Final (noun)
phi-nail
Definition: The test at the end of a class, and can lead to other endings also
Attested: I had my first final in ninth grade
Example: I have three finals this semester
Etymology: The term "final" comes from it being the test at the end of the class. Often, it can also be the test that ends your dream of becoming a doctor, because they don't want a doctor who can't pass Chemistry, or your dream of becoming a janitor, because they don't want a janitor that can't pass cleaning 101. More often though, the final marks a period of rejoicing, where one manages to forget a whole semester's worth of material in the hour after the final.
Dave Britton
Fishbowl (noun)
Pronunciation: rhymes with 'dish' and 'roll'
Definition:A glass-enclosed room in Uris Library with rows of hard chairs
and worn wooden desks.
Attested: A sophomore on my floor informed everyone that he would be
studying in the FISHBOWL to actually keep awake.
Example: Come study with me in the fishbowl this afternoon.
Etymology: This room is surrounded by glass windows and below ground
level in the library, so people passing by can peek in from above,
observing the hard-working students as they would look at fish swimming
in their fishbowls.
- Dorrie Tong
Flex point
Fl(epsilon)x poynts
Definition: equivalent to one dollar in value to be used in any dining hall.
Attested: I was first asked I wanted to use Flex points or cash-op (see entry) at the Ivy (see entry).
Example: "Big red bucks or flex points?"
Etymology: This comes from the 90 flex meal plan (see entry). This is a "flexible" meal plan. Each person on this meal plan is given 400 flex points, which can be used either in cash-op facilities or in Bear Necessities. Because of the meal plan changes for the next year, the term "flex points" may be replaced by "dining dollars", since the 90 flex meal plan has been eliminated.
- Naim Darghouth
Floorcest
rhymes with "more best"
Definition: becoming romantically involved with someone that live on the
same floor as you in your dorm.
Attested: I first encountered this word in September of 1998, when one of my friends
said it.
Example: "Floorcest runs rampid in Dickson Hall!"
Etymology: I think the word was taken from incest (becoming sexually involved with someone in your family) and was developed here because the people who were
not able to "hook up" with anyone as a freshman needed some way to lessen
the accomplishments of their more fortunate friends. It is usually used
derogatorily.
- Steve Terry
Frat
/fraet/, rhymes with hat
Definition: Frat is an abbreviation for fraternity, meaning either the actual fraternity house itself or the social group living in the house.
Attested: I first heard this used in the classic Nintendo game, River City Ransom. The bad guys in the game were called the frat boys. Later in college at Cornell I learned exactly what a frat or fraternity was.
Example: "Those guys are all in the same frat."
Etymology: Frat is just an abbreviation for fraternity used most commonly by people who are not in a fraternal organization. Many fraternity brothers dislike the tem frat and refuse to call their hallowed home a frat, rather than the fraternity house which certainly has a much more brotherly feeling to it.
- Matt Fellman