Meaning of hook-upper | Babel Free

Definitions

One who hooks up.

rare

Examples

“Fiction has always had a problem keeping up with contemporary tech culture, though. The past year has seen a shift from Facebook to Tinder among young hook-uppers that already rendered [Marie] Calloway’s book [what purpose did i serve in your life] (which is rife with excerpted Facebook chats and photos) a bit quaint in its details.”

“The Sloppy, Public Hook-uppers / Alright, this just looks bad in the first place. As moved as everyone is by the love story unfolding in front of them of two people who just met shoving their Admiral Nelson-laced tongues down each other’s throats, it looks even worse on Halloween, and for one reason: costumes.”

“I met some guys online. The usual "hi" messages, the meaningless touristy hook-uppers, the "how can you read if you're blind?" conversation starters, the "yo sexy lady" starters... patience, I told myself.”

“Too Hot to Handle definitely doesn’t beat around the bush with its premise. A bunch of ridiculously attractive serial daters/hook-uppers are thrown onto an island and told to refrain from my form of sexual pleasure of any kind. If they succeed, someone walks away with a whole lot of money. Yup, it gets straight to the point, doesn’t it?”

“Others noted that the prevalence of the hook-up culture and the social media content of the lifestyles of hook-uppers prompted their disposition towards sex for money transactions, as they previously offered sex for love.”

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