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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 89 13:48:18 EST
From: jmdoyle@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jennifer Doyle)
Subject: College Slang Dictionary
this is the cover article, and there will be 3 articles to follow: the
Jen
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Jennifer Doyle // Princeton '92 // jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu
Disclaimer: I am a student, I represent the future.
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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
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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. :-)
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Name Userid
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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
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.
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Abbrieviation Full name of College Location
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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
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.
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"Make mine a root beer, Mike. Thanks. To communication! "
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Jennifer Doyle // Princeton '92 // jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu
Disclaimer: I am a student, I represent the future.
--
"Make mine a root beer, Mike. Thanks. To communication! "
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Jennifer Doyle // Princeton '92 // jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu
Disclaimer: I am a student, I represent the future.
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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
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Geo 201/202 - "Rocks for Jocks"
Architecture 204 - "Architorture"
Engineering 100 - "Sleep 100"
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
BERKELEY
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"
GEOSC 20 Planet Earth - "Rocks for Jocks"
GEORGETOWN
Modern Foreign Government - "Mo-Fo Go"
COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
any Physics class, especially required 1st and 2nd year classes - "Phy-sucks"
Differential Equations course - "Diffy-screw"
MIT
ntroductory 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
s roughly equal to a three credit course somewhere else. 20 units is
a lot.
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"Make mine a root beer, Mike. Thanks. To communication! "
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Jennifer Doyle // Princeton '92 // jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu
Disclaimer: I am a student, I represent the future.
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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
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of slang I was sent, unless you *really* had to know the college to appreciate
t. 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
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
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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
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
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
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
inversely proportional to the number of days left in a given quarter
millions of electronic components needed in lab
aren't supposed to be)
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
work
with his significant other
your significant or not so significant other overnight
2. anything particularly destructive
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
to describe cutting
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
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! "
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Jennifer Doyle // Princeton '92 // jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu
Disclaimer: I am a student, I represent the future.
