Freshmen struggle to learn Penn slang
Pulling trig has nothing to do with trigonometry…
Wet October just arrived, so obviously freshmen know everything there is to know about Penn.
They have experienced not remembering NSO, signing up for pointless clubs, realizing they are not the smartest of their friends anymore, and getting drunk before midterms…
But are they still in the dark on some of the staple slang Penn students throw around daily?
We went on a journey to freshman dorms to find out more.
Harris Wekselblatt
What is sceney?
“Like Rumor is Sceney. And downtowns are sceney.”
What is Sink or Swim?
“Its when you cant handle your shit and are going to fail.”
Patadon Kongsoonthorn
Who is a geed?
“Maybe a genius.”
Jenna Miller
Who is sceney?
“Someone who knows exactly what is going on but to an extent that is too much. It’s not a good thing.”
Jackie Lawyer
What is What’s Goodly?
“Bad grammar…”
Scott Isett and Rian Snyder
What does sceney mean?
“I think of pop punk – the music genre.”
Who is a narp?
“A newb who doesn’t know what they are doing.”
Warren Parada
What does it mean to go to Chouse?
“No clue. To go to a chinese house?”
What does it mean to postmate something?
“Its to post date a letter?”
Madeline Freeman
Who do you call sceney?
“A shady person.”
What does pulling trig mean?
“Hmm… Missing class?”
Sara Dwyer
What is a gsr?
“Its a graduate student something…”
Rahul Rai
What does it mean to pull trig?
“Probably solving trigonometry. We were just doing it.”
Who is a narp?
“Its probably a magical creature.”
What is to be sabs?
“Is it something to do with having sexy abs?”
Dhruv Dabriwal
What do people mean when they ask ‘where is your Canada?’
“They are asking where is your enemy.”
Will Yoo
What do people mean when the say ‘lets go sabs at frontera’?
“They are thinking of getting high?”
What does pull trig mean?
“It is to hit on a girl.”
Toto Nguyen
What is chouse?
“It’s a restaurant of some sort.”
Who do you call a geed or gdi?
“A nice and outgoing person.”
What does ‘let’s go Sink or Swim’ on Wednesday mean?
“Go to pottruck on a Wednesday?”