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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 89 13:48:18 EST
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From: jmdoyle@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jennifer Doyle)
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Subject: College Slang Dictionary
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It's finally here, what you've all been waiting for! The official USENET
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dictionary of college slang. Sorry it took so long, but it *is* the end of the
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semester, and I've been busy. If you're reading this article in soc.college,
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this is the cover article, and there will be 3 articles to follow: the
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dictionary itself, the people and colleges I heard from, and a list of courses
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with slang names. If you are reading this in any other newsgroup, email
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jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu if you would like any of these lists. The
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dictionary is about 130 words long. Enjoy!
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Jen
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"Make mine a root beer, Mike. Thanks. To communication! <CRASH>"
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Jennifer Doyle // Princeton '92 // jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu
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Disclaimer: I am a student, I represent the future.
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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 89 13:48:21 EST
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From: jmdoyle@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jennifer Doyle)
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Subject: College Slang Posting I: people and colleges (1 of 3)
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This is the first of 3 postings. For details, see the cover article "College
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Slang Dictionary".
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Jen
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Here's the people who sent me their slang, and helped make this dictionary.
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Thanks to all of them. If I missed a name, I'm very sorry. I'm only human. :-)
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Name Userid
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AEJCampbell aejc@louie.cc.utexas.edu
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Bill Warner WTW101%PSUVM@pucc
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Brendan O'Connor bmoconno@phoenix.princeton.edu
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Brian Greenberg greenber@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
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Bryon Buck ls2@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
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Douglas J. Katz gt2783c@prism.gatech.edu
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Drew MacBride laba-3ae@WEB.berkeley.edu
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Edward J. Jordan basilisk%plum@hub.ucsb.edu
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Greg Skinner gds@CS.UCLA.EDU
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Harlan ? harlan@BBN.COM
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Heather Corbett mikey@bambam.wellesley.edu
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James Burley Huber jh5x+@andrew.cmu.edu
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James Hu jxh@phobos.cis.ksu.edu
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Jason Albert ejalbert@phoenix.princeton.edu
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Jeff Hildebrand JDH92@campus.swarthmore.edu
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Jennifer Doyle jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu
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John Wilber wilber%sal-sun19.usc.edu@usc.edu
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K.S. Palmer ksp8305@ultb.isc.rit.edu
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Katherine ? kewms@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
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Ken Lin C.Kenny.Lin@f.gp.cs.cmu.edu
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M. G. Stinnett nuapple@vm1.nodak.edu
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Matthew R. Byer byer@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
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Michael E. Yellin my0l+@andrew.cmu.edu
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Michael Tod Rose mr2t+@andrew.cmu.edu
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Paul J Zawada zawada@en.ecn.purdue.edu
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Phillip A. Remaker ames!amdcad!pepsi!remaker
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S. Patel gatech!kong!ncratl!ncrlnk!ncrcae!PEDEV!PEDEV.Columbia.NCR.COM!sandy
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Shin ? shin@oddjob.uchicago.edu
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Stacy Weaver stacy@sci.ccny.cuny.edu
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Stephen Brent Peters sp2q+@andrew.cmu.edu
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Stuart Koyanagi STUART%OCE%gamera.usc.edu@usc.edu
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Tiny Bubbles... ho@fergvax.unl.edu
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Valerie Ohm valerie@athena.mit.edu
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Victor Kan kan@DG-RTP.DG.COM
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These are the colleges that the slang came from. They range from New Jersey to
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California, and from North Dakota to Texas. Again, if I missed one, I'm sorry.
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Abbrieviation Full name of College Location
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Berkeley University of Calif. at Berkeley Berkeley, Cal.
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CCNY City College New York City, N.Y.
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CMU Carnegie-Mellon University Pittsburgh, Penn.
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CSM Colorado School of Mines Golden, Col.
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Columbia Columbia University New York City, N.Y.
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Ga. Tech Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Ga.
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Georgetown Georgetown University Washington, D.C.
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Kansas State Kansas State University Manhattan, Ks.
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MIT Masachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Mass.
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Muhlenburg Muhlenburg College Allentown, Penn.
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N.D. State North Dakota State University North Dakota
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Okl. State Oklahoma State University Oklahoma
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Penn State Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania
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Princeton Princeton University Princeton, N.J.
