College-speak for noobs

Careers and Colleges, Summer, 2008

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Do you speak Collegese? University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill professor Connie C. Eble, author of Slang and Sociability: In Group Language Among College Students (University of North Carolina Press), knows college students have a lingo all their own. Here are a few examples of words you're likely to hear around campus:

Adorkable: a combination of adorable and dorky

Atom: automated teller machine (A.T.M.)

Barney bag: gigantic purse

Brad: cool person

Bring on the raucous, fire up the sun: to do really well

Bunk: bad, false

Chillax: calm down, relax

Cold: hurtful

Crucial: cool, awesome, excellent

Dime: something or someone perfect

Dude: person

Fat juice: any high-calorie soft drink

For serious?: an expression of doubt or surprise

Fratastic: overly preppy or conceited

Gank: to steal

Geck: an annoying person

Hella: very

Herb or Larry: clueless person

I.T.Z.: to excel, as in being "in the zone"

Leet: cool, awesome, great

Let's ace, bounce, kick it, bag it, bolt, Audi (or, if truly bored, Audi 5000): suggestion that an exit is in order; impatience

Manky: unappetizing or disgusting

Marinate: to relax

Monet: someone who, like an Impressionist painting, looks better from afar

Money: awesome or great, but seldom currency

Natch: of course

Noob, or noobie: a beginner

Rents: parents

Schnoogle: an affectionate embrace

Shasta: second-tier romantic choice, like a cheap cola

Shiny: good, awesome

Snap!: an expression of affirmation or negation

Snorgle: to cuddle

Squee!: hooray!

Style: to flirt

Style project: object of interest

Sweet, da bomb, dope, tight, supertight, hollatight, badical, bomdiggity, buttah, sick, squish, hype, awesome, decent, obese (beyond phat): the best, superlatives

Trill: worthwhile, excellent

Waggle: to waste time

Whale: to beat someone up

Word: yes; I agree