Girl Code : The Secret Language of Single Women (on Dating, Sex, Shopping, and Honor among Girlfriends)

by Farr, Diane

• ISBN13: 9780316260619
• ISBN10: 0316260614
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

Summary

This good-humored, Generation-X inspired, illustrated "love dictionary" contains tongue-in-cheek slang terms for the different stages of love and dating, for body parts and common sexual experiences, ways of making up and breaking up, and the basic rules of play that every woman should know. 50 two-color illustrations.

Author Biography

Diane Farr was a co-host of MTV's cult phenomenon Loveline for two years. She also appeared as Tracy on ABC's The Drew Carey Show and as Maria Deluca on the WB's Roswell. She is currently starring opposite Denis Leary on ABC's The Job. Diane Farr regularly contributes to Cosmopolitan, Jane, and Soma magazines. She lives in Los Angeles and New York

Table of Contents

How Do You Know a Single Girl's Home When You See One?	9	(11)
Introduction: Get On Your Broom and Go	11	(9)
Speaking in Code
Titles	20	(9)
Types of Dates	29	(9)
Stages	38	(9)
Long-Distance Operators	47	(9)
Seasonal Lovers	56	(9)
Before, During, and After	65	(7)
Hairy Situations	72	(6)
Fighting	78	(8)
Gifts	86	(9)
When the Fat Lady Sings	95	(11)
The Code of Behavior and Ethics
Girls' Night Out	106	(8)
Making Your Move	114	(7)
First Date Forget-Me-Nots	121	(7)
Rules of the Wild	128	(5)
Shopping at the Mall	133	(6)
Wedding Party Politics	139	(6)
Lines to Never Cross	145	(8)
Tests	153	(5)
Kinds of Love	158	(6)
Chick Tricks	164	(6)
The Boy Code
What They Say	170	(8)
What They Do	178	(10)
The Mother Code
The Top Five Laws of The Girl Code	188	(4)
In Closing: One Sentence of Advice	192