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Trinity College Dublin to phase out term "freshman" for sake of gender inclusiveness
Irish Central ^ | November 29, 2017 03:10 PM | Irish Central Staff

Posted on 11/30/2017 9:15:32 AM PST by Olog-hai

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To: Cicero

No need to change sophomore.
It already means “useful idiot.”


21 posted on 11/30/2017 10:48:43 AM PST by sparklite2 (I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
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To: heterosupremacist

I’m Irish and I love Ireland but they are totally socialist.


22 posted on 11/30/2017 10:56:53 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Olog-hai
Screw them!

I still use Personnel Department instead of Human Resources too. Sue me.

23 posted on 11/30/2017 10:58:59 AM PST by blam
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To: blam

Mid-to-late 90s Newspeak. I remember that changeover.


24 posted on 11/30/2017 11:00:54 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Cicero

But...but...

Wouldn’t the term “Fresh” offend some students who are age-challenged and offend other students who are hygiene-challenged?

IMHO, a better word-choice would be “first graders”, “second graders”, etc.


25 posted on 11/30/2017 12:11:33 PM PST by pfony1
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To: pfony1

Or how about dumb, dumber, and dumbest? And senior year: you ain’t plannin’ to pay off your debt, are you?


26 posted on 11/30/2017 12:24:54 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Olog-hai

What happened to “frosh”?


27 posted on 11/30/2017 12:36:43 PM PST by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/hj3e8cKZWiY)
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