The following is a haphazard collection of Princeton buzzwords that may or may not make up your entire vocabulary by the time midterms roll around. Impress your mom and dad by talking cool.
Some of the terms are unique to Princeton, some are universal, some are entertaining and some are, quite frankly, stupid. Enjoy.
S
safety school
Sakura
Scott, Joe ’87
SHARE
secretary
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selective club
sex
sexile
Shapiro, Harold GS ’64
shared meal plan
Shields, Brooke ’87
sign-in club
Singer
Skipper
Small World Coffee
snicker
snobbery
Spelman Halls
spring break
Spitzer, Eliot ’81
squirrel
Stephens Fitness Center
Street, the
study break
sundial
SVC
T
tenure
Terrace Club
thesis
third-floor bicker
Thomas Sweet
Tierney, Bill
Tiger
Tiger Inn
Tilghman, Shirley
tool shed
Tory, The
Tower Club
townie
Triangle Club
U
U-2
U-CALL
UCLA
U-Council
UMCP
University Place, 48
University Store
USG
V
voicemail
W
’Wa
Wayne, Bruce
West College
West, Cornel GS ’80
Whig-Clio
Whitman College
Whitman slaves
Wilson College
Wilson School
Witherspoon’s
Women’s Center
Woody Woo fountain
WPRB
WPST
Wu, Gordon ’58
Y
Yale
Z
zees