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Purdue Purdue University W. Lafayette, Ind.
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RIT Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, N.Y.
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Swarthmore Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Penn.
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U. of Chicago University of Chicago Chicago, Ill.
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U. of Ill. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illinois
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U. of Neb. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, Neb.
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U. of Pgh. University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Penn.
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U. of Rochester University of Rochester Rochester, N.Y.
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UCSB University of California at Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Cal.
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UPenn University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Penn.
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USC University of Southern California Los Angeles, Cal.
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UT at Austin University of Texas at Austin Austin, Tx.
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Wellesley Wellesley College Wellesley, Mass.
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--
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"Make mine a root beer, Mike. Thanks. To communication! <CRASH>"
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Jennifer Doyle // Princeton '92 // jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu
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Disclaimer: I am a student, I represent the future.
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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 89 13:48:25 EST
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From: jmdoyle@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jennifer Doyle)
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Subject: College Slang Posting II:course name slang (2 of 3)
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This is the second of 3 articles. For details, see the cover article "College
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Slang Dictionary".
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Jen
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PRINCETON
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Geo 201/202 - "Rocks for Jocks"
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Architecture 204 - "Architorture"
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PURDUE
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Engineering 100 - "Sleep 100"
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NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
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Physics 107 Adventures in Physics - "Physics for Jocks and Pretty Girls"
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BERKELEY
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Physics 10 Physics Without Math - "Physics for Poets"
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Astronomy 10 Self Paced General Astro - "Astro Without Stars"
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Geology 50 Intro to Geology - "Rocks for Jocks"
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Math P Remedial Trig & Algebra - "Math Without Numbers"
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CARNEGIE-MELLON
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Architorture - "Architecture"
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Sadistics - "Statistics"
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ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Anatomy and Physiology - "A and P"
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Digital Organization and Management - "DOoM"
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PENN STATE
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GEOSC 20 Planet Earth - "Rocks for Jocks"
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GEORGETOWN
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Modern Foreign Government - "Mo-Fo Go"
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Problem of God, an introductory theology course - "God's Problems"
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COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
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any Physics class, especially required 1st and 2nd year classes - "Phy-sucks"
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Differential Equations course - "Diffy-screw"
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MIT
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introductory circuits course - "6.002 Six double-Oh Screw"
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advanced version of freshman physics (first term) -
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"8.012 Mechanics for Masochists"
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advanced version of freshman physics (second term) -
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"8.022 Electricity and Masochism"
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Unified Engineering, I through IV - "16.001, 16.002, 16.003, 16.004 Unifried"
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xxxxx Death Lab: Variously applied to a number of 20 unit lab
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courses in Biology and Chemistry. In the MIT system, a 12 unit course
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is roughly equal to a three credit course somewhere else. 20 units is
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a lot.
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--
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"Make mine a root beer, Mike. Thanks. To communication! <CRASH>"
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Jennifer Doyle // Princeton '92 // jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu
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Disclaimer: I am a student, I represent the future.
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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 89 13:48:30 EST
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From: jmdoyle@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jennifer Doyle)
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Subject: College Slang Posting III: dictionary (3 of 3)
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This is the third of 3 articles. For details, see the cover article "College
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Slang Dictionary".
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Jen
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I feel this particular article needs a preface. I took just about every piece
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of slang I was sent, unless you *really* had to know the college to appreciate
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it. It's in alphabetical order by word, and not split into any sort of
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categories. There is an explative here and there, and various sex related
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definitions. The style is my own, basically designed to make my life easier.
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There are almost no listings of part of speech. I tried to keep the definitions
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as much the contributor's words as possible, but some editing had to be done.
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Enjoy!
