Education Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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super senior n. His friend, David Alvarez, is a fifth-year senior—a “super senior,” he says—at Montclair. [English Education] [full cite] (May. 1, 2006)

super senior n. Rebecca Logan will be a super-senior yes, that’s year number FIVE at Penn State University’s main campus in Happy Valley, where more than 37,000 undergrads tend to bleed blue and white. [English Education] [full cite] (May. 1, 2006)

super senior n. Gore was introduced by a super senior at the University(fifth year student who couldn’t graduate because of lack of classes) who told the Bush/Quayle hecklers that they were at the wrong rally. [English Education] [full cite] (May. 1, 2006)

super-senior n. Argus, who graduated from the University of Oklahoma in his ““super-senior” year of 1974, is the son of Argus Hamilton Jr. and Paula Hamilton. [English Education] [full cite] (May. 1, 2006)

sweep room n. The school also uses what’s called a “sweep room,” where students spend the hour if they’re found wandering the halls after the period bell has rung. [English Education] [full cite] (Sep. 20, 2006)

sweep room n. Also at Lanphier, beginning Monday, administrators will make sweeps of the hallways when the bell rings at the beginning of the first morning class and the first afternoon class. Teachers will close their classroom doors when class begins, and administrators will herd any laggards caught in hallways or restrooms to a designated “sweep room.” [English Education Jargon] [full cite] (Oct. 5, 2006)

sweep room n. There is a “sweep room” for students caught cutting class, and a new detention room, where students caught committing infractions like wearing hats or using portable CD players are sent for a couple of hours after school. [English Education Jargon] [full cite] (Oct. 5, 2006)

swirling n. Students who don’t place into college algebra are sent off to Pima Community College for remedial math, a practice known as “swirling.” [English Education] [full cite] (Aug. 27, 2005)

swirling n. “One of the phenomena of today’s college student is the term ‘swirling’,” Moss said, which refers to the fact that many students attend more than one college. Moss said that especially with distance learning, students are not limited geographically as to where they enroll. [English United States Education] [full cite] (Aug. 30, 2005)

swirling n. While they may not return immediately, they will return to us over a period of time. And by us it may not necessarily be Rio Salado. It could be any of our sister colleges or the public or private universities in the area. They become what we call swirling students. So we no longer have the student who is loyal just to one institution, but the student who kind of shops around for what it is they’re looking for at the moment. [English Education] [full cite] (Aug. 30, 2005)

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