Friday, December 15, 2006

Neologism at its best

A lot of good shit has been going down in my "no sex"life, but since I'm still not sure which end is up, I will defer to a topic that I have been enlightened of while hanging out with my college friends.

Through one of my closer college buddies, NotHarley, I have gotten to know NotKidA. She's a cute 21 year old with short, short hair and a confidence problem. She and her boyfriend of several years recently broke up and she's been after another of our mutual friends, NotBYU. He's a sweetheart and completely clueless about her wanting him.

Last week, we all went to a pub and as I watched the two of them interact, I got the feeling that he just wasn't that into her. Sure, they sat together and she teased him the entire night, he bought her beer, but his attention wasn't fully being paid to her. As my friend said, "He doesn't like her as much as she deserves.

So our evening ends and everyone leaves, except for the two of them. I don't think much of it, but when I talk to NotHarley later, she tells me the two of them (NotKidA and NotBYU) boned.
This sort of shocks me, mostly because I don't know either of them that well and I give everyone the benefit of the doubt.
NotHarley then goes on to tell me that NotKidA is probably on another one of her Trampages (pronounced like rampage, but with a t in front of it). I look at her quizically and NotHarley tells me that NotKidA, in her freshman year at NotHarvard, slept with pretty much every guy she came across. In other words, a Trampage. I became completely enamoured of this new word and wondered if she was the only one who had come across it. Then at breakfast one morning, I heard another one of my close college friends, NotShortie, use it as well. "So you two didn't bone, even after hanging out for 6 hours and him cooking dinner for you?" "Oh no way, that was before my Trampage."

I have not been on a Trampage yet... but I feel, especially with recent events, that I could be bordering on one. Have any of you been on a Trampage before? I guess for men it would be called a... Manage? hahaha.

9 comments:

KassyK said...

This is hilarious. After my 7 year break up occured earlier this year, I was terrified I would embark on a Trampage. Turns out instead I had a rebound relationship and the Trampage happened 5 months later.But it was a hooking up Trampage and not a sex one. I'm too paranoid. :)

The Retropolitan said...

I always thought it was "trampalanche."

Jada said...

I have just now added Trampage to my vocabulary, where I am certain it will make regular appearances. Awesome. Thank you.

Anonymous said...

Love it -- added to my dictionary. I've always just referred to it as my manwhore stage.

NotCarrie said...

I'm with Kassyk, I'm too paranoid to do that.

Lindsey said...

I have not been on a Trampage...yet. Hell, who am I kidding...I haven't slept with one guy...much less multiple. Dammit. Must work on that.

Anonymous said...

sometimes a good trampage is needed. so long as you protect your heart and your body. =)

Anonymous said...

i've never heard of the word 'trampage' before. i like it though. not that i'm going to be running out on my own since i'm so not like that haha!

Anonymous said...

LOL I love this. I went on a tiny bit of a Trampage my sophomore year of college when my first love broke my heart, but it didn't last very long. I wish I could kind of do that again, but I'm just not into that sort of thing anymore. I'm too picky about who I'm with, and the thing is that as long as I still, in my heart, want to be with one person I just physically cannot enjoy myself with someone else. It's just me. And my Magic Wand. ;)