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

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guess question paper n. If you have the money, you can walk into the exam hall with the answersheet, filled and how. The modus operandi is simple—students get hold of the question paper for the next day’s exam, called in campus parlance as “guess question paper,” for a price. They answer the questions on the answer-sheet which even bears the official symbol of the university and walk into the exam room, get the duplicate sheet signed by the invigilator and take the other answersheet with them. [English India Education] [full cite] (Mar. 24, 2008)

gunner n. When I started reading law students’ blogs this past spring I kept encountering the word “gunner,” almost always used with great disdain. It was pretty easy to figure out what this slang coinage referred to: those law students who always need to volunteer an answer, and do so by in a manner that shows off how “smart” they think they are. [English Education] [full cite] (Oct. 9, 2004)

gut n. Gut: 1. A course in which no one does any work and everyone gets at least a B+. 2. The most popular courses at Harvard. (But, hey, where aren’t they?) [English Education Slang] [full cite] (Sep. 1, 2006)

H-bomb n. H-Bomb: 1. The process of revealing to others that you attend Harvard University. Usage: “Last night was our second date and I dropped the H-Bomb. Then she dumped me.” [English Education Slang] [full cite] (Sep. 1, 2006)

hallcest n. When asked if living together has brought sexual tension into their friendship, Mr. Danzig said “no” flatly, and Dewar said the same, emphatically. Neither report any awkward or indelicate moments, but when both genders use the same bathroom on the floor not much remains secret. Dating neighbors—known as “hallcest” or “dormcest”—is courting disaster given such close quarters, says Danzig. [English Education Relationships Sex & Sexuality Youth Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 4, 2007)

hand-over-hand n. He seemed to like doing that too, even though to get him to paste the words on oak tag, the teacher had to use a technique called “hand-over-hand,” which is just about as discouraging as it sounds. [English Education Jargon] [full cite] (May. 1, 2008)

handle n. The track’s purses are some of the worst in the United States, and the handle—track terminology for the amount of money bet—ranks poorly. [Education Gambling Money & Finance Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Jul. 12, 2004)

HBCU n. long with other bands from historically black colleges and universities, or H.B.C.U.’s, it is an example of a robust vernacular American musical form that serves a social function and isn’t aiming at commercial success. [English Education Race Acronym] [full cite] (Sep. 8, 2007)

hierarchical dualism n. While English teachers regularly deal with disadvantaged groups in the classroom, homosexuality and AIDS were largely ignored. To remedy this situation, she said (in the jargon much loved by educrats): “I am proposing that this new form of hierarchical dualism can and should be resisted and challenged.” [Education Jargon] [full cite] (Jun. 7, 2004)

high touch adj. “If we go high tech, we’re also going to go high touch,” he said, referring to what he said would be an increased contact between pupil and teacher. [English Education Jargon] [full cite] (Aug. 17, 2007)

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