Takenote(noun) rhymes with "bake-coat"
Definition: An organization hires grad students to sit in on various undergrad classes and take notes that are then sold to students to supplement their own class notes.
Attestation: I first heard about this product in the first day of my bio class when the professor told us that Takenote is not offered for this class and so we must attend all lectures as class notes are very important.
Example: I was overjoyed when I heard that Takenote was being offered for my boring philosophy class.
Etymology: The name of these notes is not very original. It really just utilizes the purpose of these notes and makes the use a proper name in one word -- Takenote. However, it does serve its purpose well as there is no question as to what Takenote is.
- Sandy Tushingham

TCAT (noun)
pronounced "tee cat"
Definition: bus system that runs through Tompkins County.
Attested: I first heard this word during orientation when I was deciding what type of bus pass to purchase.
Example: "If you want to be able to ride the bus all over campus and to downtown Ithaca, buy the TCAT bus pass."
Etymology: This word is an acronym for Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit. It is a bus service, less restrictive than the Cornell campus system, that runs throughout the campus as well as off campus in the Ithaca area.
- Heidi Nguyen

T.J. Duane
Dwane, /dwen/, rhymes with Twain
Definition: T.J. Duane is the PA of Clara Dickson Hall. He enjoys the music of the 1980's and is a senior in the Hotel School. He is the head TA of Human Development 150 and is in general a nice but creepy person.
Attested: During the first week of orientation here at Cornell all of the RAs and PAs introduced themselves tot he students living in their halls. It was at this time I met T.J. He says that he really loved the music of the 1980's and he wanted to talk to everyone who lives in Dickson.
Example: "T.J. is such a creepy guy, what is up with him?"
Etymology: T.J. Duane is well known to many people living on North Campus. As the Program Administrator of Dickson he meets a lot of people. He is not to be confused with Duane Westhoff who is the RHD of Dickson who is openly gay and not creepy at all. Also, T.J.'s real name is John Thomas which are the reversed initials of T.J. which is also a little creepy. For more information about creepy T.J. visit his website.
- Matt Fellman

Tombs (noun)
tooms, /tums/; rhymes with booms
Definition: a twenty-four hour study lounge located on the bottom floor in Dickson Hall
Attested: I first heard this term when a floor mate of mine was said to be studying in the tombs of Dickson.
Example: "It is too quiet in the tombs to do anything except read. The sounds of a pen running across your paper makes the other people studying upset; it is just too loud for the tombs."
Etymology: Dickson is a house filled with generally quiet people, and the quiet study lounge for the building is so quiet it is scary. There could be up to 30 people in the room but still it is just dead silence or the occasional cough, or the sound of a moving chair. Because the room is so eerie and quiet it has come to be known as the tombs.
- Matt Fellman

Tool (noun)
rhymes with "cool" or "pool"
Definition: someone who tries to be something they are not; someone who lets people use them
Attested: My first encounter with the said term was in August 1998 at one of my first frat parties.
Example: The normally reserved girl turned into such a TOOL when she walked into the frat party wearing little and amourously involving herself with every frat boy.
Etymology: This derogatory term most likely dirived from the normal definition of "tool", an instrument used or worked by hand. Like a regular instrument, this person is working for another's wishes, but in this case, hoping to get something in return. The term implies that the person is reducing oneself from a person to an item. This could also be the reason why the definition was extended to someone who tries to be something they are not; a person is not an instrument.
-Amy Gorman

Townie
rhymes with "brownie"
Definition: A true resident of a college town
Attested: I heard this back in high school, since I lived n a college town
Example: "Lets go hit on some townies"
Etymology: The term is merely the word town with a suffix that means one who is. Townies are often scary folks that tend not to get along with the college students at the college. They will always look upon the students with disgust, with is quite often reciprocated by the students.
- Dave Britton

Towny (noun)
rhymes with "frowny"
Definition: a person who lives in Ithaca.
Attested: I first heard this expresion used by one of the older kids on the swim team in reference to a local.
Example: Some of the townies that walk around in the commons are very unusual.
Etymology: This word is used by college students at Cornell and Ithaca College to refer to the locals. Most of the students are from out of town while the locals are from Ithaca. Thus, towny became an abbreviated way of refering to someone who lives in the town of Ithaca.
- John Moyer

T&R Center in Dryden
Definition: acronym for Teaching and Research Center, located in Dryden, NY.
Attested: I first visited the T&R Center when I was a sophomore in high school.
Example: "The research taking place at the T&R Center in Dryden is at the cutting-edge of the industry, for dairy, beef, and sheep.
Etymology: Cornell owns three research facilities in Dryden: dairy, beef, and sheep. Research focuses on improving management practices n farms and health improvements. The dairy unit boasts a milking herd of 1000 cows. They are milked in a parlor with 10 stall on each side, referred to as a double-four herringbone parlor. Other research focuses on nutrition, and groups cows by types of feed to measure their performance based on different feeds to find which enhance production. The center is well know by farmers across New York and Cornell animal science majors. The research conducted there has given way to many positive improvements in the dairy, beef, and sheep industries.
- Katie Cody

Tray (verb).
trei; rhymes with "hay"
Definition: to descend libe slope with a tray borrowed from a Cornell Dining Hall
Attested: I first encountered this term when a friend suggested "traying" as an amusing form of entertainment during the winter.
Example: "Hey, u guys have trays?? We should go traying soon before the snow melts!"
Etymology: This term must be unique only to Cornell students and certain staff members. Nowhere else will college students borrow trays simply to go sledding and then call it traying. This term is only used by those Cornellians who use a meal plan and thus have access to Cornell Dining Halls.
- Jesse Yao