
05. I MISS YOU We wanna have sex.
06. YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL/PRETTY/FINE/SEXY/CUTE We wanna have sex.
07. IT'S MY TREAT and YES, YOU CAN HAVE CHEESE ON IT (followed by a smile) We wanna have sex.
08. WOW, ARE YOU LOSING WEIGHT? We wanna have sex.
09. SHOE SHOPPING on FOOTBALL SUNDAY? YEAH, I'M DOWN! It's not a team/match up we're interested in watching/not feeling well/feeling guilty about something you don't know about (yet) . . .and we wanna have sex.
10. [insert supermodel/actress/singer here] IS OKAY, BUT SHE'S NOTHING COMPARED TO YOU, BABY. We wanna have sex.
11 (BONUS). LEMME COOK U BREAKFAST. We wanna have sex...twice.
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you're welcome.
Until next time...
