I believe there are two parts to clubbing. Firstly, it’s to dress up, go out, dance with your girlfriends/guyfriends, get drunk and have a good time. Secondly, it’s to dress up, go out, dance with your girlfriends/guyfriends, get drunk and hook up. So really, you either plan on going to the club with every intention to hook up, or none at all.
That’s not say that you won’t be persuaded to hook up once you are out. Very rarely will you decide to not hook up if that was your intention (you will just kiss someone below your standard and wake up in the morning full of regrets). The idea of clubbing is to go out, drink or two in hand and mingle with the opposite sex. Mingling leads to dancing which leads to kissing, which may result in spending the night together, i.e.: picking up!
Picking up, as described by the Urban Dictionary, is to to meet someone, usually at a bar or party, and persuade them to leave with you in order to have sex. Or it can be to just exchange contact details (yeah right?!).
For example:
Did you pick up last night?
Nah man, I was there till the lights came on.
It’s a term that has become popular due to shows such as Jersey Shore and Georgie Shore. Their life aspirations are to dress up, get drunk and pick up.
But is clubbing just about picking up?
I guess the answer depends on the person. If you are in a relationship, clubbing is not at all about picking up. It’s about going out with friends to let loose and have a good time. But if you are single, more often than not, the time spent in the bathroom grooming yourself (yes, girls and guys) is to attract the opposite sex. Below are a few ways to tell if you have intentions of picking up:
1. Spending longer than usual getting ready, doing makeup, etc.
2. Is ‘so and so’ going to be there? (Not that I care, I just…)
3. Does this outfit look okay? Does my butt look big? How’s my hair?
4. I need to drink more, I need confidence to dance and talk to the opposite sex.
5. Practising dance moves in the mirror.
6. Getting to a club and checking out what everyone else is wearing to scope out competition.
7. And lastly, scanning the room for the hottest person (boy or girl) to… you guessed it, PICK UP!
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