Or “Freshmen”

Lit professor: Now, when we plant humans and they grow, we call those “zombies”.

University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, Virginia

Posted on January 3, 2026
Class, Default, Education, Pop culture, Science, Teachers, Virginia, Words, Zombies

Mom’s Been Forcing Her to Watch Seventh Heaven, to No Avail

Goth girl: I’m so proud of my sister. The rest of her classmates are doing their final projects on chihuahuas and stuff like that. My sister? Serial killers.
Friend: Dude, you’re turning her into a you.
Goth girl: I know! My mom is so pissed at me.

Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Posted on December 28, 2025
Advice, Bragging, Colorado, Compare and contrast, Default, Education, Family ties, Friends, Girls, Goths, Kids, Pride, Weirdness

The French: “We’re on Your Side?”

Professor: And the French, they?re only worth 2/3 of a person because, well, they?re on our side, but they don?t fight well.

http://www.overheardatumbc.com

Posted on December 27, 2025
Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Education, Geography, Guys, History, Insults, Overheard at UMBC, Politics, Teachers

And Barricading the Door When I Came to Office Hours

Girl: He stopped calling on me in class for a while after I started his fan club on facebook.

Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Claire

Posted on December 25, 2025
Default, Education, Girls, Illinois, Internet

A Globe Is Quite Another Matter

Professor: There’s nothing sexual about this map… For me, at least.

Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

Overheard by: Nicole

Posted on December 23, 2025
Default, Education, Geography, Guys, Kansas, Sexuality, Teachers

Which They Got Fucking a Liar

Drunk girl, loudly: Anyone who says they’ve never had an itchy asshole is just fucking lying.

Cock O the Walk Bar
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Overheard by: Beer Bitch

Posted on December 21, 2025
Ass, Default, Drunks, Education, Girls, Gripes, Health & Hygiene, Lies, Oklahoma

But We’re Totally in the Clear with Wikipedia, Right?

Dude: You know, less than half of Snapple facts are true.
Chick: Really? Because I totally cited those in research papers.

College Park, Maryland

Posted on December 3, 2025
Colleges & Universities, Default, Education, Girls, Guys, Lies, Maryland, Science, Students

Wait’ll She Finds Out God’s Asian

Professor: We have to accept the fact that there are still individuals in this country who are horribly racist, who have a completely backwards system of beliefs… Now, I call that person ‘Nana,’ but that’s neither here nor there.

University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts