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[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl (Madison, WI) 9 Nov. 11/7: The role of ‘Schlumpy,’ the sissy, is cared for with remarkable fidelity.
at schlumpy (adj.) under schloomp, n.
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl (Madison, WI) 19 May 1/6: We wonder if the attitude [...] is not what the farmers used to mean when they used the expression, ‘Let the tail go with the hide’.
at let the tail go with the hide (v.) under tail, n.
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl (Madison, WI) 8 Oct. 6/6: Barney, star news- hawk, and Snapper, photographer, arrive late at the scene of [the] murder.
at snapper, n.5
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl 17 Jan 1-2: Getting an ‘A’ on a test is ‘aceing’ it or ‘hooking’ it. Getting an ‘F’ or failing is called ‘flagging’.
at ace, v.
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl 17 Jan. 1-2: If the student is hung over the next morning, he might refer to himself as ‘palsied,’ and his ‘breth’ (fraternity brothers) or ‘roomies’ (room mates) won’t have much compassion.
at breth, n.
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl 17 Jan. 1-2: One step lower than these persons [i.e. ‘out to lunch’ would be the one or ones called ‘sandwich’ or ‘ham and cheese.’.
at cheesy, adj.2
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl 17 Jan. 1-2: A ‘heavy booker’ is one who studies a lot while one who does the opposite will probably go into a test ‘cold’ or unprepared.
at cold, adv.
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl 17 Jan. 1-2: The guy will return to Langdon st. if he is a ‘frat-rat,’ or to one of the University Residence Halls if he is a ‘dorm-dork’ or one who lies in a dormitory.
at dork, n.
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl 17 Jan 1-2: Getting an ‘A’ on a test is ‘aceing’ it or ‘hooking’ it. Getting an ‘F’ or failing is called ‘flagging’.
at flag, v.2
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl 17 Jan. 1-2: The coeds might describe the handsome guy as a ‘mass gasser,’ or a guy ‘who turns me on.’.
at gasser, n.2
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl 17 Jan. 1-2: If the person is completely obnoxious, he would find himself ‘grossing out’.
at gross out, v.
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl 17 Jan. 1-2: [T]he male students describe a pretty girl as ‘tough’ or a ‘tough head.’ The coeds might describe the handsome guy as a ‘mass gasser,’ or a guy ‘who turns me on.’.
at head, n.
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl 17 Jan. 1–2: A ‘heavy booker’ is one who studies a lot while one who does the opposite will probably go into a test ‘cold’ or unprepared.
at heavy booker (n.) under heavy, adj.
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl 17 Jan 1-2: Getting an ‘A’ on a test is ‘aceing’ it or ‘hooking’ it. Getting an ‘F’ or failing is called ‘flagging’.
at hook, v.4
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl 17 Jan. 1-2: On the other side would be the girl or guy called a ‘loser’ or a plain-looking date with no personality.
at loser, n.
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl 17 Jan. 1-2: A couple of other terms to describe bad dates as well as other people who don’t find favor with students are ‘lunch bucket’ or ‘out-to-lunch.’.
at lunch bucket (adj.) under lunch, n.
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl 17 Jan. 1-2: The coeds might describe the handsome guy as a ‘mass gasser,’ or a guy ‘who turns me on.’.
at turn on, v.
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl 17 Jan. 1-2: After the flick, the Badger couple might go ‘pubbing’ or bar-hopping.
at pub, v.
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl 17 Jan. 1-2: The guy or girl who comes close in passing out after only two or three glasses of beer is called a ‘short-hitter’.
at short-hitter (n.) under short, adj.1
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl 17 Jan. 1-2: In Grandfather’s time this activity [i.e. necking in a parked car] was called ‘sparking,’ a term which might even come back because it has been away for so long.
at spark, v.1
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl 17 Jan. 1-2: If just one of the couple is a short-hitter, this is likely to lead to a sensitive situation or something termed ‘sticky wicket’.
at sticky wicket (n.) under sticky, adj.1
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl 17 Jan. 1-2: [T]he male students describe a pretty girl as ‘tough’ or a ‘tough head’.
at tough, adj.
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl (Madison, WI) 8 May 1/4: Would ther lead-off story be something like ‘Trout-fishing for Gays’.
at trout-fishing (n.) under trout, n.2
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl (Madison, WI) 23 Sept. 47/1: ‘Femmes,’ an adolescent slang term for a non-jock type.
at femme, n.
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl (Madison, WI) 24 Mar. 17/4: ‘I put up a squawk at a meeting [...] and they talked about redoing the thing’.
at put up a squawk (v.) under squawk, n.
[US] Wisconsin State Jrnl (Madison, WI) 9 Dec. 12/3: ‘You country dwellers, beware of the “slurb”’.
at slurb, n.
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