geoslavery n.— «Jerome Dobson, a University of Kansas professor and president of the American Geographical Society, coined the term “geoslavery” with colleague Peter Fisher in 2003. He defines it as a master exerting control...
monging n.— «These two students were quite a contrast to the homeless guy, who, I must say, I liked considerably more; he had no delusions of grandeur, unlike these perhaps too nicely groomed jocks, who felt it their mission for the night...
rollie n.— «Dude, is that Drum you’re smoking? I don’t suppose I could steal a rollie from ya, could I?» —“On the road to ‘Wasterville,’ USA” by Daniel Cullen in Oregon State University Daily...
scatter band n. a group of musical performers, without traditional marching band structure, that perform unorthodox skits and songs at university sporting events. Etymological Note: The term originates in the way such groups tend to enter for...
bell cow n.— «But the goal is always the same, finish early and often. That, meanwhile, is the job of the “bell cow,” a term for the team’s lead runner who’s job it is to jump out early and interrupt another...
animanecrology n.— «There are many different theories as to what causes “zombification.”…Dr Peter Foree, professor of Animanecrology (a big word meaning the study of the living dead), notes that by far the most agreed upon theory is...