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Slangudge Upon coming to Oberlin one is quickly aware of the variety and the diversity of the student body. Not only do you have people coming from all parts of the country and world, but also students with numer- OuS interests and pursuits. There are the Connies , the liberal arts students, the Co-opers , the pre-med types; the list continues. From these different groups, all blended together here at Oberlin, comes a wealth of language terms and expressions, brought to, made up at, and partiCular to Oberlin. In collecting and writing the Slanguage dictionary; we attempted to capture and offer some of this wealth. Here are some examples of What we collected. Dave Rheingold john A. Mason III March, 1984 abnormality a the norm at Oberlin. Ciao mein - goodbye. all mongoo a expression meaning quite wasted, mentally Clueless a totally oblivious to what is happening. Akin to and physically. catch a clue and due glue. assininity a one ofthose stupid little occurrences that dont con artist - con graduate; also ex-con. seem quite big enough to be worth getting an- noyed at but are extremely annoying because of creditlno effort - easy Class. this. creditlno entry - impotent: banana split a a bisexual person. credithear entry a an F or how to get an ' .A brain dead - to be totally out of it mentally, especially after finals. dac'd a dazed and confused. buckeye weather a the lame Ohio weather. For instance, on dangling a lll being close to the edge; Ql to be confused. Monday it is 650, and on Tuesday it snows 14 inches. deal a verb meaning to cope. I dont know ifI can deal with Class another day. Can I borrow your stand? a an obnoxious question asked of people practicing piano in dizzweeny a an idiot of high caliber; also grizzweeny. Robertson. femy a a green, leafy vegetable a like person. chill out a expression used to tell a hyper person to calm down. fling Chow -a to throw up. 20
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futile walk a the walk to Wilder to the mailroom where you get airmail ta mailbox full of aid. Gisbons a Gibsons. Pronounced Giz-bonzz. Going Obie a to transform from a high school kiddy into one of us. greeble a to wipe out, eat sand and die. harsh tme ouO a something unpleasant or undesirable imported domestic a a maid from a foreign country. She puts wool sweaters in the washer and dryer. Ive got so much work - an Obie's attempt at asserting the presence of a moral conscience. melt down - to falter and collapse from excessive exercise, problems, sports, work. Mr. Computer Chip a everyone knows a few. Mudd suck - an all powerful force that radiates from Mudd and pulls helpless students forwards Mudd from all corners of campus. mugly w most ugly. tpronounced mew-glyt. nice house but nobody's home a said about an attractive but dumb person. Also, the lights are on, but no- body's home. old Jones a a good friend that goes way back. ouse a the grey Huffy stuff that grows beneath beds. o-tay a what Buckwheat says. raincoat - rubber. rent-a-cops a Oberlin security. Also Insecurity and the 0- team. schween a tn a useless person. t3 People who make slang dictionaries. snarf - to inhale food. spamming a to be upset. supercali frogilisti coberlin psychosis a the lunacy of being stuck in Oberlin for more than two weeks. visual a something eye-catching, such as the effects of a strobe light. Any aberration of sight. Often used to describe sights when on drugs. Walk the dog - male release. wallowing in the Mudd a studying at the pleasure center. yumbo a description of Dascomb,s mushroomball sand- wiches, stuffed flounder, spinach lasagna, lentil soup, and other appreciable delicacies. zacklies a the terrible taste in your mouth in the morning which tastes zackly like 5 - - zorp a an underwater release of gas.
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