Bear Access (noun)
rhymes with "tear" and "stress"
Definition: Cornell's computing system that allows students, faculty, etc.. to access a plethora of information such as grades, bursar bill, directory services, mail services (Eurdora and Traveler's Mail), WWW, library services, campus store info, and just about anything about Cornell.
Attestation: I first read about this upon my arrival at Cornell in orientation materials. It gave me the info I needed to obtain the disc at the Computer Center and my different options for dial-up networking.
An example: I can use Bear Access to look up how much my bursar bill will be this month.
Etymology: The naming of the computing programming at Cornell seems to stem from the fact that Cornell's mascot is a "bear" and the program's ability to "access" so much information. Using "bear" in its name gives it the personal touch of Cornell without using Cornell in the name and reflects that the program was developed specifically for use at Cornell. Its a catchy name that is known all around campus. Outside the Cornell community, Bear Access would serve very little purpose as it allows people to access information about Cornell and for Cornell. Bear Access is a fairly impressive program that allows easy access to almost any info pertaining to Cornell.
- Sandy Tushingham

Bear Necessities (noun)
bear-ni'sesates/, first word rhymes with "hair", second word sounds like "ness""cess""sit""tees"
I. Definition: small convenience stores--one located in Mary Donlon dormitory and the other in collegetown.
Attested: When I arrived on campus, my roommate told me she was going to go the Bear Necessities to buy some food for the room.
Example: I have to run to Bear Necessities to stock up my room with snacks.
Etymology: The name of this store is a variation of bare necessities. The store sells items that college students typically need, food and drinks, toiletries, school supplies, etc. The word "bare" was changed to "bear" probably because Cornell University's mascot is a bear. Also, because of this, the stores are most likely particular to the Ithaca area.
- Heidi Nguyen
II. Definition: a convenient store located in Mary Donlon Hall.
Attested: I first encountered this term when I arrived at Cornell and found that the first floor of my dorm housed a convenient store.
Example: "Bear Necessities costs to much, a box of cereal is $4.79!"
Etymology: The term Bear Necessities is well-known to inhabitants of north camps. It has just about anything you could want in a pinch. However, you must be willing to fork out a premium for whatever you buy. The term is likely a result of the college mascot, the bear. I learned that Bear Necessities was not specific to Cornell. The University of Maine, who has a bear mascot, also has a convenient store named Bear Necessities. Around Cornell, the term is similar to Bear Access, the colleges computing system.
- Katie Cody

Beebe Lake
Definition:a small lake on North campus.
Attested: I first encountered this term when someone asked me to go running around Beebe Lake.
Example: "Beebe Lake offers joggers a scenic refuge from the treadmills at Helen Newman with its well maintained trails."
Etymology: Beebe Lake is unique to Cornell. The determination of the name I can only speculate. Perhaps the CUPD monitored the lake with bebe guns shooting at anyone who dared to swim or skate in the lake (when they knew it was against the campus code of conduct!!) But, who knows? The name could be an Indian name which was adopted by the university. The term is not substandard in the community, as most people are well aware the lake exists. I would assume that there are no objections to the name (unless it really was used for bebe gun practice!)
- Katie Cody

Big Dick (noun).
big dik, /bIg dIk/
Definition: Clara Dickson Hall, the largest Dormitory in the Ivy League University system and the Largest Dormitory East of the Mississippi river.
Attested: I asked a student whose girlfriend went to Cornell, where she lived. His reply was the Big Dick. Confusion ensued. Clarifications were made.
Example: "Yeah, the Big Dick, you know Dickson. That is where I live."
Etymology: Clara Dickson Hall was named after the mother of our University's first president, Andrew Dickson White. The hall has, for years, been abbreviated to Dickson, but perhaps because this abbreviation just wasn't good enough, many students are beginning to call it the big dick. It causes many at first to be confused when they hear Dickson being referred to as the Big Dick but it is quite catchy. It also is a good reminder that Clara Dickson Hall is the largest Dormitory on campus, east of the Mississippi, and in the Ivy's.
- Matt Fellman

