{"id":5515,"date":"2014-02-27T09:02:15","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T17:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=5515"},"modified":"2014-02-27T09:02:15","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T17:02:15","slug":"from-the-archives-whatta-bust-slang-in-ye-olden-days-of-our-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/from-the-archives-whatta-bust-slang-in-ye-olden-days-of-our-university\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Archives: Whatta Bust – Slang in Ye Olden Days of Our University"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"College-Slang\"<\/a>Have you ever wondered where some of the phrases you use every day come from? Probably not, since you use them every day. But I\u2019m here to tell you that some of those very phrases and slang words have been around since the 1910s! Either that or they came back from the dead, like skinny jeans and platform shoes.<\/p>\n

See, I found an old article from the January 8, 1919 edition of the Trail<\/i> that was titled \u201cCollege Slang,\u201d and old slang is one of my favorite things to find (and use). So, if you ever find yourself in need of some strange new words to add to your vernacular, take a look at these, and see if any manage to trip your trigger.<\/p>\n

A textbook was known as anything from a \u201ctrot\u201d to a \u201cpony\u201d to a \u201cbicycle.\u201d If you\u2019re studying a textbook, you\u2019re going for a \u201cride.\u201d If you study a lot, you\u2019re a \u201cjockey.\u201d If you have a lot of textbooks on a shelf, you can call it a \u201cstable,\u201d and if you have a bunch of study buddies, you can say you\u2019re all going to the \u201cracecourse.\u201d Then you can confuse people because they might think you\u2019re going to the Tacoma Speedway in the rain and for no particular reason when really, you\u2019re just going to study.<\/p>\n

If you get a perfect score on a test, it\u2019s a \u201cten strike.\u201d On the other hand, if you get a zero (which I hope no one does), it\u2019s a \u201czip\u201d or a \u201cbust.\u201d If you do just well enough to pass, then you \u201cslide through,\u201d which is still a pretty common phrase. If you\u2019re preparing for a test, then you\u2019re \u201cloading\u201d for it. A class failure is a \u201cflunk,\u201d which I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve never heard before, and \u201cbull\u201d is usually (and I quote): \u201cto recite when unprepared, usually stupidly, and at length.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you ever need a new word to call your female classmates, you could call them \u201chens\u201d or \u201cquail,\u201d or even \u201ccalico.\u201d If you\u2019re escorting a particular lady friend back to her room, you could say you\u2019re \u201ctaking calic to the hen coop.\u201d Granted, that was a term used when there was a specific women\u2019s dormitory, but I suppose you could still adapt it to today.<\/p>\n

So remember, if you ever find yourself \u201ccutting\u201d a class\u2026there were students nearly 100 years ago who were doing the exact same thing, with the exact same word, too.<\/p>\n

By Morgan Ford<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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