Relationships
How Did We Even Get To Hookup Culture? A History Of Modern Dating From Hand Holding To Hooking Up
To “hookup.” A powerful phrase that finds its power in its very lack of definition. A hookup can allude to anything from kissing to sex, but one thing is for certain, it’s an encounter that’s unfettered by emotional expectations and loving attachments, and is the cause of the dating deficit that Millennials face today.
By Catherine Fowler Sample4 min read
The term hookup first appeared in a 1993 New York Times article, titled “On Language: Stud Muffin’s Buzz-Kill’, which clarified that “hookup” (a term college kids were using) “does not stand for romantic involvement. It is used primarily as a verb, and to hook up is to 'get some,' or 'make out.'”