Wooster Slang

Know the slang, know the school. The following is a list of things you really need to know before coming to Wooster. The more of these words you know, the better off you'll be.

Bacch

Short for Bacchanalia.
A huge party with 80-plus kegs
that is hosted in Beck's Family
Campground every year.
People under 21 are allowed
in, but are not supposed to
drink.

Beast

Milwaukee's Best beer,
very cheap and often at large
keg parties.

The Cock

Babcock Hall.

COW Card

Wooster
students' college ID cards,
which are used for everything
from the meal plan to printing
costs to laundry, and as a debit
card.

Cow tipping

The pushing of
a sleeping cow until they tip
over.

Crandalls

A fraternity
that has been underground
since the ‘60s. They sponsor
Bacchanalia every year.

The Fishbowl

An area
in Lowry dining hall that is
separated from the main part
by floor to ceiling windows,
thereby giving a certain
“fishbowl” effect to the area.

Gallows

A ‘Who's Line Is It
Anyway?’ type show run by the
chem-free group on campus
that holds weekly shows at
secret times, so only people
with verbal invites can go.

Greenhouse

The
environmental student house
on campus that is known for its
great parties.

Holden Hotel

The newly
renovated part of Holden Hall.

Huetters/Hooters

Bornhuetter Hall, because no
one can pronounce the name,
and it sort of looks mammary.

Kitt

Kittredge Dining Hall.

K-Town

Kenarden Lodge.

Odd Lots

A nickname for Big
Lots, a discount bulk store.

PEC

The Armington Physical
Education Center.

The Pot

The nickname of
the Potpourri, a bi-weekly
newsletter that sits on the
dining hall tables.

The Schwag

Wagner Hall.

Suicide Single

Certain
singles in Armington and
Stevenson that are two feet
smaller than a white-collar
jail cell.

Stan the Man

Affectionate
nickname of Wooster's
President, R. Stanton Hales,
who reminds students of a
jovial grandfather.

The Twins

Another reference
to female anatomy applied to
Bornhuetter Hall.

The UG

A nickname for the
College Underground, the
college club/bar on campus.

The Virgin Vault

Compton,
the all-female dorm.

Wally World

A nickname for
Wal-Mart.

Woo Goggles

Like beer
goggles, it's the effect of
the guys or girls around you
growing more attractive over a
certain span of time. However,
the difference with Woo
Goggles is that it occurs
while sober.