blue angel n.— «There is a fraternity at a college in the Midwest where the initiation rite is lighting a fart, and the frat members are known colloquially as “The Blue Angels.”» —by Robert Buckman Human...
power hour n.— «Games like “hall crawl,” where partygoers sample a different drink in each room of a dorm or fraternity house. Or “power hour,” which requires ingesting a shot of beer each minute for 60 minutes...
lizzie mooching n.— «Of late some of the wandering fraternity have take to “lizzie mooching,” a phrase used to describe the technique of the erstwhile ‘bo who travels in a dilapidated car, panhandling food and gas along the...
recovery dorm n.— « Ben is trying to stay away from booze and Case Western is doing its part by offering him a spot at a “recovery dorm.” The residence—with sparse landscaping and bare-bones furniture—looks like a fraternity...
gastronaut n.— «Mr. Thompson and the Alderetes are members of a billowing fraternity in the American tourism industry: vacationers who plan their travels primarily—often solely—around food and wine. They are, to coin a term...
huge bottom spread n.— «The journalistic fraternity has its own way of describing the people, the things or the events in a lighter vein. A tall gracious girl is referred to as a “Banner Head line” and a person’s obesity...