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Jen jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu
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word [College] definition
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24/7 [CMU] all day, all week
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ACEd [Berkeley] to have your schedule come out completely scrambled (named
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after the computerized and bug-prone Advance Class Enrollment system)
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FAC [U. of Neb.-Lincoln] from "Friday Afternoon Club" going out to the bars
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on Friday afternoon
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Ma Tech [Ga. Tech] the loving Georgia Tech mommy
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Mac [CMU] to create any laser output using a Macintosh computer
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Neives' effect [RIT] the effects of a head shot from any weapon in the role
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playing game Twilight 2000 that misses the helmet
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P.C. [Swarthmore] Stands for politically correct
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SWAG [Purdue] answer to homework or exam question usually written down minutes
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before it is due (orig. Scientific Wild Ass Guess)
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Squid [USC] someone who always studies, especially on Friday nights
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Swarthmore Swivel [Swarthmore] having only one dining hall, if you wish to talk
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about someone at a meal, you should first look left, look
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right, and look behind you to make sure that person isn't in
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earshot
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Underwater Basketweaving [CMU] a mythical course that often comes up jokingly
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in conversation
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Undue Perversity [Purdue] Purdue University
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V.P. Run/7-11 Run [Purdue] make a trip to the V.P. or 7-11, convenience stores
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(V.P.= Village Pantry)
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VAX, to [Swarthmore] logging onto the mainframe computer system, generally with
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the intention of wasting time and specifically not doing
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work
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Wa run [Princeton] make a trip to the WaWa, a convenience store
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X kegger [Purdue] Party at which X kegs of beer were consumed
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aced [N.D. State] did very well on a test
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apes [CMU] fraternity brothers
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artsy-fartsy [RIT] graphic arts major
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bag [Muhlenburg] to sleep with
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bag [Princeton] to cut, to blow off
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baggers [CMU] prospective freshman (visiting on`sleeping bag'
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weekend
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baggy [CMU] when campus dining facilites are filled with baggers
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bail [UCSB] leave somewhere or skip a class
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be a Wendy [Wellesley] to be like the stereotypically W.A.S.P.y Wellesley
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woman
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bifftad [CA] New England preppie school type
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black [CSM] incomprehensible course material
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blitzed [Purdue] Became very intoxicated
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blow off [Princeton] to cut, to not go
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blow off [Purdue] (1) to ignore an otherwise important thing (2) something very
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easy
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blow off [U. of Pgh] slack off, quit, break off relationship
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blow shit [Purdue] to tease somone
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blow-off [CMU] very easy, simple, requiring little work
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bogus [UCSB] not as bad as hanus
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bombed [N.D. State] did very badly on the test
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bone [USC] to sleep with
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book (also bookin') [CMU] used sarcastically to say you are definitely going to do something
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brutal [UCSB] difficult as in a test or assignment
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cheese [CMU] software
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cheesebox [CMU] computer
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clicky-windy [RIT] photography major
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clueful [CMU] to have clue: be aware of what's going on
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clueless [UCSB] not know anything about something
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corporate facist [MIT] person in interview mode, especially when dressed for an
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interview
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cows [CMU] sorority sisters
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crash [Berkeley] enroll in an over-enrolled class
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crash [U. of Kansas] to sleep
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crash and burn [N.D. State] fail in a pickup attempt
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cutty-pasty [RIT] fine arts major
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digithead [RIT] Comp. Sci. major
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dis [CMU] insult
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double [MIT] two all-nighters in a row
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dramats [CMU] drama majors, in general. Also known as the "ones wearing black"
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erg [Columbia] a training exercise done by members of the crew team (male and
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female)
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flailed [UCSB] blew it in a big way
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freshling [Swarthmore] first year students
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fruits [CMU] students in the College of Fine Arts
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geek [U. of Chicago] what everyone calls each other whose usage frequency is
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inversely proportional to the number of days left in a given quarter
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geek box [Purdue] box (usually a tackle box) carried by EEs and EETs. Contains
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millions of electronic components needed in lab
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geeking out [Swarthmore] expression of sympathy
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get a clue [CMU] telling someone to start paying attention to the world
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get shafted [Ga. Tech] to be required to write an extremely difficult exam
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go grungy [Kansas State] go out without showering
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got reamed [Purdue] Did very poorly on an exam
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gone [Purdue] Became very intoxicated
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grunt [RIT] Army ROTC cadet
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hack [MIT] 1. (n) a prank 2. (v) to "explore" (i.e. going places where students
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aren't supposed to be)
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hanus [UCSB] really, really bad [Alt. spelling: heinous]
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helmet [Penn State] women
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hit the slot machine [N.D. State] obtained money from the ATM
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hose [CMU] description of a test/exam that is going to be/was impossible
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hosed [Princeton] failed to achieve something; was rejected
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make a run for the border [N.D. State] head to Minn. where the drinking age was
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19 (now obsolete)
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mash [U. of Ill. at U-C] to kiss, neck, make out, etc.
