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University slang
I noticed in perusing my OED Online that the word "hubris" emerged initially in English as a form of university slang: 1884 Daily News 28 Oct. (Ware), Boys of good family, who have always been toadied, and never been checked, who are full of health and high spirits, develop what Academic slang knows as hubris, a kind of high-flown insolence.
The word "kudos" also originally emerged out of academic slang and I'm wondering if anybody knows of any other instances.
The word "kudos" also originally emerged out of academic slang and I'm wondering if anybody knows of any other instances.
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Not exactly a slang: Phi Beta Kappa (Society), from phi + beta + kappa, initials of the society's Greek motto philosophia biou kybernEtEs philosophy the guide of life
- Not exactly a slang: Phi Beta Kappa (Society), from phi + beta + kappa, initials of the society's Greek motto philosophia biou kybernEtEs philosophy the guide of life
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Not exactly a slang:
Phi Beta Kappa (Society), from phi + beta + kappa, initials of the society's Greek motto philosophia biou kybernEtEs philosophy the guide of life
Phi Beta Kappa (Society), from phi + beta + kappa, initials of the society's Greek motto philosophia biou kybernEtEs philosophy the guide of life
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[nq:1]I noticed in perusing my OED Online that the word "hubris" emerged initially in English as a form of university ... high-flowninsolence. The word "kudos" also originally emerged out of academic slang andI'm wondering if anybody knows of any other instances.[/nq]
I'm astounded by both examples. OED knows more than I could about the language of 1884; but I don't see how anybody could have
I'm astounded by both examples. OED knows more than I could about the language of 1884; but I don't see how anybody could have
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[nq:1]I noticed in perusing my OED Online that the word "hubris" emerged initially in English as a form of university ... The word "kudos" also originally emerged out of academic slang and I'm wondering if anybody knows of any other instances.[/nq]
There are plenty of words that first appeared as university slang: "brunch", "crony", "bed-sitter", "cram" (for an exam), "rag" ('to tease, torment
There are plenty of words that first appeared as university slang: "brunch", "crony", "bed-sitter", "cram" (for an exam), "rag" ('to tease, torment
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[nq:1]One other university slang word from Greek[/nq]
"Nous" is one that occurs to me.
Katy Jennison
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"Nous" is one that occurs to me.
Katy Jennison
spamtrap: remove the first two letters after the @
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[nq:2]I noticed in perusing my OED Online that the word ... and I'm wondering if anybody knows of any other instances.[/nq]
[nq:1]There are plenty of words that first appeared as university slang: "brunch", "crony", "bed-sitter", "cram" (for an exam), "rag" ('to ... originated "in some university joke, or as a parody of some Latin term of the schools", according to the OED.[/nq]
Ipse dixit
[nq:1]There are plenty of words that first appeared as university slang: "brunch", "crony", "bed-sitter", "cram" (for an exam), "rag" ('to ... originated "in some university joke, or as a parody of some Latin term of the schools", according to the OED.[/nq]
Ipse dixit
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[nq:2]I noticed in perusing my OED Online that the word ... and I'm wondering if anybody knows of any other instances.[/nq]
[nq:1]There are plenty of words that first appeared as university slang: "brunch", "crony", "bed-sitter", "cram" (for an exam), "rag" ('to ... originated "in some university joke, or as a parody of some Latin term of the schools", according to the OED.[/nq]
Rugger. So
[nq:1]There are plenty of words that first appeared as university slang: "brunch", "crony", "bed-sitter", "cram" (for an exam), "rag" ('to ... originated "in some university joke, or as a parody of some Latin term of the schools", according to the OED.[/nq]
Rugger. So
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[nq:2]There are plenty of words that first appeared as university ... some Latin term of the schools", according to the OED.[/nq]
[nq:1]Rugger. Soccer. Brekkers. the -er or -ers ending attached to a truncated version of a word is or was characteristic of Oxbridge slang. as in Cuppers.[/nq]
Another well-known one is "chum", which originally meant "roommate", an abbreviation of "chamber-fell
[nq:1]Rugger. Soccer. Brekkers. the -er or -ers ending attached to a truncated version of a word is or was characteristic of Oxbridge slang. as in Cuppers.[/nq]
Another well-known one is "chum", which originally meant "roommate", an abbreviation of "chamber-fell
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[nq:1]Another well-known one is "chum", which originally meant "roommate", an abbreviation of "chamber-fellow".[/nq]
Recorded only since c 1684. A well-known conjecture is that it was a familiar abbreviation of , , or the like. But no historical proof or connecting link has been found.
MWCD and AHD both give the etymology a "perhaps".
Recorded only since c 1684. A well-known conjecture is that it was a familiar abbreviation of , , or the like. But no historical proof or connecting link has been found.
MWCD and AHD both give the etymology a "perhaps".
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[nq:2]Ipse dixit?[/nq]
[nq:1]As to that, res ipsa loquitur. Mike.[/nq]
Cavey - it's the beak!
John "Yaroo!" Dean
Oxford
[nq:2]Ipse dixit?[/nq]
[nq:1]As to that, res ipsa loquitur. Mike.[/nq]
Cavey - it's the beak!
John "Yaroo!" Dean
Oxford
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