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Have some hormones!

What does having some hormones mean?

Ross is very upset that his lesbian wife has left him. Joey comes up with his strip-joints advice. Which is also followed by


Joey: Have some hormones!
What is "have some hormones" phrase about? Is it some kind of idiom?


Hormones Joey is referring to are called testosterone. In men, testosterone is thought to regulate sex drive (libido), muscle mass and yeah the production of sperm. Joey sees the only way to work through the hurt feelings over a woman is to numb them with more women. In the 90-ies it was a matter of a joke if a sensitive guy like Ross wanted to process his sadness differently.


The advice itself  has a strange,  that is a bit hard to translate for my Russian ear. Yet there is a way to understand the joke. So there is a form of wishing things to a person one's talking to.


Say you are scared to ask a guy you like out, your friend may tell you:
- Have some courage!


Say you are mad at kids for pointing and laughing at your new hat, a friend may tell you:
- Have some humor!


Say you are Joey and in your opinion a friend needs to stop crying and man up, than you tell him:
- Have some hormones!


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  1. Katie9 January 2011 at 05:18

    That might mean:
    Show us that you are fully developed sexually. This sentence would be similar to:
    "Have a sense of humor." "Have courage." "Have some compassion."
    The word have is being used in the imperative.

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  2. BlackWing1 February 2011 at 07:53

    стань мужиком? :)

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  3. None24 November 2011 at 09:40

    ИМХО, тут нужно учитывать контекст. Джоуи предлагает Россу походить по стрип-клубам. А у любого нормального мужчины при взгляде на полуобнаженных (то и полностью) девушек начинают вырабатываться гормоны.

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  4. Katie28 August 2016 at 00:45

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  5. YoYo18 October 2022 at 08:28

    Hi there! I am learning English and I love Friends. Sorry I haven't found a way to learn your posts efficiently, it seems the content is not ordered by seasons or episodes. Is there any way can do that?

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  6. YoYo18 October 2022 at 08:29

    And thank you soooo much for what you have done. I learned a lot!

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