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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 89 13:48:18 EST From: jmdoyle@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jennifer Doyle) Subject: College Slang Dictionary

It's finally here, what you've all been waiting for! The official USENET dictionary of college slang. Sorry it took so long, but it *is* the end of the semester, and I've been busy. If you're reading this article in soc.college, this is the cover article, and there will be 3 articles to follow: the dictionary itself, the people and colleges I heard from, and a list of courses with slang names. If you are reading this in any other newsgroup, email jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu if you would like any of these lists. The dictionary is about 130 words long. Enjoy!

Jen -- "Make mine a root beer, Mike. Thanks. To communication! <CRASH>" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jennifer Doyle // Princeton '92 // jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu Disclaimer: I am a student, I represent the future.

Date: Tue, 19 Dec 89 13:48:21 EST From: jmdoyle@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jennifer Doyle) Subject: College Slang Posting I: people and colleges (1 of 3)

This is the first of 3 postings. For details, see the cover article "College Slang Dictionary".

Jen ******************************************************************************* Here's the people who sent me their slang, and helped make this dictionary. Thanks to all of them. If I missed a name, I'm very sorry. I'm only human. :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Userid -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

AEJCampbell aejc@louie.cc.utexas.edu Bill Warner WTW101%PSUVM@pucc Brendan O'Connor bmoconno@phoenix.princeton.edu Brian Greenberg greenber@eniac.seas.upenn.edu Bryon Buck ls2@mentor.cc.purdue.edu Douglas J. Katz gt2783c@prism.gatech.edu Drew MacBride laba-3ae@WEB.berkeley.edu Edward J. Jordan basilisk%plum@hub.ucsb.edu Greg Skinner gds@CS.UCLA.EDU Harlan ? harlan@BBN.COM Heather Corbett mikey@bambam.wellesley.edu James Burley Huber jh5x+@andrew.cmu.edu James Hu jxh@phobos.cis.ksu.edu Jason Albert ejalbert@phoenix.princeton.edu Jeff Hildebrand JDH92@campus.swarthmore.edu Jennifer Doyle jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu John Wilber wilber%sal-sun19.usc.edu@usc.edu K.S. Palmer ksp8305@ultb.isc.rit.edu Katherine ? kewms@ATHENA.MIT.EDU Ken Lin C.Kenny.Lin@f.gp.cs.cmu.edu M. G. Stinnett nuapple@vm1.nodak.edu Matthew R. Byer byer@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu Michael E. Yellin my0l+@andrew.cmu.edu Michael Tod Rose mr2t+@andrew.cmu.edu Paul J Zawada zawada@en.ecn.purdue.edu Phillip A. Remaker ames!amdcad!pepsi!remaker S. Patel gatech!kong!ncratl!ncrlnk!ncrcae!PEDEV!PEDEV.Columbia.NCR.COM!sandy Shin ? shin@oddjob.uchicago.edu Stacy Weaver stacy@sci.ccny.cuny.edu Stephen Brent Peters sp2q+@andrew.cmu.edu Stuart Koyanagi STUART%OCE%gamera.usc.edu@usc.edu Tiny Bubbles... ho@fergvax.unl.edu Valerie Ohm valerie@athena.mit.edu Victor Kan kan@DG-RTP.DG.COM

