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

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freshmore n. “We’re really focusing harder now on the freshmen and sophomores so they don’t turn into what’s called ‘freshmores,’” he said, referring to students in their second year of high school without enough credits to take a sophomore curriculum. [English Education Youth Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 6, 2007)

fro-co n. We were ready for Camp Yale 2006. Sophomore year was going to be sick—all the debauchery of freshman year and more. No more boring meetings with college masters, no more fro-cos telling us to get up from the bathroom floor and head to DUH, and a whole new freshman class to meet and greet. [English Education Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 15, 2006)

full-pay n. Many colleges discount tuition an average of 30 to 40 percent. Still, by offering even a relatively small cut, colleges get students who pay a hefty price. “The full-pays are few and far between,” said Greg Eichhorn, the vice president for enrollment management at Albright. “What we’re looking for are better-pays.” [English Education Money & Finance Jargon] [full cite] (Feb. 28, 2009)

gapping n. The practice is called “gapping.” It’s when colleges offer students financial aid packages beneath what they need to attend—often driving them to other revenue sources like a private loan or, if they’re lucky, a check from grandma. [English Education Money & Finance Jargon] [full cite] (Dec. 13, 2008)

ghost professorship n. Assembly Bill (AB) 1413, the California State University Governance Reform Act authored by Assemblymember Portantino, would eliminate the practice of “ghost professorships” by requiring all CSU executives who are compensated to teach a class to actually perform the work they are paid to do. [California English Education New or Nonce] [full cite] (Oct. 4, 2007)

gov-jock n. Derogatory terms like “gov-jocks” get thrown around as if athletes were unable to fulfill the requirements of any other program; this is insulting both to government concentrators and athletes alike. [ Language English Subject Education] [full cite] (Sep. 28, 2005)

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)

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