Words

Young boy: Good gracious, I'm high!

East Lansing, Michigan

Overheard by: sjshock

Girl: It wasn't “fuck you,” specifically…

Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Texas

Girl: So, it’s like this — a slut is a girl who says, ‘Look at my boobies,’ but a whore is a girl who says, ‘Touch my boobies.’
Friends: [Silence.]

Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Corona, California

Overheard by: trying to watch a performance

Female law student #1: You don't have to know that. You can just 69 it.
Female law student #2: Wait… What?
Female law student #1: You know, 69 it. Get rid of it.
Female law student #2: No honey, it's “86” it. That thing you said is something dirty.

Mississippi College School of Law

Girl to friend: You know what I was thinking? We always say girls who get pregnant are white trash. But I really thought about this, and we have sex. We could get pregnant. You're not white trash!

College
New Jersey

Girl sitting in front of lecture hall to professor, very matter-of-factly: People don't really use adverbs anymore.

Evans Hall, UC Berkeley
Berkeley, California

Overheard by: the only one left

Mother to small boy: No, it's a courgette, dear. You can't light a fire with courgettes.

Sainsbury's Supermarket
Cardiff
Wales

Overheard by: Gordinho

Little boy running inside out of a rainstorm: I am a sword of wetness!

First United Methodist Church
Pittsburg, Kansas

Dude #1: You gotta go nucular on them!
Dude #2: It’s ‘nuclear,’ not ‘nucular.’
Dude #1: No, you can say either. It’s like the difference between saying ‘pancakes’ and ‘flapjacks.’ It means the same thing.
Dude #2: Ummm… No.

http://www.overheardinminneapolis.com/2007/06/gwb_is_not_an_acceptable_sourc.html

Overheard by: I say

Band instructor, about section: No, no, clarinets! It has to be short! Like pizzicato–pluck it, like a g string!
Band students: (attempting to contain laughter)
Instructor: Aww, c'mon, what the hell!

High School
Mattawan, Michigan