animal house n.
(US campus) a fraternity house that is generally rated the least efficient, the most degenerate and, overall, the one to avoid.
![]() | AS XLII:4 227: animal zoo, n. phr. The name of a fraternity reputed to be the ‘worst house on campus’. | ‘Terms Used in a Men’s Dormitory’ in|
![]() | Current Sl. V:4 8: Animal farm, n. Kappa Sigma Fraternity at the Universiy of Vermont. | |
![]() | [film title] Animal House. | |
![]() | Dict. of Invective (1991) 19: Two-footed animals are also encountered today on college campuses, living together in animal houses (fraternities or sororities). |