Word: slang
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Acta has published several papers on "Intercollegiate Slang," which are the most interesting contributions that we have seen in a college paper for some time. They will be finished next week, when we hope to speak of them at greater length...
...most popular college slang may be learned of almost any present or past member of the Sophomore Class. Dropped men will probably be found the easiest of approach by Freshmen...
...slang : "Cork," - flunk; "Tip a curl" - make a dead rush; "Take a calico ticket," - devote too much attention to snab; "On Dike," - quite the dear George...
...that they fail to perceive the importance of the strains of the hand-organ as a soothing stimulation to study. It may appear to them that such music has a kinship with lolling out of the window and addressing the dispenser of familiar airs in terms of slang - or, possibly, the authorities may deem it improper that "the shining cent" should be flipped from such an elevation as the second or third story. Whatever the trivial reason may be, certain it is, that although the College gates are closed but once in twenty years, yet the vender of melodies rarely...
...opposition without real reason. Keep your ears open. Remember as much that you hear as possible, and don't speak it out at the wrong moment. Don't swear too often, for it spoils the effect of an oath, and besides it is rather vulgar. Don't use inappropriate slang, - such as "thundering quiet." Don't acquire the horribly unnatural emphasis of New England. And believe me ever