Lisa lives in Columbia, South Carolina, but went to high school in Brockport, New York. There, a certain type of student was called a beeg or beeger. Such a classmate was likely a fan of Iron Maiden, wore their hair in a mullet, and smoked in the...
What did you call the cliques in your high school? Were you a member of the nerds, the jocks, or maybe the grits or the heshers? Also, what’s the meaning of the phrase “rolling in the deep”? Why do we say something’s turned...
John from Richmond, Virginia, remembers a Yorktown high-school clique called grits: metal kids in jean jackets with Ronnie James Dio patches, leather boots, and a taste for the smoking area. Similar crowds have been called Hessians, heshes, heshers...