Promiscuity

Girl to friend: It’s like that saying, you know? ‘The pot calling the kettle a slut.’

–W 63rd St

Overheard by: JustVisiting

Woman to table of people: … Although I’m pretty sure it says ‘slut’ in my medical file…

–Rolf’s, 22nd & 3rd

Overheard by: Ladle

JAP: You can’t put a price on casual sex.

–110th & Broadway

Female employee on break, to man: I’m what’s called a nymphomaniac. I’ll do it anywhere — on the bus, the train, in the bathroom, in Chick-Fil-A…

–NYU dining hall

Chick on cell: So yeah — now I have to see this guy on Monday and work with him. I never work with him, but the minute I bone him, now I get to work with him. It’s like the walk of shame drawn out for days… Hey, I can’t help it if this keeps happening to me… I guess I need to not get drunk and screw my coworkers.

–89th & Columbus

Overheard by: Lala

College girl to friends: I guess you could say it was a friends with benefits sort of thing, except that we only slept together.

–Columbus Circle subway exit

Overheard by: confused by the definition

Teen girl on cell: So, I ended up giving him head in a closet at Allie’s party. Am I a skank? Yes. Do I care? No.

–Starbucks

Chick on cell: I have casual, meaningless sex. It’s what I do. It’s like a cornerstone of my life… Yeah, so why is he calling me to tell me what he’s buying at the grocery store? It’s like, ‘Call your fucking girlfriend for that.’

–E 93rd & 2nd

Overheard by: aunt petunia

Man on cell: … Coming from a woman who’s having an adulterous affair. Yes, I’m a total slut. I take no offense at that.

–Broadway, between Prince & Spring

Overheard by: Leslie G.

Saucy chick: I was hoping you had a juicy connection to him via a slutty friend at Oberlin.

–Columbia University

Overheard by: Ladle

Chick on cell: Of course I will be in your wedding party, as long as you don’t call me ‘maid.’ I looked up the definition, and it means ‘sexually inexperienced.’ They don’t call it ‘man-whore of honor.’

–Bus stop, Flatbush & 7th Ave, Brooklyn

Overheard by: Lala

Dude to chick: Having self respect is too hard. You should be a slut. At least for a little while.

–Chambers St

Overheard by: maria

Teen girl #1: You didn’t I know I went out with Hector?
Teen girl #2: Nah.
Teen girl #3: Hector went out with everyone. He kissed all the girls. We called him ‘The Rapist,’ or ‘R. Kelly.’

–Q88 bus

Overheard by: Me

Chick: I hooked up with everyone. I even hooked up with my dealer.
Dude: Yeah, you did.
Chick: But I had to break up — he was too thuggish.

–1 train

Drunk girl: I’m not a whore. I just like to have my crotch touched.

–Mercury Lounge, LES

Overheard by: Bmeyer

Hipster chick: I’ve got to say, I feel pretty healthy for someone who sleeps with a lot of strangers.

–Lobby, Dangerfield’s Comedy Club

Overheard by: alex

Girl on cell: Whenever I see a pregnant woman with an ankle tattoo, I figure that she must be a slut.

–Jamba Juice, Lex Ave near 61st St

White chick on cell: Hello, my little slut… Hello, my little slut! How are you?

–Times Square

Overheard by: Kerry

Nerdy chick: I have a theory that if I had a better body image, I’d be a whore.

–W Houston & 6th Ave

Hipster chick: I have to start a new band… But this time, no sleeping with everyone.
Hipster guy: That’s going to be hard for you.
Hipster chick: I know. I have a hard time keeping it in my pants.

–14th & 5th, Park Slope

Chick: I had such a hard time when I lived here. People were always calling me a slut. Always, always, always, always.
Guy standing next to her: Yeah?

–Outside the W Hotel, 17th & Park

Overheard by: Will

Ladies’ man: I can’t understand it. First it was Armenians, now it’s redheads. It’s this incredible power I can’t control.
Friend: I know, dude. You’re a lucky pimp.

–NYU Silver Center

Overheard by: Abram

Chick #1: … And I’m just trying to make myself a virgin again, you know?
Chick #2: Yeah, I know.

–St. James Pl

Asian guy: Also, Freddie Mercury didn’t deserve to die.
Black guy: I’m okay with him dead. He was gay, he fucked around, he had AIDS — he deserved to die.
Asian guy: So, you are saying that people who sleep around too much deserve to die? I sleep around. Do I deserve to die?
Black guy: … Yes.

–E train

Overheard by: Ting