n. def. The trip, on foot, from the room of last night's hook-up back to your own room while still clad in party attire-or in some item of clothing from your hook-up's closet.

XX: Is it still a "walk of shame" if last night's hook-up is a boyfriend or girlfriend?

XY: Yes, in the Amherst College definition, primarily because your average passerby has no way of knowing whether you're coming from your fiancee's room or some skank's. But there's no shame in hooking up with your fiancee. Nor, for that matter, is there shame in hooking up with some skank. I object to the very phrase "walk of shame."

XX: So according to your reasoning, there is no "walk of shame," at least for a man. And as an empowered woman (read the Opinion section for more on this), I'm going to have to agree. There's no shame, ladies, in getting some-casually or otherwise-after a night out.

XY: Well, after a night out, how exactly could it be "otherwise?" Either way, you're right on the mark. That's why I propose a new name for the phenomenon-the "walk of game."

XX: You can be clever on occasion!

XY: Damn straight! Down with double standards! See, I'm all about a girl getting her game on-

XX: -particularly if you're the beneficiary-

XY: -but my crusade against double standards doesn't end there. I've dreamed about being the one to author "The Dick Diaries," man's answer to "The Vagina Monologues." Alas, I would never do such a thing. To speak on behalf of other guys' dicks would be presumptuous.

XX: Though we don't purport to be an advice column or even a forum for healthy discussion (we watched a porn last week, come on!), let's talk strategy, if only for our own edification. And if any readers really do think we're in the advice branch, they can read on as well. Regardless, read on and write back.

XY: Hold your head up high-

XX: -and make eye contact! Yes, I know this sounds like public speaking advice, but really, avoiding people's eyes turns a walk of game into a walk of shame. It's only shameful if you are ashamed. Smile at the smug, unhungover and unloved people who give you knowing glances. You're hotter than they are, dammit!

XY: Also remember that the people with those smug, knowing grins don't know what your hook-up looked like. As far as they know, you hooked up with the hottest girl or guy on campus. (Never mind that you probably didn't.)

XX: Now anyway, XY, I know it's a "walk of game," but what is it when you're riding the PVTA back from Smith, Holyoke or even Hampshire of all places? I'd call that the "spin of sin."

XY: "Sin." Typical thing for an Amherst girl to say-

XX: -woman. Not an Amherst girl, an Amherst woman.

XY: Whatever.