These are the colleges that the slang came from. They range from New Jersey to California, and from North Dakota to Texas. Again, if I missed one, I'm sorry. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abbrieviation Full name of College Location -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Berkeley University of Calif. at Berkeley Berkeley, Cal. CCNY City College New York City, N.Y. CMU Carnegie-Mellon University Pittsburgh, Penn. CSM Colorado School of Mines Golden, Col. Columbia Columbia University New York City, N.Y. Ga. Tech Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Ga. Georgetown Georgetown University Washington, D.C. Kansas State Kansas State University Manhattan, Ks. MIT Masachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Mass. Muhlenburg Muhlenburg College Allentown, Penn. N.D. State North Dakota State University North Dakota Okl. State Oklahoma State University Oklahoma Penn State Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania Princeton Princeton University Princeton, N.J. Purdue Purdue University W. Lafayette, Ind. RIT Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, N.Y. Swarthmore Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Penn. U. of Chicago University of Chicago Chicago, Ill. U. of Ill. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illinois U. of Neb. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, Neb. U. of Pgh. University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Penn. U. of Rochester University of Rochester Rochester, N.Y. UCSB University of California at Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Cal. UPenn University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Penn. USC University of Southern California Los Angeles, Cal. UT at Austin University of Texas at Austin Austin, Tx. Wellesley Wellesley College Wellesley, Mass. -- "Make mine a root beer, Mike. Thanks. To communication! <CRASH>" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jennifer Doyle // Princeton '92 // jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu Disclaimer: I am a student, I represent the future.

Date: Tue, 19 Dec 89 13:48:25 EST From: jmdoyle@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jennifer Doyle) Subject: College Slang Posting II:course name slang (2 of 3)

This is the second of 3 articles. For details, see the cover article "College Slang Dictionary".

Jen ******************************************************************************* PRINCETON Geo 201/202 - "Rocks for Jocks" Architecture 204 - "Architorture"

PURDUE Engineering 100 - "Sleep 100"

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY Physics 107 Adventures in Physics - "Physics for Jocks and Pretty Girls"

BERKELEY Physics 10 Physics Without Math - "Physics for Poets" Astronomy 10 Self Paced General Astro - "Astro Without Stars" Geology 50 Intro to Geology - "Rocks for Jocks" Math P Remedial Trig & Algebra - "Math Without Numbers"

CARNEGIE-MELLON Architorture - "Architecture" Sadistics - "Statistics"

ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Anatomy and Physiology - "A and P" Digital Organization and Management - "DOoM"

PENN STATE GEOSC 20 Planet Earth - "Rocks for Jocks"

GEORGETOWN Modern Foreign Government - "Mo-Fo Go" Problem of God, an introductory theology course - "God's Problems"

COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES any Physics class, especially required 1st and 2nd year classes - "Phy-sucks" Differential Equations course - "Diffy-screw"

MIT introductory circuits course - "6.002 Six double-Oh Screw" advanced version of freshman physics (first term) - "8.012 Mechanics for Masochists" advanced version of freshman physics (second term) - "8.022 Electricity and Masochism" Unified Engineering, I through IV - "16.001, 16.002, 16.003, 16.004 Unifried" xxxxx Death Lab: Variously applied to a number of 20 unit lab courses in Biology and Chemistry. In the MIT system, a 12 unit course is roughly equal to a three credit course somewhere else. 20 units is a lot. -- "Make mine a root beer, Mike. Thanks. To communication! <CRASH>" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jennifer Doyle // Princeton '92 // jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu Disclaimer: I am a student, I represent the future.

Date: Tue, 19 Dec 89 13:48:30 EST From: jmdoyle@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jennifer Doyle) Subject: College Slang Posting III: dictionary (3 of 3)

This is the third of 3 articles. For details, see the cover article "College Slang Dictionary".

Jen ******************************************************************************* I feel this particular article needs a preface. I took just about every piece of slang I was sent, unless you *really* had to know the college to appreciate it. It's in alphabetical order by word, and not split into any sort of categories. There is an explative here and there, and various sex related definitions. The style is my own, basically designed to make my life easier. There are almost no listings of part of speech. I tried to keep the definitions as much the contributor's words as possible, but some editing had to be done. Enjoy!

