With adolescence a nightmare of earlier days, college brings an interesting mix of sexual tension and relationship disasters. For the few who have sweethearts pining in some distant city, the vast array of faces is more tempting than Eve’s apple.

For those of us who are single, those same faces are check listed as possible targets. With all this pent up sexual tension, random acts of release are bound to occur; the question is, what exactly defines a "hook up?"

The differences from various regions of the United States have never been quite as pronounced as when it comes to slang.

Hook up in one area is considered getting together to party, whereas to someone else hooking up is just plain getting together. Of course the confusion increases with all the particulars in between. When placed with these many different ideas of hooking up, it is no wonder so many people become disoriented in the legalities of the term.

Conversation in general can bring the whole aspect of the hooking up question to an even more convoluted level.

Last weekend I had the misfortune of implying more than I had intended.

While flirting with a guy at a party, I was intrigued and wanted to get to know him better, as a friend. As my friends dragged me away to once again party hop, I told him that the two of us should "go hook up sometime," never realizing the gigantic grin on his face was not at the idea of getting to know me better, but rather of the thought of getting to know me better.

While accusations and embarrassments are what make college what it is, the idea of hooking up is bound to find people in awkward situations.