Nobody Knows What “Hooking Up” Actually Means, Says Science  Pin
it  If a friend of yours says that he or she hooked up with
someone, what do you assume that they’re talking about? Full-on
sex? Just oral? Are clothes on or off? Or is it kind of
ambiguous?  Related: Are Women Who’ve Had 5 Or More Partners
Promiscuous?  Well, a recent study conducted by the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln found that nobody actually knows what the
verb “to hook up” actually refers to.  Researchers interviewed a
group of college students and found that, “Ninety-four percent
of participating students had heard of the phrase ‘hooking up’
in reference to sexual activities. Slightly more than half
described a hookup as involving sex, 9 percent roughly described
it as not having sex and about one-third indicated that the term
was ambiguous.”  So how are we supposed to know who did what
with who? What ever happened to the “bases” system? That was at
least clear. Now we have one word that refers to everything from
french kissing to bonda