Date: Tue, 19 Dec 89 13:48:18 EST
\nFrom: jmdoyle@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jennifer Doyle)
\nSubject: College Slang Dictionary<\/p>\n
It’s finally here, what you’ve all been waiting for! The official USENET
\ndictionary of college slang. Sorry it took so long, but it *is* the end of the
\nsemester, and I’ve been busy. If you’re reading this article in soc.college,
\nthis is the cover article, and there will be 3 articles to follow: the
\ndictionary itself, the people and colleges I heard from, and a list of courses
\nwith slang names. If you are reading this in any other newsgroup, email
\njmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu if you would like any of these lists. The
\ndictionary is about 130 words long. Enjoy!<\/p>\n
Jen
\n—
\n “Make mine a root beer, Mike. Thanks. To communication! ”
\n——————————————————————————-
\n Jennifer Doyle \/\/ Princeton ’92 \/\/ jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu
\nDisclaimer: I am a student, I represent the future.<\/p>\n
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 89 13:48:21 EST
\nFrom: jmdoyle@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jennifer Doyle)
\nSubject: College Slang Posting I: people and colleges (1 of 3)<\/p>\n
This is the first of 3 postings. For details, see the cover article “College
\nSlang Dictionary”.<\/p>\n
Jen
\n*******************************************************************************
\nHere’s the people who sent me their slang, and helped make this dictionary.
\nThanks to all of them. If I missed a name, I’m very sorry. I’m only human. \ud83d\ude42
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\nName Userid
\n——————————————————————————-<\/p>\n
AEJCampbell aejc@louie.cc.utexas.edu
\nBill Warner WTW101%PSUVM@pucc
\nBrendan O’Connor bmoconno@phoenix.princeton.edu
\nBrian Greenberg greenber@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
\nBryon Buck ls2@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
\nDouglas J. Katz gt2783c@prism.gatech.edu
\nDrew MacBride laba-3ae@WEB.berkeley.edu
\nEdward J. Jordan basilisk%plum@hub.ucsb.edu
\nGreg Skinner gds@CS.UCLA.EDU
\nHarlan ? harlan@BBN.COM
\nHeather Corbett mikey@bambam.wellesley.edu
\nJames Burley Huber jh5x+@andrew.cmu.edu
\nJames Hu jxh@phobos.cis.ksu.edu
\nJason Albert ejalbert@phoenix.princeton.edu
\nJeff Hildebrand JDH92@campus.swarthmore.edu
\nJennifer Doyle jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu
\nJohn Wilber wilber%sal-sun19.usc.edu@usc.edu
\nK.S. Palmer ksp8305@ultb.isc.rit.edu
\nKatherine ? kewms@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
\nKen Lin C.Kenny.Lin@f.gp.cs.cmu.edu
\nM. G. Stinnett nuapple@vm1.nodak.edu
\nMatthew R. Byer byer@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
\nMichael E. Yellin my0l+@andrew.cmu.edu
\nMichael Tod Rose mr2t+@andrew.cmu.edu
\nPaul J Zawada zawada@en.ecn.purdue.edu
\nPhillip A. Remaker ames!amdcad!pepsi!remaker
\nS. Patel gatech!kong!ncratl!ncrlnk!ncrcae!PEDEV!PEDEV.Columbia.NCR.COM!sandy
\nShin ? shin@oddjob.uchicago.edu
\nStacy Weaver stacy@sci.ccny.cuny.edu
\nStephen Brent Peters sp2q+@andrew.cmu.edu
\nStuart Koyanagi STUART%OCE%gamera.usc.edu@usc.edu
\nTiny Bubbles… ho@fergvax.unl.edu
\nValerie Ohm valerie@athena.mit.edu
\nVictor Kan kan@DG-RTP.DG.COM<\/p>\n
These are the colleges that the slang came from. They range from New Jersey to
\nCalifornia, and from North Dakota to Texas. Again, if I missed one, I’m sorry.
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\nAbbrieviation Full name of College Location
\n——————————————————————————-<\/p>\n
Berkeley University of Calif. at Berkeley Berkeley, Cal.
\nCCNY City College New York City, N.Y.
\nCMU Carnegie-Mellon University Pittsburgh, Penn.
\nCSM Colorado School of Mines Golden, Col.
\nColumbia Columbia University New York City, N.Y.
\nGa. Tech Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Ga.
\nGeorgetown Georgetown University Washington, D.C.
\nKansas State Kansas State University Manhattan, Ks.
\nMIT Masachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Mass.
\nMuhlenburg Muhlenburg College Allentown, Penn.
\nN.D. State North Dakota State University North Dakota
\nOkl. State Oklahoma State University Oklahoma
\nPenn State Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania
\nPrinceton Princeton University Princeton, N.J.
