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Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/3: If a student wants to study and his room is invaded by his fraternity or dormitory brothers, he politely tells them to leave by saying [...] ‘cop a sneak’ ‘cop a breeze’ or ‘take a powder’ . Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/3: If a student wants to study and his room is invaded by his fraternity or dormitory brothers, he politely tells them to leave by saying [...] ‘cop a sneak’ ‘cop a breeze’ or ‘take a powder’ . ‘Campus Lingo’ in Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/2: Strange indeed is the campus lingo these days of Joe College and Betty
Co-ed. Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/3: Joe College says ‘cut your bumpin’ to the classmate who wants to be on good terms with the professor. Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/3: Joe College says [...] ‘don’t give me the business’ to someone who he thinks is giving him a line. Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/3: Examination aids are ‘cribs’ and things that students can’t find a word for are ‘twitches’. Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/3: A ‘dope’ person is referred to as a ‘schmo hawk’. Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/3: A five dollar bill is a ’finskie’ a nickel is a ‘jit’ and a half a dollar is ‘half a schnooze’ ‘half a schmier’ or a ‘half a rock’. ‘Campus Lingo’ in Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/2: A person, place or thing that is no good has earned the dubious title of a ‘hump’. ‘Campus Lingo’ in Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/2: Strange indeed is the campus lingo these days of Joe College and Betty
Co-ed. Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/3: A ‘dope’ person is referred to as a ‘schmo hawk’ while an obese person is a ‘lardy’. Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/3: The fraternity brother who goes home for the week-end is going to ‘tear off a little romance’ - presumably with the girl back home. Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/3: Students playing a game of cards are known to be ‘busy in the movies’ or watching pictures’. Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/3: If a student wants to study and his room is invaded by his fraternity or dormitory brothers, he politely tells them to leave by saying [...] ‘cop a sneak’ ‘cop a breeze’ or ‘take a powder’ . Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/3: Half a dollar is ‘half a schnooze’ ‘half a schmier’ or a ‘half a rock’. Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/3: If you’re hungry and decide to go out to eat, you’re ‘scauffin’ it up’. Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/3: A five dollar bill is a ’finskie’ a nickel is a ‘jit’ and a half a dollar is ‘half a schnooze’ ‘half a schmier’ or a ‘half a rock’. Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/3: A ‘dope’ person is referred to as a ‘schmo hawk’. Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/3: A freshman is one who ’doesn’t know what the score is’. Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/2: When Joe College refers to the campus co-ed, it’s usually ‘chippie’ or ‘scrag’. Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/3: If you go out for a little fun you’re ’out on a tear’. Reading (PA) Eagle 20 Mar. 7/3: When a student calls up the girl friend for a date [...] it’s ’would you like to pitch-a-little-woo’ .