Girl: I've been busy dissertationing. --Columbia University Overheard by: Gina Costanza Drunk guy: The thing about the next big thing is that it's going to be the next big thing. --The Gate, Park Slope Overheard by: Carrie Woman: It's not obvious enough that you couldn't say it, but it was obvious enough that you had to start with "it goes without saying"? --Barnes & Noble, Astor Place Chick on cell: I was like, "Oh?" And she was like, "Blah, blah, blah." And I was like, "Huh?" --79th & 1st Overheard by: Alan Cross Teen girl: Yeah, I always have trouble with 7's for some reason...They are really hard letters. --M57 bus Overheard by: Avital Woman: What, no English? You don't speak English? Why you say you don't speak English? You know what motherfucker means! --2 train Dude: Yeah, that guy thinks he's oblivious. --Union Square Overheard by: Tannen Printz Doorman guy: Do you think I'm stupid because I work here? I know a lot of big words. --16th & 3rd Elle Ron Hubtard: I don't want to put words in your mouth or anything, but... --Times Square station Man: You know how when you're disappointed, you feel let down because something that you expected to happen, didn't happen; like, it didn't happen as appointed? That must be the original meaning of disappointed, how it was used in the past. Like "ruthless". You never hear anyone today talk about having ruth, but in the past they must have used it like that. --R train Teen girl: Wait, what's the intifada? Wait, do any of you speak Spanish? --F train Overheard by: Brooklyn Dodgy Dude on cell: See, we were what you call the escape goats...You ever heard that expression? --35th & 8th Overheard by: Jenny O'Brian Girl: I think "y'all" is singular. "Y'alls" is plural. --58th & 9th Overheard by: Jess McGins Teen girl: That guy was femininish. --George Washington Bridge bus station Overheard by: Jarett Wieselman