\nPurdue Purdue University W. Lafayette, Ind.
\nRIT Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, N.Y.
\nSwarthmore Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Penn.
\nU. of Chicago University of Chicago Chicago, Ill.
\nU. of Ill. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illinois
\nU. of Neb. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, Neb.
\nU. of Pgh. University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Penn.
\nU. of Rochester University of Rochester Rochester, N.Y.
\nUCSB University of California at Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Cal.
\nUPenn University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Penn.
\nUSC University of Southern California Los Angeles, Cal.
\nUT at Austin University of Texas at Austin Austin, Tx.
\nWellesley Wellesley College Wellesley, Mass.
\n—
\n “Make mine a root beer, Mike. Thanks. To communication! ”
\n——————————————————————————-
\n Jennifer Doyle \/\/ Princeton ’92 \/\/ jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu
\nDisclaimer: I am a student, I represent the future.<\/p>\n
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 89 13:48:25 EST
\nFrom: jmdoyle@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jennifer Doyle)
\nSubject: College Slang Posting II:course name slang (2 of 3)<\/p>\n
This is the second of 3 articles. For details, see the cover article “College
\nSlang Dictionary”.<\/p>\n
Jen
\n*******************************************************************************
\nPRINCETON
\nGeo 201\/202 – “Rocks for Jocks”
\nArchitecture 204 – “Architorture”<\/p>\n
PURDUE
\nEngineering 100 – “Sleep 100”<\/p>\n
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
\nPhysics 107 Adventures in Physics – “Physics for Jocks and Pretty Girls”<\/p>\n
BERKELEY
\nPhysics 10 Physics Without Math – “Physics for Poets”
\nAstronomy 10 Self Paced General Astro – “Astro Without Stars”
\nGeology 50 Intro to Geology – “Rocks for Jocks”
\nMath P Remedial Trig & Algebra – “Math Without Numbers”<\/p>\n
CARNEGIE-MELLON
\nArchitorture – “Architecture”
\nSadistics – “Statistics”<\/p>\n
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
\nAnatomy and Physiology – “A and P”
\nDigital Organization and Management – “DOoM” <\/p>\n
PENN STATE
\nGEOSC 20 Planet Earth – “Rocks for Jocks”<\/p>\n
GEORGETOWN
\nModern Foreign Government – “Mo-Fo Go”
\nProblem of God, an introductory theology course – “God’s Problems”<\/p>\n
COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
\nany Physics class, especially required 1st and 2nd year classes – “Phy-sucks”
\nDifferential Equations course – “Diffy-screw”<\/p>\n
MIT
\nintroductory circuits course – “6.002 Six double-Oh Screw”
\nadvanced version of freshman physics (first term) –
\n “8.012 Mechanics for Masochists”
\nadvanced version of freshman physics (second term) –
\n “8.022 Electricity and Masochism”
\nUnified Engineering, I through IV – “16.001, 16.002, 16.003, 16.004 Unifried”
\nxxxxx Death Lab: Variously applied to a number of 20 unit lab
\ncourses in Biology and Chemistry. In the MIT system, a 12 unit course
\nis roughly equal to a three credit course somewhere else. 20 units is
\na lot.
\n—
\n “Make mine a root beer, Mike. Thanks. To communication! ”
\n——————————————————————————-
\n Jennifer Doyle \/\/ Princeton ’92 \/\/ jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu
\nDisclaimer: I am a student, I represent the future.<\/p>\n
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 89 13:48:30 EST
\nFrom: jmdoyle@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jennifer Doyle)
\nSubject: College Slang Posting III: dictionary (3 of 3)<\/p>\n
This is the third of 3 articles. For details, see the cover article “College
\nSlang Dictionary”.<\/p>\n
Jen
\n*******************************************************************************
\nI feel this particular article needs a preface. I took just about every piece
\nof slang I was sent, unless you *really* had to know the college to appreciate
\nit. It’s in alphabetical order by word, and not split into any sort of
\ncategories. There is an explative here and there, and various sex related
\ndefinitions. The style is my own, basically designed to make my life easier.
\nThere are almost no listings of part of speech. I tried to keep the definitions
\nas much the contributor’s words as possible, but some editing had to be done.