Big Red
Pronunciation: rhymes with "pig" "bed".
Definition: A nickname for Cornell. At times, the word can be substituted to mean Cornell. People would just say "Go Big Red" at football games to substitute "Go Cornell." From this nickname, came Big Red Bucks and Big Red Barn and etc.
Attested: I first heard this term as a nickname for Cornell when I got my Big Red Book in the mail.
Usage: I used to like the Big Red t-shirts but now they're using a different style.
Etymology: I think the nickname came from the school's color, which is red. The Big portion of the name might have come from the fact that this university is pretty large.
- Dorrie Tong

Big Red Bucks (noun)
big red bucks, /big red buks/; rhymes with "pig" "dead" "ducks"
Definition: money paid to a Cornell account and the amount encoded on a school photo ID card, enabling the student to purchase various food items without the use of cash.
Attested: I read about Big Red Bucks in a dining brochure mailed to my house last year asking me if I wanted to open an account.
Example: When the cashier asked how I would pay for my lunch, I replied, "Big Red Bucks."
Etymology: Big Red Bucks are used at Cornell ("Big Red") to allow students to purchase meals in the school dining halls without using cash. Hence, students do not have to carry around money that they might lose. Big Red Bucks can also be used in many vending machines on campus. Each Big Red Buck is equivalent to one dollar.
-Heidi Nguyen

Blue light (noun)
rhymes with "stew" and "right"
Definition: A TCAT bus that runs after 6 PM. This bus provides those who board it free service to anywhere along it's root.
Attested: I first encountered this word during Freshman Orientation week when my Orientation group leader told me about the "blue light" buses.
Example: "Don't walk down to west campus!! Take a blue light!!"
Etymology: In my experience, this label for the buses after 6PM was developed by the TCAT and Cornell transportation services. Though there are also blue lights above the emergency phones littered throughout the campus, the term "the blue light" used after 6 PM usually refers to the free bus services available.
- Jesse Yao

Bonus (verb).
Bo'ness, /bonIs/
Definition: To bonus means to purchase a meal for someone via Cornell's bonus guest option in the "meal plan" program.
Attested: Before attending school here at Cornell, I came to visit a friend who was here. When I went to eat with him I didn't have money at the time to purchase dinner at a dining hall, but he told me not to worry about dinner because he could "bonus" me in to the dining hall.
Example: That attractive girl who was in front of me in line forgot her meal plan card, so I bonused her into dinner.
Etymology: Because saying the phrase "use a bonus guest option" is too long to say, the verb bonus has been invented. The term is used mostly by underclassmen and furthermore by students who are on the meal plan. Members of fraternities and sororities therefore do not usually use the term because their meals are made at their respective houses and they are unable to bonus someone in. The term can and is used when someone "bonuses" a sorority girl or a frat guy.
- Matt Fellman

Boot (verb)
I. Definition: To vomit or expel solids or liquids from the oral cavitiy.
Attested: My roommate was at a fraternity when he heard a guy say, "I just booted all over that girl."
Example: "Did you just boot in the sink or the toilet?"
Etymology: The word stems from the pharse, "I just got the boot" which means to be kicked out. Over the years, the word evolved to incorporate vomit.
- Manish Trivedi
II. pronounced just like the one you wear on you foot
Definition: To vomit
Attested: I first heard this word used a track practice during the fall (october or november)
Usage: "John booted after the run today."
Etymology: I think this might be an onomatopoeic usage. Possibly when some one threw up once, it sounded like "boot". This term is usually used when referring to vomit due to over exercise or consumption of alcohol.
- Steve Terry

Buffalo Run
Pronunciation: Buf-a-low and rhymes with "fun"
Definition: A run that involves running up Buffalo Street
Attested: One morning during physical training for ROTC, we had to make a Buffalo Run.
Etymology: I was looking forward to a flat easy run, but my hopes were squashed when they said that we had to do a Buffalo Run.
Etymology: The word stems from the most difficult part of any route that can be conquered at Cornell. The road that one must run up, to experiance this is named Buffalo Street. This word strikes fear into the hearts of any runner who does not like hills (all runners).
- Amy Gorman