hall rat
n.— «Hall rat—A mid who stays in Bancroft Hall all weekend; someone with no social life.» —“A look at the lingo used by the mids; Source: Brief Points: An Almanac for Parents and Friends of U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen” in U.S. Naval Academy The Capital (Annapolis, Md.) May 22, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a word-pecker is “a person who trifles or plays with, or quibbles over, words.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Word-Peckers” I always love it when I’m looking through...
A listener adds to our collection of slang used by RV enthusiasts. When she’s not in her sticks and bricks–that is, her brick-and-mortar home in Michigan–she’s driving around in her motor home chasing 70, which in the RV community means “trying to...