\nEnjoy! <\/p>\n
Jen jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu
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\nword [College] definition
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24\/7 [CMU] all day, all week
\nACEd [Berkeley] to have your schedule come out completely scrambled (named
\n after the computerized and bug-prone Advance Class Enrollment system)
\nFAC [U. of Neb.-Lincoln] from “Friday Afternoon Club” going out to the bars
\n on Friday afternoon
\nMa Tech [Ga. Tech] the loving Georgia Tech mommy
\nMac [CMU] to create any laser output using a Macintosh computer
\nNeives’ effect [RIT] the effects of a head shot from any weapon in the role
\n playing game Twilight 2000 that misses the helmet
\nP.C. [Swarthmore] Stands for politically correct
\nSWAG [Purdue] answer to homework or exam question usually written down minutes
\n before it is due (orig. Scientific Wild Ass Guess)
\nSquid [USC] someone who always studies, especially on Friday nights
\nSwarthmore Swivel [Swarthmore] having only one dining hall, if you wish to talk
\n about someone at a meal, you should first look left, look
\n right, and look behind you to make sure that person isn’t in
\n earshot
\nUnderwater Basketweaving [CMU] a mythical course that often comes up jokingly
\n in conversation
\nUndue Perversity [Purdue] Purdue University
\nV.P. Run\/7-11 Run [Purdue] make a trip to the V.P. or 7-11, convenience stores
\n (V.P.= Village Pantry)
\nVAX, to [Swarthmore] logging onto the mainframe computer system, generally with
\n the intention of wasting time and specifically not doing
\n work
\nWa run [Princeton] make a trip to the WaWa, a convenience store
\nX kegger [Purdue] Party at which X kegs of beer were consumed
\naced [N.D. State] did very well on a test
\napes [CMU] fraternity brothers
\nartsy-fartsy [RIT] graphic arts major
\nbag [Muhlenburg] to sleep with
\nbag [Princeton] to cut, to blow off
\nbaggers [CMU] prospective freshman (visiting on`sleeping bag’
\n weekend
\nbaggy [CMU] when campus dining facilites are filled with baggers
\nbail [UCSB] leave somewhere or skip a class
\nbe a Wendy [Wellesley] to be like the stereotypically W.A.S.P.y Wellesley
\n woman
\nbifftad [CA] New England preppie school type
\nblack [CSM] incomprehensible course material
\nblitzed [Purdue] Became very intoxicated
\nblow off [Princeton] to cut, to not go
\nblow off [Purdue] (1) to ignore an otherwise important thing (2) something very
\n easy
\nblow off [U. of Pgh] slack off, quit, break off relationship
\nblow shit [Purdue] to tease somone
\nblow-off [CMU] very easy, simple, requiring little work
\nbogus [UCSB] not as bad as hanus
\nbombed [N.D. State] did very badly on the test
\nbone [USC] to sleep with
\nbook (also bookin’) [CMU] used sarcastically to say you are definitely going to do something
\nbrutal [UCSB] difficult as in a test or assignment
\ncheese [CMU] software
\ncheesebox [CMU] computer
\nclicky-windy [RIT] photography major
\nclueful [CMU] to have clue: be aware of what’s going on
\nclueless [UCSB] not know anything about something
\ncorporate facist [MIT] person in interview mode, especially when dressed for an
\n interview
\ncows [CMU] sorority sisters
\ncrash [Berkeley] enroll in an over-enrolled class
\ncrash [U. of Kansas] to sleep
\ncrash and burn [N.D. State] fail in a pickup attempt
\ncutty-pasty [RIT] fine arts major
\ndigithead [RIT] Comp. Sci. major
\ndis [CMU] insult
\ndouble [MIT] two all-nighters in a row
\ndramats [CMU] drama majors, in general. Also known as the “ones wearing black”
\nerg [Columbia] a training exercise done by members of the crew team (male and
\n female)
\nflailed [UCSB] blew it in a big way
\nfreshling [Swarthmore] first year students
\nfruits [CMU] students in the College of Fine Arts
\ngeek [U. of Chicago] what everyone calls each other whose usage frequency is
\n inversely proportional to the number of days left in a given quarter
\ngeek box [Purdue] box (usually a tackle box) carried by EEs and EETs. Contains
\n millions of electronic components needed in lab
\ngeeking out [Swarthmore] expression of sympathy
\nget a clue [CMU] telling someone to start paying attention to the world
\nget shafted [Ga. Tech] to be required to write an extremely difficult exam
\ngo grungy [Kansas State] go out without showering
\ngot reamed [Purdue] Did very poorly on an exam
\ngone [Purdue] Became very intoxicated
\ngrunt [RIT] Army ROTC cadet
\nhack [MIT] 1. (n) a prank 2. (v) to “explore” (i.e. going places where students
\n aren’t supposed to be)
\nhanus [UCSB] really, really bad [Alt. spelling: heinous]
\nhelmet [Penn State] women
\nhit the slot machine [N.D. State] obtained money from the ATM
\nhose [CMU] description of a test\/exam that is going to be\/was impossible
\nhosed [Princeton] failed to achieve something; was rejected
\nmake a run for the border [N.D. State] head to Minn. where the drinking age was
\n 19 (now obsolete)
\nmash [U. of Ill. at U-C] to kiss, neck, make out, etc.
