Gannett (Noun)
/gQ@nIt/
Definition: Name of Cornell's medical facility.
Attested: I first saw a reference to Gannett in the registration materials sent me by Cornell.
Example: "Bob broke his leg playing rugby, he was taken to Gannett by Cornell EMS.
Etymology: This facility was presumably named after a specific person who donated money to Cornell University. The name Gannett is a shortening of "Gannett Health Services". Since this building is on the Cornell campus I believe that its usage is specific to Cornell.
- Ed Cabic

Get medieval (verb)
/gEt mId"@v¥l/
Definition: to beat someone or something up
Attested: I first encountered this verb when conversing during the fall '98 semester about the outcome of their prelims. I later hear it again during a heated match of Bond on Nintendo 64.
Example: "You better watch out or I'm gonna get medieval on your ass!"
Etymology: The phrase is most often used when the object receiving the action is another person. In this instance, their ass most commonly receives the action. If a person is not receiving the action, then the phrase is "I'm gonna have to get medieval" where the object s/he is going to get medieval on is understood. This verb probably arose out of the association of the medieval times with ruthless lawlessness. Taking the medieval time as savage, the meaning seems to have evolved parallel to "beat".
- Ryan Rapp

GIAC (noun)
/dZ"@Qk/
Definition: This acronymn stands for Greater Ithaca Activities Center. This center is housed (unfortunately) in a decrepid building in downtown Ithaca. Many after school programs take place there.
Attested: I first heard the word GIAC when looking for a job last year. One listing read: A reading coordinator is needed for the "America Reading Challenge" at Northeast Elementary School and GIAC.
Example: "Working at GIAC was rewarding because it allowed me to be doing something for the community."
Etymology: Though GIAC is an acronym, like SCUBA and EPCOT it is rarely referred to in its extended form. In fact, most people know what and where GIAC is, however, they have no idea what G-I-A-C stand for.
- Krista Bendig

Go Ivy (verb)
pronounced like to go I-vee; /a@yvi
Definition: To eat at the Ivy Room
Attested: I first encountered the term when being asked if I wanted to "go Ivy for lunch."
Example: "Let's go Ivy for dinner tonight"
Etyomology: The frequency at which students visit the Ivy Room lends itself to shortenings and variations on the longer more tedious way of asking a person if they "want to go to the Ivy Room" with you. Instead a speaker can simply ask if the other person want's to "go Ivy."
- Michael Merrell

Good Sense a Yuma (noun)
rhymes with (yoo'me); /yu@ma/
Definition: A good sense of humor.
Attested: I encountered this at the dining table when a joke was cracked and someone commented on the other guy's sense of humour.
Example: "I do not know where you learn that joke from, but what I do know is that you have a good sense a yuma."
Etymology: The phrase arises from the fact that "yuma" and "humor" really do rhyme. Yuma is a city in Colorado with population of around 55 000. Although unsupported by any concrete evidence,I would suppose that people living in this city must be very humorous so much as that a new phrase like this is created after them.
- Chee Yong Lee

Gorge out (verb / verb phrase)
/gçrdZa@wt/
Definition: the act of throwing oneself off a gorge bridge so as to avoid future Cornell stress.
Attested: I first encountered this word in August 1997, when I, a na've freshman, tried to convince my upperclassmen friends that classes really were worth stressing over.
Example: "As a precautionary measure, the suspension bridge is closed during study and exam periods so as to discourage frazzled students from gorging out."
Etymology: This term exists outside of Cornell with the meaning to scoop or tear something from an object (e.g. He gorged his eyes out with a fork). Perhaps this phrase was coined as a pun, considering that when you one arrives at the bottom of the gorge (after gorging out), various parts of your body will be gorged out by the rocks that break your fall. Furthermore, the combination of lack of direct sunlight, stress, and the proximity of gorges has earned Cornell the honor of having the highest suicide rate in the country quite a few years. This proud honor left cynical competitive Cornell students, who often joke about this topic, anxious for a word to describe what made them number one.
- Krista Bendig

Gorging (verb)
rhymes with forging ; /gç@rgzIN/
Definition: involves the processes of hiking down to and wallowing in the gorges of Cornell
Attested:R otem, a floormate asked me to go gorging with her and some sophomores she met over the summer. Example: "Vinny met a bunch of aggies at a frat yesterday and he às off gorging with them right now.
Etymology: èIthaca is gorges" as the bumper stickers would say. Itàs nice to walk along the neatly laid out trails especially in the summer time because after the long hike down you can just throw your sweaty self into the waters. This is such a popular activity that it is of no surprise the word "gorging" exists in the everyday vocabulary of Cornellians.
- Mandy Ma

Gothics (noun)
rhymes with hicks; /gATIks/
Definition: The name given to the Baker dormitory complex located on West Campus in Cornell University.
Attested: I have only heard this term once at a meeting concerning living accomodations at Cornell. The speaker referred to the Gothics as one of the most sought after places to live in.
Example: "I live in one of the Gothics."
Etyomology: The term Gothic is a common term in discussing architecture but I have never heard the term Gothics before coming to Cornell. Its name comes from the style of a group of dormitory building located on West Campus. They have a very old and Gothic type of appearance to them therefore earning them this nickname.
- Brian Montenegro

Gransen's (noun)
rhymes with Hansen's; /grQ@ns¥nz/
Definition: A derogatory term for the dining establishment in Noyes.
Attested: I first heard the term when going to dinner one night. The group of people I was with tried to find an easier way to convey that Jansen's is usually gross.
Example: "Hey bro, you wanna hit up Gransen's?"
Etyomology: A melding of the true name "Jansen's" and the word "gross" in order to shorten the communication of the whole idea that Jansen's usually has food that is not necessarily delicious.
- Michael Merrell