Just like the first girl in the essay, my daughter is a sophomore at Columbia. She hadn't yet read this, and she swears the NY Times is obsessed with the sex lives of college girls. She said bible study is also happening on campus, but they don't write about that.
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I love hook up culture, cuffing season, and netflix and chill.
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Just as a sleeve cuff keeps the sleeve in place, and your arm warm, and cuff links dress up the sleeve and serve as ornamentation, maybe the term is somewhat derived from that too--"cuffing" to dress up your look. Make you look complete. "Cuffing" is ---although maybe we didn't really realize it in the past, or put a name to it, or even like its meaning, or what it represents--- a phenomenon that's been around for quite some time, hasn't it? It also coincides with the holiday season, and people want someone to spend time with, and have a reliable date for holiday parties and stuff. No one wants to be alone. But, when spring break comes, and the bikinis go on and kids start working on their summer tans, they break free from the cuff, celebrate the freedom to go back outside, hang out, party, and be noticed by lots of new possibilities. And maybe have that carefree summer fling. Youth is beauty and freedom.
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Darn! I thought this article would have how to's about cuffing my jeans and my shirts.
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...but Baby, it's COLD outside!
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Read the article, because I was curious about the headline. Sadly, it was just what i thought. I have to say, I'm glad I don't have to worry (not that I ever did) about cuffing season. There is some truth to this, when we have a companion whose company we enjoy, "cuffing season" can be a blessing.
This article seems like a really sad attempt by the NY Times to broaden its appeal to other demographics. This article caused me to cringe so forcefully that I think I will be locked into a cringe all day. Please don't even use the word "wifeyed" again.
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Is "cuff" referring to handcuffs? Journalism 101: if you have to explain the phenomenon you should probably explain the slang for it too. Cuff... to hit?... no.... longsleeves?... no........
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It would be almost impossible to accurately identify the etymology of this word, so don't be so quick to judge someone's journalistic decisions. There's a little Linguistics 101 for you.
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I think this strange little article is a tongue-in-cheek discussion about the commodification or at least objectification of human relations - a frank statement that we humans must imbibe of the well of friendship and companionship not merely on a seasonal basis, but merely on the basis of how well human contact satisfied our own needs. If I'm right in that assumption, I don't like the message, even though the vehicle is kind of cute. Kind of like smilingly detached James Dean for the 2010s.
But maybe the crypticism flies over my head and its even more ambiguous than I think it is.
But maybe the crypticism flies over my head and its even more ambiguous than I think it is.
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Get a dog. Get two.
Like, literally?
Like, literally?
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What a meaningless, unneeded term. And to say that it is essential to attach oneself in a needy narcissistic, temporary fashion because of the weather is rather pathetic.
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How terribly modern! Hookup, date, cuffing,dumping/relationship...The intensity of the emotion and the spontaneity of it all makes me want to swoon. I need a fainting couch.
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I haven't done much research but my impression is human libido goes up in the Fall so children are born during the abundance of food in Summer.
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Or people are bored because they're stuck inside all night.
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Maybe it's just because I remember my grandfather referring to my grandmother as such in a really pejorative way, but I am really not pleased to see the term "wifey," as a noun or a verb or adjective, being thrown around. I don't think it's cool or cute.
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Really? Here's a better idea: Adopt a shelter pet. Cuddly, warm, no hassle, faithful companionship 24/7/365.
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Being stuck between the sixties and now kinda sucks, really. I'm too old to get into "cuffing" but way, way young to have gotten into the 60s.
"The rapper Fabolous popularized the term with his 2013 track 'Cuffin Season.'”
I try to stay current but that right there explains why I've never heard of this and makes me feel less bad.
I try to stay current but that right there explains why I've never heard of this and makes me feel less bad.
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Time was if somebody cuffed me, I would cuff them back. But I'm fairly certain that's not the word in play here. Apparently a few people wish to create a new buzzword, and this is part of the opening salvo. Meh. May it die a quiet death.
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I, too am officially old. WHY is is called "cuffing"? Because you are hanging onto the other persons winter coat cuff? Someone please explain.
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Those octopuses must be the ones from Spectre's title sequence. If Bond hadn't let the bad guy live at the end, we probably wouldn't have cuffing.
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Guess I don't have to see the movie now.
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I am officially old. I have no idea what any of this means.
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I finally looked it up in the urban dictionary. It seems to be related to handcuffing, in the sense of people pairing up and unable (or unwilling) to break loose.
The essay's author is so very cool that he didn't bother to define the term. Indeed, the purpose of the article was not so much to describe the phenomenon but to erect an invisible barrier between those who are familiar with it and those who don't.
I suspect there are some happy people on both sides.
The essay's author is so very cool that he didn't bother to define the term. Indeed, the purpose of the article was not so much to describe the phenomenon but to erect an invisible barrier between those who are familiar with it and those who don't.
I suspect there are some happy people on both sides.
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I wonder if it's related to a literal translation of esposa (wife) in Spanish - handcuff?
I'm 22 and I have never heard the term cuffing used before but I think it was very obvious what it meant considering the extensive details the author divulged.
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More interesting, and undiscussed: A 26-year-old man watches "The View"?
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Undiscussed, but needing to be explored: the ageist, sexist, and stereotyping undercurrent of YOUR comment.
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Oh no the political correctness police is on duty today. are you going to cuff the offending poster?
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Cuffing, I thought it was spooning?
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A good lady friend once said, "Electric blankets are great - they keep you warm and you don't have to talk to them."
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It sounds like cuffing is a relationship that comes into being because of repeated acts of spooning.
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