Halflife
Pronunciation: rhymes with "laugh" and "rife"
Definition: This is a video game that's currently very popular in many dorms on Cornell campus. It requires one to kill many virtual enemies and can be played with several different players playing on different computers.
Attested: I had never heard this term until the middle of last semester, when everyone on my floor began playing the game.
Usage: "Hey, anyone want to start up a game of Halflife?"
Etymology: My friends told me the game was dubbed "Halflife" because the entire game takes place in a science lab. And in science labs, one has to deal with the rate of decay and measurements such as "a halflife". Also, I personally think the maker of the game knew about its addictive character, and so named it "halflife" because he/she knew that the players would be willing to spend half their lives playing it.
- Dorrie Tong

Hang-Out
/hang awt/
Definition: to sit around one's house with close friends, eat food, listen to music, partake in intelligent conversation, and smoke cannabis buds.
Attested: I heard this when a friend of mine asked if I wanted to "hang out" with her and her friends. I asked what she was doing and she just said you know, "Hang out".
Example: "Going to the bars and parties are fun, but sometimes it is just nice to (quote) hang out (end quote) with your friends."
Etymology: Because people are reluctant to say, "Let's smoke some marijuana." due to its illegal connotation, others prefer to just say lets "hang out". It should be noted that when saying lets "hang out" the hand signals for quotation marks are very commonly used.
- Matt Fellman

Ho Plaza (noun).
"toe plah zah"
Definition: the plaza in front of Okenshields Dining Hall. This area defines central campus. Many gatherings are done here. At lunch, this is one of the most energized areas on campus. Political activists, advertisements, and other public demonstrations are all also carried out here.
Attested: I first encountered this word when I wanted tp see the Chinese New Year lion dancers.
Example: "The Chinese New Year celebrations will be held at Ho Plaza"
Etymology: Ho is probably the name of the person who donated a considerable amount of money into building the plaza. Basically, the plaza is probably named after a wealthy alumni.
- Jesse Yao

Host (noun)
rhymes with "most"
Definition: a Cornell student how allows a prefrosh to spend a period of time with him/her in order to tour the school.
Attested: I first encountered this word in conversations with a resident advisor in my dorm. She asked me if I was hosting.
Example: "Are you hosting this week?"
Etymology: I think this word is a shortened form of "hosting a prefrosh." People get lazy at Cornell from the tremendous work load, so they speak in shortened bursts. So instead of, "Are you hosting a prefrosh?". They just ask, "Are you a host?"
- Jesse Yao

Hotelie (noun)
rhymes with "smelly"
Definition: a student in the School of Hotel Management
Attested:I first encountered this word in conversations with relatives that attended Cornell. They referred to "hotelies" as people in the Hotel School. I have heard it used very commonly around campus.
Example: "All the cute girls are hotelies!"
Etymology: I think the word came about years ago because Hotel students needed someway to identify themselves. Students in the School of Arts and Sciences are referred to as "Arts students" just as students in the School of Engineering are referred to as "Engineers". The word sometimes takes a negative connotation because some students feel the "Hotelies" don't do as much work as the rest of the students, and are stupid.
- Steve Terry

Hotelie Diploma (n.)
pronounced: rhymes with "smelly aroma"
Definition: Tiolet paper
Attested:I recently (in April) saw this engraving above the toilet paper role in the men's bathroom in Uris Hall. EtymologyI think that some people are angry because they think the Hotelies (see previous entry) don't work very hard. Thus they think that graduating from the Hotel school is useless. It seems, however, that Hotelies are among the more lucritive students after graduation.
- Steve Terry

Hot Truck, The (noun)
pronounced like "pot" "luck"
Definition: The truck owned by Bob Petrillose that parks on West Campus evry night and serves hot subs and pizza.
Attested: I first went to Hot Truck last in the fall of 1997 when I was at Cornell on a recruiting trip.
Example: Do you want to go to Hot Truck? Yeah, those subs are awesome!
Etymology: Bob Petrillose gave this name to his truck because it is full of ovens for preparing hot subs.
- John Moyer