Anonymous
02/08/2025 15:48
Subject: Annoying College Terms and Phrases
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:ED. All I ever see is erectile dysfunction!!
Life advice I received on the internet about 30 years ago:
When an older person pauses at acronyms/abbreviations, it's not that they're so out of date that they don't know what the thing expands to. They know several different expansions, and they're trying to figure out which is relevant to the given context.
The acronyms on this site often crack me up. Like your ED example, my default expansion is often different from this site's default expansion.
(In other news, my teenage boys pronounce this site as "dee come" and not "dee see you em" because, well, they're teenage boys.)
In the gen x korean-american community BTS referred to the burning sensation you get in your buthole after eating a lot of very spicy food.
Now it's a popular boy band,.
PP. Fun to know! I'm aware of the boy band, but that's not really my thing, so I never investigated what it stood for. BTS for me is "behind the scenes," unless told otherwise.
Anonymous
02/08/2025 15:38
Subject: Annoying College Terms and Phrases
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:ED. All I ever see is erectile dysfunction!!
Life advice I received on the internet about 30 years ago:
When an older person pauses at acronyms/abbreviations, it's not that they're so out of date that they don't know what the thing expands to. They know several different expansions, and they're trying to figure out which is relevant to the given context.
The acronyms on this site often crack me up. Like your ED example, my default expansion is often different from this site's default expansion.
(In other news, my teenage boys pronounce this site as "dee come" and not "dee see you em" because, well, they're teenage boys.)
In the gen x korean-american community BTS referred to the burning sensation you get in your buthole after eating a lot of very spicy food.
Now it's a popular boy band,.
Anonymous
02/08/2025 15:36
Subject: Annoying College Terms and Phrases
Anonymous wrote:Not a college term, but “kiddo”.
I find your use of UK punctuation conventions on a US-centric forum far more ridiculous than "kiddo."
I had an older relative once rail at me for just the bare "kid." "Kids are goats! Humans have children!" Yet this same relative would often refer to his children collectively as "Mike and the girls." Unpack that.
My point: if you're annoyed, I can guarantee that you're also annoying.
Anonymous
02/08/2025 15:21
Subject: Annoying College Terms and Phrases
Anonymous wrote:What is the point of kids posting on the class of 2029 (insert college) the following:
“Hi, I’m larla and I am 95% committed to (insert college). I love hanging out with my friends and I’m looking for a roommate.”
Aww, come on. They're excited, proud and nervous!
They do crack me up ... they all say they love to go out, but they also love to stay in!
Anonymous
02/08/2025 15:17
Subject: Annoying College Terms and Phrases
Not a college term, but “kiddo”.
Anonymous
02/08/2025 15:13
Subject: Annoying College Terms and Phrases
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What is the point of kids posting on the class of 2029 (insert college) the following:
“Hi, I’m larla and I am 95% committed to (insert college). I love hanging out with my friends and I’m looking for a roommate.”
With a bikini picture and more thirst traps to follow. I hate that term, but I can’t take it.
My oldest went to a very nerdy school and this wasn’t a thing, youngest is at a mid and it’s very much a thing. Telling myself this isn’t representative and they post on all sorts of college. Or so I hope!
Yes!!!
Anonymous
02/08/2025 14:51
Subject: Annoying College Terms and Phrases
Okay I'll bite...
Anonymous
02/08/2025 13:42
Subject: Annoying College Terms and Phrases
Anonymous wrote:ED. All I ever see is erectile dysfunction!!
Life advice I received on the internet about 30 years ago:
When an older person pauses at acronyms/abbreviations, it's not that they're so out of date that they don't know what the thing expands to. They know several different expansions, and they're trying to figure out which is relevant to the given context.
The acronyms on this site often crack me up. Like your ED example, my default expansion is often different from this site's default expansion.
(In other news, my teenage boys pronounce this site as "dee come" and not "dee see you em" because, well, they're teenage boys.)
Anonymous
02/08/2025 13:01
Subject: Annoying College Terms and Phrases
ED. All I ever see is erectile dysfunction!!
Anonymous
02/08/2025 12:49
Subject: Annoying College Terms and Phrases
Foyine - I want to stab my eyeballs. Not a college term but learned of it on here.