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mash [U. of Neb. at Linc.] some sort of sexual activity
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mint [CMU] really cool
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mutant [MIT] math major, especially theoretical math. Sometimes applied to
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theoretical physicists as well
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narfs [CMU] stupid freshmen, or republicans
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nerd [MIT] same as tooling, but especially when one is turning down an
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opportunity to punt
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nerd box [Purdue] box (usually a tackle box) carried by EEs and EETs. Contains
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millions of electronic components needed in lab
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nerd kit [MIT] a breadboard with power supply and a small set of ICs for the
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digital lab courses
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no can do [CCNY] I'm sorry, I can't help you
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no way [U. of Pgh] I don't believe it
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nuke [RIT] 1. to destroy or delete 2. to pull a prank on someone
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peachy [CMU] fine (ex. How are you? Just peachy!)
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plasma [MIT] caffeine, in any of its forms
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pound [CMU] to drink beer, usually pretty fast and enthusiastically
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power sludge [CMU] strong coffee
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powertool [MIT] to cram or study intensly
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psych! [CMU] just kidding
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punt [MIT] to cut class, skip a problem set, or otherwise avoid doing academic
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work
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rack [U. of Oklahoma] to sleep
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rage [UCSB] party to excess
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random [MIT] non-MIT person who hangs out at MIT anyway
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rent-a-cop [RIT] Campus Safety
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rip, to [USC] to do well in
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rocked [Purdue] Did very well on an exam
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roll [Okl. State] to cut class
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scoping [Princeton] looking for possible members of the other sex to date, etc.
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scrod [MIT] to have been screwed over
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scrump [RIT] to have sex with someone
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sexile [Swarthmore] state of banishment from one's room while one's roommate is
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with his significant other
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shack [U. of Ill. at U-C] to stay at the apartment/dorm/frat/sorority of
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your significant or not so significant other overnight
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shooting the shabookie [CMU] 1. 'taking it all' in the card game 'hearts'
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2. anything particularly destructive
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six-screw [MIT] a "pet" name for the EECS department (course 6)
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slip 'er the Woodrow, to [USC] to sleep with
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slort [CMU] to go to class with the express purpose of sleeping through it
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squid [RIT] Navy ROTC cadet
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stoked [UCSB] happy, elated, etc
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stopped by the Union [N.D. State] had sex, because condom machines are located
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in the bathrooms of the Union
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that's sweet [CMU] that's really, really nice, awesome, terrific
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thes [MIT] to work on one's thesis
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throat [U. of Rochester] someone who lives in the library, a study-geek
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toast [MIT] what you are if you do badly on a test
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toasted [Purdue] Became very intoxicated
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tomatoes [CMU] engineering/science students who dress/behave like CFA students
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or vice versa. Both a fruit and a vegetable
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too much glue during those pre-adolescent years [N.D. State] used in reference
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to a strange or stupid act by
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someone
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tool [MIT] to study
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tool [Princeton] someone with political or business ambitions, usually a
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Woodrow Wilson school major
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tool [Purdue] someone who is used and abused
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tool [SUNY - S.B.] someone you pick up, use, and put back when you're done
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torque [Purdue] to hit on someone
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trashed [CMU] overworked, tired, drunk. More often the former.
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triple [MIT] three all-nighters in a row
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vegetables [CMU] science/engineering students
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walk [UT at Austin] when a professor decides not to have class, sometimes used
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to describe cutting
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wank [Columbia] 1.(n) a person who is logged on for a huge amount of time
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2. (v) to log on, to stay logged on, and to hack your brains out while
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drinking lots of JOLT or Mountain Dew 3. (adj) having the properties of a
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wank
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wasted [CMU] overworked, tired, drunk. More often the former.
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watermelon effect [RIT] see Neives' effect
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word [Ga. Tech] any hint on what might be asked in exam by a professor
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zone [UCSB] lose contact with the world (e.g. daydream in class)
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zoomie [RIT] Air Force ROTC cadet
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"Make mine a root beer, Mike. Thanks. To communication! <CRASH>"
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Jennifer Doyle // Princeton '92 // jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu
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Disclaimer: I am a student, I represent the future.
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