When trying to get with a girl and something/someone inturrepts it, one has 48 hours to seal the deal. If failed one spirals deep into the friend zone
john: Hey man my dad walked in on me and stacy last night.
rick: bro you got 48 hours to seal the deal or else its the friend zone for you.
john: ohhh the 48 hour rule (hooking up)
Hooking up has come to define sexual relationships for most of today's teens and young women. It can mean anything from kissing and touching to oral sex or intercourse. Vagueness is its hallmark. "A girl can say, 'I hooked up with so-and-so,' and no one knows what she did. It protects you and makes you a player at the same time," -Aparicio (Sophomore at Boston University)
1. To engage in romantic/sexual activity with another at a party/gathering.
Usually, one or both partners are under the influence of alcohol, or another judgement imparing drug. "Hooking up" usually involves little or no emotional attachment.
2. An exchange. To give/recieve/share an asset, or something of value, usually something that is tangible.
"Hooking up" is most commonly used in reference to the sale/exchange of illict drugs.
1. Sally is always hooking up with guys at parties.
In Australia hooking up just mean kissing (with tongue. So basically you go to a party, mingle with some people and then u spot a cute guy/girl and start talking and flirting or watever and then you guys kiss. Thats hooking up. Usually isn't followed by anything after that night.