\nmash [U. of Neb. at Linc.] some sort of sexual activity
\nmint [CMU] really cool
\nmutant [MIT] math major, especially theoretical math. Sometimes applied to
\n theoretical physicists as well
\nnarfs [CMU] stupid freshmen, or republicans
\nnerd [MIT] same as tooling, but especially when one is turning down an
\n opportunity to punt
\nnerd box [Purdue] box (usually a tackle box) carried by EEs and EETs. Contains
\n millions of electronic components needed in lab
\nnerd kit [MIT] a breadboard with power supply and a small set of ICs for the
\n digital lab courses
\nno can do [CCNY] I’m sorry, I can’t help you
\nno way [U. of Pgh] I don’t believe it
\nnuke [RIT] 1. to destroy or delete 2. to pull a prank on someone
\npeachy [CMU] fine (ex. How are you? Just peachy!)
\nplasma [MIT] caffeine, in any of its forms
\npound [CMU] to drink beer, usually pretty fast and enthusiastically
\npower sludge [CMU] strong coffee
\npowertool [MIT] to cram or study intensly
\npsych! [CMU] just kidding
\npunt [MIT] to cut class, skip a problem set, or otherwise avoid doing academic
\n work
\nrack [U. of Oklahoma] to sleep
\nrage [UCSB] party to excess
\nrandom [MIT] non-MIT person who hangs out at MIT anyway
\nrent-a-cop [RIT] Campus Safety
\nrip, to [USC] to do well in
\nrocked [Purdue] Did very well on an exam
\nroll [Okl. State] to cut class
\nscoping [Princeton] looking for possible members of the other sex to date, etc.
\nscrod [MIT] to have been screwed over
\nscrump [RIT] to have sex with someone
\nsexile [Swarthmore] state of banishment from one’s room while one’s roommate is
\n with his significant other
\nshack [U. of Ill. at U-C] to stay at the apartment\/dorm\/frat\/sorority of
\n your significant or not so significant other overnight
\nshooting the shabookie [CMU] 1. ‘taking it all’ in the card game ‘hearts’
\n 2. anything particularly destructive
\nsix-screw [MIT] a “pet” name for the EECS department (course 6)
\nslip ‘er the Woodrow, to [USC] to sleep with
\nslort [CMU] to go to class with the express purpose of sleeping through it
\nsquid [RIT] Navy ROTC cadet
\nstoked [UCSB] happy, elated, etc
\nstopped by the Union [N.D. State] had sex, because condom machines are located
\n in the bathrooms of the Union
\nthat’s sweet [CMU] that’s really, really nice, awesome, terrific
\nthes [MIT] to work on one’s thesis
\nthroat [U. of Rochester] someone who lives in the library, a study-geek
\ntoast [MIT] what you are if you do badly on a test
\ntoasted [Purdue] Became very intoxicated
\ntomatoes [CMU] engineering\/science students who dress\/behave like CFA students
\n or vice versa. Both a fruit and a vegetable
\ntoo much glue during those pre-adolescent years [N.D. State] used in reference
\n to a strange or stupid act by
\n someone
\ntool [MIT] to study
\ntool [Princeton] someone with political or business ambitions, usually a
\n Woodrow Wilson school major
\ntool [Purdue] someone who is used and abused
\ntool [SUNY – S.B.] someone you pick up, use, and put back when you’re done
\ntorque [Purdue] to hit on someone
\ntrashed [CMU] overworked, tired, drunk. More often the former.
\ntriple [MIT] three all-nighters in a row
\nvegetables [CMU] science\/engineering students
\nwalk [UT at Austin] when a professor decides not to have class, sometimes used
\n to describe cutting
\nwank [Columbia] 1.(n) a person who is logged on for a huge amount of time
\n 2. (v) to log on, to stay logged on, and to hack your brains out while
\n drinking lots of JOLT or Mountain Dew 3. (adj) having the properties of a
\n wank
\nwasted [CMU] overworked, tired, drunk. More often the former.
\nwatermelon effect [RIT] see Neives’ effect
\nword [Ga. Tech] any hint on what might be asked in exam by a professor
\nzone [UCSB] lose contact with the world (e.g. daydream in class)
\nzoomie [RIT] Air Force ROTC cadet<\/p>\n
—
\n “Make mine a root beer, Mike. Thanks. To communication! ”
\n——————————————————————————-
\n Jennifer Doyle \/\/ Princeton ’92 \/\/ jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu
\nDisclaimer: I am a student, I represent the future.<\/p>\n
