Any lass who’s dipped her toes into the online dating waters knows after two days all the messages (and the dudes who wrote them) blur together. Newsflash: saying “Hey, I love ‘The Office’ too!’ doesn’t woo the ladies, guys.
But do you know what really peaks the interest and prompts a woman to respond? For OKCupid, it’s messages that contain the words “zombie,” “tattoo,” and “piercing.”
Number-crunching monkeys at OKCupid analyzed how specific words that men use in messages affect a woman’s reply rate. Although the data isn’t complete and does not account for other factors like sexy profile pics, it’s still an interesting peek into how women like to be wooed.
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Men who use the words “awesome,” “pretty” and “haha” got more replies than the ones who use “babe,” “cutie” or “beautiful.” “Hit,” unsurprisingly, doesn’t work. And IM-speak, like “ur,” “holla,” “wat,” “luv” and “im” are sucky words to use. Maybe cleaning up your grammar and spelling is all it takes to get laid more?
Question: What’s wrong with “beautiful”? When I was on OKCupid, that one always worked on me! Better question: Why are women writing back to men who use the word “zombie”? [OKCupid Blog]
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Original by Jessica Wakeman