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Pulling
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What exactly is this "pulling?" I always thought you would use the word if you had sexual intercourse with that nights prospect, but I read things here and see people use the word when they seem to have made almost eye contact with a person. So, enlighten me.
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Ie "get your coat, youve pulled"
Not that youd actually done anything.
:yes: but I have heard people say "they were pulling" as in "they were kissing."
When I was a wee lass, we used to say "getting off with each other." But once me and my sister were talking about it, my Mum overheard me say "I got off with him behind the garage" (What a classy 13 year old I was) and she assumed I meant "Had sex with him." Her reaction was very amusing.
In my opinion, pulling basically means seducing someone, either for a snog (your fave word my_name ) or more.
:yes:
That's the way I'd use it.
In the last few years I have heard a lot of people use it for kissing though, specially the youngsters!
Now I'm not a native speaker and have only some feeling about this term's meaning through how I've seen it in use, but that's usually along the lines of what I think when I hear/see it. :yes:
Make sense?
Ah dear, Helen, I think it's reflective of our advanced years, as that's the term I used at school too
Pulled to me is when you've left somewhere with someone with the intention of some naughtiness occurring. Would only say it retrospectively, too, like talking about someone you pulled or whatever. I definitely wouldn't say "pulled" for kissing, though a lot of people seem to!
We had something similar but it was "I went with Katie at the party on Friday night".
We also said stuff like "have you gone with her before?" meaning have you kissed her before.
And if you were seeing someone kinda steady you were 'going with them'.
Ahhh, teenage terminology.
Lol Donnie says that in Donnie Darko, I thought it was just meant to be taking the piss out of him losing his nerve and coming out with some random phrase...didn't think people actually said that. lol
I'd say pulling was basically when two people acknowledge they like eachother and do something about it.
LOL
"Getting off" and "tapping off" were what I used to say.
it's actually a "official" term... I learnt in school (yea, from my teacher), that "going steady with s.o." is being in a relationship with that person.
Belfast people say "will you see my mate" for kissing.
We say "shifting" where I'm from. "I shifted her last night."
"see her over there? I 'greased' her last night"
We used to say we "got off" with people, but then it seemed to changed to "got on". Although that never sounded right to me.
I'd say pulling is kissing someone, like when at a bar/club/etc. But then again, I'd use that term if someone was eyeing up my mate aswell - "Haha, I think you've pulled.."
Shrug.
I ended up asking a new teacher from Ireland last year.
We use "hooking up" here. I don't really like it