Jen jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- word [College] definition -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

24/7 [CMU] all day, all week ACEd [Berkeley] to have your schedule come out completely scrambled (named after the computerized and bug-prone Advance Class Enrollment system) FAC [U. of Neb.-Lincoln] from "Friday Afternoon Club" going out to the bars on Friday afternoon Ma Tech [Ga. Tech] the loving Georgia Tech mommy Mac [CMU] to create any laser output using a Macintosh computer Neives' effect [RIT] the effects of a head shot from any weapon in the role playing game Twilight 2000 that misses the helmet P.C. [Swarthmore] Stands for politically correct SWAG [Purdue] answer to homework or exam question usually written down minutes before it is due (orig. Scientific Wild Ass Guess) Squid [USC] someone who always studies, especially on Friday nights Swarthmore Swivel [Swarthmore] having only one dining hall, if you wish to talk about someone at a meal, you should first look left, look right, and look behind you to make sure that person isn't in earshot Underwater Basketweaving [CMU] a mythical course that often comes up jokingly in conversation Undue Perversity [Purdue] Purdue University V.P. Run/7-11 Run [Purdue] make a trip to the V.P. or 7-11, convenience stores (V.P.= Village Pantry) VAX, to [Swarthmore] logging onto the mainframe computer system, generally with the intention of wasting time and specifically not doing work Wa run [Princeton] make a trip to the WaWa, a convenience store X kegger [Purdue] Party at which X kegs of beer were consumed aced [N.D. State] did very well on a test apes [CMU] fraternity brothers artsy-fartsy [RIT] graphic arts major bag [Muhlenburg] to sleep with bag [Princeton] to cut, to blow off baggers [CMU] prospective freshman (visiting on`sleeping bag' weekend baggy [CMU] when campus dining facilites are filled with baggers bail [UCSB] leave somewhere or skip a class be a Wendy [Wellesley] to be like the stereotypically W.A.S.P.y Wellesley woman bifftad [CA] New England preppie school type black [CSM] incomprehensible course material blitzed [Purdue] Became very intoxicated blow off [Princeton] to cut, to not go blow off [Purdue] (1) to ignore an otherwise important thing (2) something very easy blow off [U. of Pgh] slack off, quit, break off relationship blow shit [Purdue] to tease somone blow-off [CMU] very easy, simple, requiring little work bogus [UCSB] not as bad as hanus bombed [N.D. State] did very badly on the test bone [USC] to sleep with book (also bookin') [CMU] used sarcastically to say you are definitely going to do something brutal [UCSB] difficult as in a test or assignment cheese [CMU] software cheesebox [CMU] computer clicky-windy [RIT] photography major clueful [CMU] to have clue: be aware of what's going on clueless [UCSB] not know anything about something corporate facist [MIT] person in interview mode, especially when dressed for an interview cows [CMU] sorority sisters crash [Berkeley] enroll in an over-enrolled class crash [U. of Kansas] to sleep crash and burn [N.D. State] fail in a pickup attempt cutty-pasty [RIT] fine arts major digithead [RIT] Comp. Sci. major dis [CMU] insult double [MIT] two all-nighters in a row dramats [CMU] drama majors, in general. Also known as the "ones wearing black" erg [Columbia] a training exercise done by members of the crew team (male and female) flailed [UCSB] blew it in a big way freshling [Swarthmore] first year students fruits [CMU] students in the College of Fine Arts geek [U. of Chicago] what everyone calls each other whose usage frequency is inversely proportional to the number of days left in a given quarter geek box [Purdue] box (usually a tackle box) carried by EEs and EETs. Contains millions of electronic components needed in lab geeking out [Swarthmore] expression of sympathy get a clue [CMU] telling someone to start paying attention to the world get shafted [Ga. Tech] to be required to write an extremely difficult exam go grungy [Kansas State] go out without showering got reamed [Purdue] Did very poorly on an exam gone [Purdue] Became very intoxicated grunt [RIT] Army ROTC cadet hack [MIT] 1. (n) a prank 2. (v) to "explore" (i.e. going places where students aren't supposed to be) hanus [UCSB] really, really bad [Alt. spelling: heinous] helmet [Penn State] women hit the slot machine [N.D. State] obtained money from the ATM hose [CMU] description of a test/exam that is going to be/was impossible hosed [Princeton] failed to achieve something; was rejected make a run for the border [N.D. State] head to Minn. where the drinking age was 19 (now obsolete) mash [U. of Ill. at U-C] to kiss, neck, make out, etc. mash [U. of Neb. at Linc.] some sort of sexual activity mint [CMU] really cool mutant [MIT] math major, especially theoretical math. Sometimes applied to theoretical physicists as well narfs [CMU] stupid freshmen, or republicans nerd [MIT] same as tooling, but especially when one is turning down an opportunity to punt nerd box [Purdue] box (usually a tackle box) carried by EEs and EETs. Contains millions of electronic components needed in lab nerd kit [MIT] a breadboard with power supply and a small set of ICs for the digital lab courses no can do [CCNY] I'm sorry, I can't help you no way [U. of Pgh] I don't believe it nuke [RIT] 1. to destroy or delete 2. to pull a prank on someone peachy [CMU] fine (ex. How are you? Just peachy!) plasma [MIT] caffeine, in any of its forms pound [CMU] to drink beer, usually pretty fast and enthusiastically power sludge [CMU] strong coffee powertool [MIT] to cram or study intensly psych! [CMU] just kidding punt [MIT] to cut class, skip a problem set, or otherwise avoid doing academic work rack [U. of Oklahoma] to sleep rage [UCSB] party to excess random [MIT] non-MIT person who hangs out at MIT anyway rent-a-cop [RIT] Campus Safety rip, to [USC] to do well in rocked [Purdue] Did very well on an exam roll [Okl. State] to cut class scoping [Princeton] looking for possible members of the other sex to date, etc. scrod [MIT] to have been screwed over scrump [RIT] to have sex with someone sexile [Swarthmore] state of banishment from one's room while one's roommate is with his significant other shack [U. of Ill. at U-C] to stay at the apartment/dorm/frat/sorority of your significant or not so significant other overnight shooting the shabookie [CMU] 1. 'taking it all' in the card game 'hearts' 2. anything particularly destructive six-screw [MIT] a "pet" name for the EECS department (course 6) slip 'er the Woodrow, to [USC] to sleep with slort [CMU] to go to class with the express purpose of sleeping through it squid [RIT] Navy ROTC cadet stoked [UCSB] happy, elated, etc stopped by the Union [N.D. State] had sex, because condom machines are located in the bathrooms of the Union that's sweet [CMU] that's really, really nice, awesome, terrific thes [MIT] to work on one's thesis throat [U. of Rochester] someone who lives in the library, a study-geek toast [MIT] what you are if you do badly on a test toasted [Purdue] Became very intoxicated tomatoes [CMU] engineering/science students who dress/behave like CFA students or vice versa. Both a fruit and a vegetable too much glue during those pre-adolescent years [N.D. State] used in reference to a strange or stupid act by someone tool [MIT] to study tool [Princeton] someone with political or business ambitions, usually a Woodrow Wilson school major tool [Purdue] someone who is used and abused tool [SUNY - S.B.] someone you pick up, use, and put back when you're done torque [Purdue] to hit on someone trashed [CMU] overworked, tired, drunk. More often the former. triple [MIT] three all-nighters in a row vegetables [CMU] science/engineering students walk [UT at Austin] when a professor decides not to have class, sometimes used to describe cutting wank [Columbia] 1.(n) a person who is logged on for a huge amount of time 2. (v) to log on, to stay logged on, and to hack your brains out while drinking lots of JOLT or Mountain Dew 3. (adj) having the properties of a wank wasted [CMU] overworked, tired, drunk. More often the former. watermelon effect [RIT] see Neives' effect word [Ga. Tech] any hint on what might be asked in exam by a professor zone [UCSB] lose contact with the world (e.g. daydream in class) zoomie [RIT] Air Force ROTC cadet

-- "Make mine a root beer, Mike. Thanks. To communication! <CRASH>" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jennifer Doyle // Princeton '92 // jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu Disclaimer: I am a student, I represent the future.