Double words.

Recently, my flatmates and I have abandoned conventional communication...and instead just repeat the same words over and over until our intended meaning is conveyed.

Pour example...

Are you going out? Or out-out? Do i need to get changed... or are we not going out-out? ..."Out" refers to sitting in a pub, playing pool, or perhaps dinner. "Out-out" means wearing a dress and or heels and ending up in the Union. "Out-out-out" is a term reserved for special occasions like birthdays or end of exams where the following day is usually a write off.

Another frequent usage is in the library... Are you going upstairs? Or upstairs-upstairs? ...We could use the traditional "first floor/second floor"

terminology, but working this out would use up valuable revision brain power. The decision in the upstairs or upstairs-upstairs debate usually has something to do with how many of our collective ex-flames we can avoid. Gotta love living in a small town. (Y)

My current favourite is the word Gay. Now, being a group of liberal, intelligent and (for the most part) mature women - I know it is terrible that we use this word as a derogatory term. But hey, shit happens. When we use the word "gay" ...generally we aren't referring to a homosexual person. We are instead to referring to a man who has pissed us off. To qualify as "gay"... a man must have done at least one of the following things.....

1.) Sent stupid gay game playing text messages.

2.) Disagreed with anything we have ever said or done.

3.) Not liked us back.

4.) Been ridiculously hot, without having the courtesy to know we exist.

5.) Not understood our subtext.

6.) Passed up casual sex. (With us - Not in general.)

7.) Had a girlfriend who is under 9 stone.

8.) Lacked the testicles to make the first move.

9.) Not had an accent.

10.) Generally, not been a vampire.

We have theorized as to why it is so satisfying to label them in this way, and have come to the conclusion that it's probably because it's the last thing these type of men would want to be called.

Now because of our own special use of this word....we have a problem when trying to communicate that someone is actually homosexual. Again repetition is the answer. Mr Big is "gay" ....whereas Stanford is "gay-gay." Easy peasy.

It's the future.