Did he suck out against the nuts?

The title might sound a bit vulgar, but i can assure you it's not. In fact, it is an illustration of excatly what this post is about (quite handy seeing as how it's the title, no?). Anyway, on to what the french call... le point.

Guys love talking in code. This is mainly due to the fact that they don't understand the other codes that go on in the word...(read: women). Women speak a completely different language than do men. This is why so often you hear phrases like "you just don't get it do you?" Well, no. Or the ever-so-popular: "we just don't communicate like we used to." First off, what you used to think of "communication" was actually "trying-to-get-you-in-the-sack-speak."

Because of this lack of being able to decipher the women's code of speaking, guys tend to come up with their own code as an end to feel better about their limited ability to communicate. This manifests itself in the form of using code that is generally centered around sports and other "manly" topics.

You've got phrases like "he shouldn't run that sweep on first anymore because the lb's keep filling up the gaps and our backs don't have the breaking speed to be able to hit the secondary with the necessary force to be able to get a td." Simplified, it goes something like this "stop running outside, because we can't score that way."

You've also got poker phrases like "i had the nuts until he sucked out on me on the river with a k4 off suit... damn chaser." Simplified, "i thought i had won, until that guy beat me."

It's usually really simple stuff that the guys are saying, as we as a people aren't able to think of complex, multi-meaning sayings (i.e. "if you don't know what i'm talking about, i'm not gonna tell you"). All you need to learn is the vocabulary, and it's all gravy from there... probably literally... mmmmm, gravy...



Mitch Hedberg's QotD:

I would imagine if you could understand Morse Code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.