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Princeton Dictionary: S-Z

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.

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S

safety school

Sakura

Scott, Joe ’87
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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