Trinity College Dublin to phase out term "freshman" for sake of gender inclusiveness

Irish Central ^ | November 29, 2017 03:10 PM | Irish Central Staff

[RightGeek]

So what is the new term? Noob?

[RightGeek]

Yes, I did read the article.

it will phase out use of the term "Freshman" in favor of the more gender-neutral "Fresh."

But Noob is so much better.

[BlueLancer]

So what is the new term? Noob?

Freshmeat ...

[heterosupremacist]

A disgraceful capitulation from a highly esteemed University! Erin go bragh! GRRR!

[fwdude]

I’d recommend “Snowflakes,” which is pretty gender neutral.

[Cicero]

So, now the term for Freshman is Fresh.

Will the new term for Sophomore be Stale?

[who_would_fardels_bear]

I guess we need to start referring to all of humanity as 'kind'.

Oops! All of huity as kind.

[Fiji Hill]

I would much rather be called a freshman. “Fresh,” when applied to a person, is an insult meaning impudent or saucy.

[RightGeek]

Also Fresh is an adjective, not a noun.

[LRoggy]

Just call them pre-indoctrinated

[American in Israel]

Somehow going massively in debt to be trained in higher education by people who make up pretend words to avoid reality does not appeal.

That dog don’t hunt.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Maybe there are different connotations to the word “fresh” in Ireland, but not long ago on this side of the pond the word meant that a man was behaving in an inappropriate, boorish and offensive sexual manner to a woman.

This is the dumbest timing ever to start labeling young men and women as “fresh.”

Vice-Provost Chris Morash and Student Union President Kevin Keane could be the very definition of “tin ear.”

[jagusafr]

“Freshmeat”, perhaps? Not gender specific, and may be highly descriptive.

[Carpe Cerevisi]

[tbw2]

This is actually happening in the U.S. too.
My eldest child is a freshman in high school. And they were alternately using the term fish and freshers.
When they were giving out awards, there was a “freshgirl” of the week and “freshman of the week” to make it gender specific/neutral.

[I want the USA back]

No. How about freshgay? or freshtranny? or freshnothing? Could you not go with “First Year Student”?

[Trillian]

Uh oh.. What are they going to do about the words woman/women and female?

[SkyDancer]

With them there will no longer be a gender; all of them will be gender-less including the LGBT who attend. They’ll all be “It” on the forms. Next they’ll have to change their gender identifier names; no more male names, no more female names.

[sparklite2]

Bcause of its slavery connotations,
the Master’s Degree will henceforth
be known as “Bachelor Number Two.”