Not Quite Absolutely Fabulous

Chick: He was not really completely gay.
Guy: What was he, then?
Chick: He was more just completely fabulous.

–10th & Broadway

Overheard by: jennifer

Girl: I’m pathetic enough but not fabulous enough to be a fag hag.

–The Ansonia, 73rd & Broadway

Overheard by: Betty Noir

Girl #1: You shouldn’t feel sorry for yourself. We are single and fabulous, explanation point.
Girl #2: …Don’t you mean “exclamation point”?

–Garden Cafe, Inwood

Guy #1: …I walked in and the warehouse was just full of tiny little boots.
Guy #2: That sounds fabulous.

–Central Park

Posted on May 21, 2026
Buildings, Central Park, Fag Hags, Fashion, Gays and Lesbians, Manhattan, Parks, People, Places, Queer guys, Queers, Restaurants & Cafes, Sexuality, Topics, Union Square and East Village, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center, Venues, Washington Heights and Inwood, Words

I Sense a Learning Annex Course

Old drunk Southern guy: Woo!
Young drunk Southern guy: Ha, ha, ha! Woo woo!
Old drunk Southern guy: Come on, it’s one “woo”! Woo!
Young drunk Southern guy: Ha, ha, ha! Woo woo!
Old drunk Southern guy: Just one woo! Woo!

–6 train

Overheard by: C & J

Posted on May 1, 2026
Drunks, On the Subway, Southerners, Words

Wednesday One-liners: It’s Just a Name

Man: You say Pataki, I say bukkake.

–40th & 7th

Overheard by: Derek P

Posted on April 24, 2026
All Wednesday One-Liners, Kink, Men, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Politics, Porn, Words

Odd How Idiom and Idiot Look So Alike

Guy #1: Yeah, she was a little long in the tooth.
Guy #2: “Long in the tooth”? I’ve never heard that one before.
Guy #1: Her face was all long. But she’s tall. Like 6’2″.

–6 train

Overheard by: Aileen Gallagher

Posted on April 16, 2026
Body Parts, Friends, Guys, Height, On the Subway, Words

That’s Street for Skin Cancer

Girl #1: I’m hungry.
Girl #2: Sorry, I don’t got anything. No wait, I have melon that I brought.
Girl #1: You have what in your bra?

–120th & Riverside Drive

Posted on March 17, 2026
Clothing, Fruit, Girls, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center, Words

“Yeah, the second Jaws 2: Jaws 3.”

College guy #1: Yo, do you know who directed Jaws 2?
College guy #2: Yeah. Oh wait, you mean the second one?

–23rd & 3rd

Overheard by: Matthew Pollock

Posted on March 15, 2026
Idiots, Movies, Murray Hill and Gramercy, Stupidity, Words

Her Bat is Shaped Like a Semi-colon

Preppy guy: I’m hardcore into the drug underground. Drugs and me, we’re like this.
Preppy chick: Drugs and I.

–53rd & 6th

Overheard by: djlindee

Posted on February 7, 2026
Drugs, Education, Manhattan, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Preppies, Words

Better Check for Beetle Eggs

Guy: I’m so fucking sweaty. I’m getting all chafed again!
Girl: Aw, where?
Guy: On my cock.
Girl: Un your calf? That is so horr-
Guy: No, no, on my cock.
Girl: Chafed on your what?
Guy: My cock is chafed. Christ.

–Union Square

Posted on February 5, 2026
Friends, Health and Hygiene, Heat, Penis, Union Square and East Village, Words

When They Use Matzoh Instead of Graham

Pre-JAP: Oh, and? At the party, we’re making schmores.
Jewish mom: S’mores.
Pre-JAP: That’s what I said. Schmores.

–Loews, 42nd Street

Overheard by: Heather Hunter

Posted on January 1, 2026
Food, JAPs, Jewish Moms, Movie Theaters, Words

“I don’t see dead people.”

Guy #1: I’m going to dead you, pal. You’ll see. The next time you come around you’re a dead man. You raped my ex-girlfriend. Yeah, you’re a dead man walkin’. I’m looking for you, you’ll see. You’re a dead man. I’m looking for you.
Guy #2: He’s right there!

–The Gate – Park Slope

Overheard by: Alex Tarampi

Posted on December 16, 2025
Death, Idiots, Murder, Park Slope, Rape, Stupidity, Threats, Words

Words