Usenet college slang dictionary

• 24/7 [CMU] all day, all week
• 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
• P.C. [Swarthmore] Stands for politically correct
• 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
• X kegger [Purdue] Party at which X kegs of beer were consumed
• 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
• digithead [RIT] Comp. Sci. major
• dis [CMU] insult
• double [MIT] two all-nighters in a row
• dramats [CMU] drama majors, in general. Also known as the "ones wearing black"
• 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
• geek [U. of Chicago] what everyone calls each other whose usage frequency is inversely proportional to the number of days left in a given quarter
• geek box [Purdue] box (usually a tackle box) carried by EEs and EETs. Contains millions of electronic components needed in lab
• geeking out [Swarthmore] expression of sympathy
• get a clue [CMU] telling someone to start paying attention to the world
• get shafted [Ga. Tech] to be required to write an extremely difficult exam
• go grungy [Kansas State] go out without showering
• got reamed [Purdue] Did very poorly on an exam
• gone [Purdue] Became very intoxicated
• grunt [RIT] Army ROTC cadet
• hack [MIT] 1. (n) a prank 2. (v) to "explore" (i.e. going places where students aren't supposed to be)
• hanus [UCSB] really, really bad [Alt. spelling: heinous]
• helmet [Penn State] women
• hit the slot machine [N.D. State] obtained money from the ATM
• hose [CMU] description of a test/exam that is going to be/was impossible
• hosed [Princeton] failed to achieve something; was rejected
• 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
• peachy [CMU] fine (ex. How are you? Just peachy!)
• plasma [MIT] caffeine, in any of its forms
• pound [CMU] to drink beer, usually pretty fast and enthusiastically
• power sludge [CMU] strong coffee
• powertool [MIT] to cram or study intensly
• psych! [CMU] just kidding
• punt [MIT] to cut class, skip a problem set, or otherwise avoid doing academic work
• rack [U. of Oklahoma] to sleep
• rage [UCSB] party to excess
• random [MIT] non-MIT person who hangs out at MIT anyway
• rent-a-cop [RIT] Campus Safety
• rip, to [USC] to do well in
• rocked [Purdue] Did very well on an exam
• roll [Okl. State] to cut class
• scoping [Princeton] looking for possible members of the other sex to date, etc.
• scrod [MIT] to have been screwed over
• scrump [RIT] to have sex with someone
• sexile [Swarthmore] state of banishment from one's room while one's roommate is with his significant other
• shack [U. of Ill. at U-C] to stay at the apartment/dorm/frat/sorority of your significant or not so significant other overnight
• shooting the shabookie [CMU] 1. 'taking it all' in the card game 'hearts' 2. anything particularly destructive
• six-screw [MIT] a "pet" name for the EECS department (course 6)
• slip 'er the Woodrow, to [USC] to sleep with
• slort [CMU] to go to class with the express purpose of sleeping through it
• squid [RIT] Navy ROTC cadet
• stoked [UCSB] happy, elated, etc
• stopped by the Union [N.D. State] had sex, because condom machines are located 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
• walk [UT at Austin] when a professor decides not to have class, sometimes used to describe cutting
• wank [Columbia] 1.(n) a person who is logged on for a huge amount of time 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
• wasted [CMU] overworked, tired, drunk. More often the former.
• watermelon effect [RIT] see Neives' effect
• word [Ga. Tech] any hint on what might be asked in exam by a professor
• zone [UCSB] lose contact with the world (e.g. daydream in class)
• zoomie [RIT] Air Force ROTC cadet