Girls

Tween girl: No, it's "Yiddish"! "Yiddish," not "ribbit."

–Penn Station

Overheard by: ragnvaeig

20-something girl to older friend: No, no… "ghetto" is just slang–it's not a real word.

–PATH Train

Guy on cell: Yo. (pause) Yo, yo. (pause) Yo, yo. (pause) Yo, yo, yo.

–Pacific St & Atlantic Ave

Overheard by: jayloo

Guy to another, who has obviously caused him some emotional strife: I just don't understand why you had to did me so dirty.

–Hudson River Park

Teenage boy: But I ain't know where was them talkin' about it! (teenage friend nods sympathetically)

–Downtown 6 Train

Girl to guy: It must be your manstinct. (pause) Not ya manstink!

–Central Park

Girl: Aaron! Hi!
Guy: Hey! Are you going to the thing?
Girl: Yeah, the thing!
(guy starts walking away)
Girl: Wait, Aaron! Hold up!
Guy: What?
Girl: Did you see that puppy?
Guy: Yeah, I pointed at it and laughed at it a few times.

–Cooper Square

Girl: Sorry, my friends are waiting for me.
Guy: What? You don't like nice Jewish boys with trust funds?

–5th Ave

Overheard by: A

NYU guy: Jake* has problems.
NYU girl: Does he have polio?

–NYU Dining Hall

Overheard by: Shanaca

Young woman: I just wish he'd change his attitude.
Young man: Wait, his attitude about your dildo?

–23rd & 6th

Overheard by: Wishes he heard the rest of the conversation

Ballerino: Everyone’s a little bi, you know.

–Juilliard cafeteria

Chick: girl: I’m starting to get a crush on my boss because she sometimes looks like a man.

–F train

Girl: …and he stuck it so far up my ass, I couldn’t sit down the next day.

–Times Square

Dude: Also, it was kind of fun to walk down the street hitting myself in the neck with a hammer.
Chick: I think that was around the same time as the plastic cube.
Dude: No, I wasn't wearing the plastic box on my head at that point. It would have interfered with the neck hammering.

–Lenny's Bagels, 23rd St

Overheard by: Rose Fox

Girl #1: So he was like, “We found out you’re allergic to yeast.” And I asked, “Is that why I keep getting yeast infections?” And he goes, “No, you probably just need to be more hygenic after having intercourse.”
Girl #2: Oh my god.
Girl #1: Yeah, I know. So I was like, “WTF, man? I clean my cunt!”
Girl #2: Wait, why’d you say “WTF”?
Girl #1: Because saying “fuck” would be rude.

–6 train

Overheard by: Elisabeth

Girl #1: How was babysitting yesterday?
Girl #2: Pretty good, but all of a sudden, in the middle of the park, the kid I was watching begins to breastfeed her doll… (silence) I'm not kidding.
Girl #1: Wow, that's fucked up.

–Barneys Co-Op, Spring St

Girl #1: Did you know that girl sitting in front of us?
Girl #2: I do know her, but not well enough to discuss child porn.

–Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre