“Let me ask you this” says Miree, with the hint of a laugh in her voice, “what’s your definition of a slut?”
I say to her “someone who will have sex with anyone and everyone without any regard for themselves or the other person.”
“See, that’s the same as mine.”
She went on to tell me how her friend Kyle has a completely different definition of the word. His being a little overkill personally and honestly a little off from the reality of the word, but that’s the difference between people.
Once we hung up I thought about how people have a variety of definitions for certain words such as hook up, dating, and lying.
I’ve done my fair share of traveling around the United States and whenever I remember to do so, I always ask people what their definition of hook up is. I’ve heard it defined as kissing, holding hands, meeting up with someone or a group, dating, and even sex.
The definition even varies with different generations. Older people tended to use hook up when referring to meeting up. Whereas younger people mostly used it in reference to something sexual.
