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

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chiefing n. “Marking up” is a term used to describe writing words or drawing pictures using markers on someone’s body. “Chiefing” describes “marking up” someone who is asleep.…“I believe ‘chiefing’ in most instances would be hazing,” Carroll said. “Even if they’re awake, you’re doing it ridicule them. The intent is there within ‘chiefing.’” [College Youth Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 14, 2007)

dormcest n. Most dorms these days are coed, or segregated by floor (sometimes halves of floors) at worst.…People settle into a reasonably mature boundary-respect inside the first week or two. Floorcest and dormcest do happen, but if they get too active, they’re frowned upon. [English College Sex & Sexuality Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 12, 2007)

dormcest n. He advises against “dormcest”—involvements with women on his hall. [English College Sex & Sexuality Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 12, 2007)

early college n.

Also known as “early colleges,” middle colleges allow students to earn a high school diploma and two years of college credit within five years.
Such schools are designed to increase high school graduation rates and bolster college-readiness levels.

[English College Education] [full cite] (Feb. 27, 2007)

facetimer n. So, to sum it all up, playing the Terriers does pack more fans into Conte Forum—the game was announced as a sellout—but many of the newcomers are what Cornell fans refer to as “facetimers,” so it doesn’t make all that much of an impact on the overall atmosphere. [English College Slang] [full cite] (Dec. 7, 2007)

freshman stripe n. Also at UCD: the infamous Freshman Stripe…Since the inner campus is closed to automotive traffic, many, many people ride bikes to class. When the rains come in late Fall, the freshman can always be spotted because they have a vertical stripe running up their backs, caused by the spray from their tires. Eventually they wise up and buy fenders. [English Automobiles & Transportation College Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 10, 2007)

globe n. Clearly, the professor’s statements are empty words, commonly known in MBA-lingo as “gas” or “globe.” Lots of speech and no content whatsoever. Is Dr. Monipally to blame for this near-meaningless collection of words, or the ET reporter who, knowing that the committee had only just been constituted and would take 6 months for its report, insisted on asking the professor who/how/what/when/why questions before the event (programme revision) had even begun. [English India College Slang] [full cite] (May. 21, 2007)

ledge party n. After the usual alcoholic overindulgence, I followed him upstairs, where I soon passed out on his sofa. There, I assumed the starring role in a garden-variety “ledge party,” my deflowering on display for anyone desiring a peek. Ledge parties, for those of you who didn’t attend party-school universities, featured fraternity boys luring their unsuspecting companions to a lair of choice, where they engineered some semblance of sex for the viewing enjoyment of their voyeuristic brethren, who watched from the window’s ledge. Unlike typical fraternity houses, these were contemporary buildings with plate glass windows and wide ledges that formed perfect viewing platforms. [English College] [full cite] (Dec. 2, 2007)

medildo n. Apparently at Northwestern University, journalism majors are called “medildos,” because so many of them are so self-righteous that…well, the name speaks for itself. [English College Media Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 1, 2007)

megaversity n. When individuals leave a school, for whatever reasons, and especially when they leave a small place like our College where we know each other far better than would be the case at large, sterile places like the huge “megaversities,” to use Clark Kerr’s now famous neologism, we all are aggrieved. [English College Education New or Nonce] [full cite] (Nov. 4, 2007)

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