Bear Access (Noun)
(bar ak'ses); /berQ@ksEs/
Definition: It is a set of computer softwares that provide staff and students a whole wide variety of computer network services in Cornell University. These services include grades viewing, add/drop courses, checking of bulsar bills, emails, ftp and library catalog booking.
Attested: When I first used a computer terminal in Olin Library, I was surprised to see that Bear Access icon on the start menu of Windows 95. Upon clicking it, I realized that how highly computerised Cornell university was.
Example: "With Bear Access installed on your computer, you are linked to a whole wide variety of computer network services offered in Cornell university.
Etymology: Despite the occasional bugs encountered, Bear Access has been very successful in providing the population in Cornell university a comprehensive set of online services. With it, we can read news group, check out our grades, surf the world wide web, check our emails and view the books available in the campus stuff, and not to forget to check out the million dollar debt we owed to the bulsar office. It has certainly changed our way of life in Cornell.
- Chee Yong Lee

Big Red Barn (noun)
/bIg rEd barn/
Definition: Located immediately behind the A. D. White House, the Big Red Barn was once the president's spacious stables. Today, it's a popular spot for lunch or a stimulating cup of coffee and conversation. Graduate students in particular find it a popular venue for TGIFs and other social events.
Example: "Hey, why not we meet up at Big Red Barn this afternoon and discuss our project over a nice cup of coffee?"
Etymology: The word barn suggest a place where we can find farm products and sheltering live-stock. However, this is definitely not what one will expect from Big Red Barn these days. It has evolved to be some sort of community center for people to come together for social events and interact with one another.
- Chee Yong Lee

Big Red Bucks (noun)
/bIg rEd bñks/
Definition: a credit system used within the university, that students mainly use to pay for meals.
Attested: I first read this term while looking through the catalog about Cornell meal plan options.
Example: "I will pay for dinner with Big Red Bucks."
Etymology: I think that this word came about because of the need to make a creative name for this type of credit. The title stands for what the phrase means. Cornell is the Big Red, and the Big Red Bucks are used for money, hence the 'bucks.' I don't think that this term goes outside of the university, mainly because of the fact that places outside of Cornell would not accept credit from Cornell. The words do exist in the English language, but not strung together in one phrase as in Big Red Bucks.
- Jessica Robertson

Big Red Bursar Bill (noun).
sounds like 'wig dead pursar fill'; /bI@grEd b¥@rsArbIl/
Definition: a bill sent to your permenant address frequently throughout the semester highlighting expenses incurred against your account, including tuition.
Attested: My friend used this phrase early one morning as we strolled by the Big Red Barn (see above).
Example: "Everything's big and red! The Big Red Barn, Big Red Tape, Big Red Sports, The Big Red Bursar Bill."
Etymology: The origin of this word is quite peculilar, as the bill itself is pink. Most likely, this noun-phrase pokes fun at the university by taking a name that symbolizes comradery and applying it to the darker, uglier side of the University.
- Ryan Rapp

Blue Lights (Noun)
`bloo-lites; /blu@layts/
Definition: (1) Call boxes directly linked to Campus Police at Cornell. (2) Also a nickname for a free after hours bus service offered by the university.
Attested: I first saw the blue lights when I visited Cornell nearly a decade ago with my father. My first encounter with the blue light buses was during my pre-frosh visit in the spring of 1998.
Example: (1) "If you feel threatened, do not hesitate to use one of the blue lights to get assistance." (2) "I'm going to take one of the blue lights up to North Campus to watch tv on Dickson's Big screen TV."
Etymology: Blue Light phones are a staple of colleges and universities throughout the United states. They are a universally recognized symbol for attaining assistance in an emergency. There are many other uses of the color blue which denote emergency. Police lights are usually blue and in a medical emergencies "code blue" signifies the most grave situation. The blue light bus seems to be a Cornell University original. The buses are designed to run at hours where walking by one's self might not be safe. In this capacity, they attempt to protect the safety of student body much like the blue lights they are named after.
- Ed Cabic

Boot (verb)
/but/
Definition: to throw up, vomit
Attested: Thursday, December 4, 1998, 10:26p.m. 4th Floor Lounge, Class of 1918
Example: "I'm gonna boot"
Etymology: This verb is only used in the infinitive form and may or may not take a direct object. I can't imagine where this word acquired its linkage to the idea of vomiting.
- Ryan Rapp

Bring the ruckus
/brI@NIn D¥ra$k¥s/
Definition: to start a fight
Attested: This phrase is a favorite of the people on my floor, who use it in a playful manner.
Example: Are you asking me to bring the ruckus to you? Oh, I think you are.
Etymology: I think the etymology of this phrase is a typical example in slang generation. A cooler term was desired for a common idea, involving an uncommon word that would be unique to the colloquialism. Ruckus, meaning a fight, is a word not often heard and so therefore fits the bill precisely. Bringing it involves owning it, a personal experience and transfer of the ruckus from one participant to another.
- Jake Schlachter

Brown.ie (noun)
(brou'ne); /brQ@wni/
Definition: People who ticket your car.
Attested: I came over this term in Ithaca town when overhearing a conversation between two men.
Example: " You better not park here, cos if the brownie do comes over later to check, you will in deep shit."
Etymology: The original meaning of brownie is a girl guide who can always be found wearing brown uniform. The outward appearance of the officers who issue out the tickets here must have been dressed in similar outfit, thus earning them that nickname.
- Chee Yong Lee