Your vocabulary at university will change. Even if you don't notice it, I promise you it will! So you don't get lost in a melee of new words, I've put together this teeny-weeny guide just for you.
Fresher - first year student
Lecture - a session lasting one or two hours in which a tutor talks about/explains a topic
Lecture - a session lasting one or two hours in which a tutor talks about/explains a topic
Seminar - a group of 10-15 people in which you discuss the content of a lecture, guided by a tutor
Tutorial - a one-on-one session with you and a tutor, often to discuss essays in the lead up to a deadline
Standard - average, about par for the course
Banter - something which is funny, often owing to the fact that it pokes fun at someone
LAD - a person who acts with "laddish behaviour" ie watches sport, downs pints. See the website truelad.com for further information on what constitutes being a LAD
Winner - something that is good, and makes you a champion of life
Living the dream - being on top of the world; at the stage of bliss where you're not sure if life gets better
Doing a TFS - going out on a Thursday, Friday and Saturday night in one weekend
Vegging out - doing nothing apart from sitting on the sofa/in bed and probably watching copious amounts of Come Dine with Me
Battered/trollied/carparked/wasted - drunk
SU - Student Union, sometimes used to refer to the Union bar
Initiations - AVOID. They're often against Union law and are designed, mostly, to make you vomit
Chundering/hurling/vomming - being sick
Epic: This often over used word describes that which is far beyond the standard awesome.
ReplyDeleteSecondary definition of Lecture: A period of time usually an hour where you will sit unimpressed, vegging out, wishing you were back in bed.
Dirty Pint: AVOID. Designed to taste horrible and to get you trollied. Often given out for failing in a task if you are a sports member. They are also given to many Lads on their birthdays.
Can't believe I forgot epic and dirty pint! SHAME ON ME.
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