the word "frosh"

is this only a canadian thing, or do americans say it too (to refer to incoming college/uni students)?

I've heard it said in America.

i've definitely heard it before but i wouldn't say that it's common

in my mind it's old slang, something people might have said in the '40s-'50s?

i have never heard anyone say this word

(i live in america)

worst, worst word ever imho - hear it plenty, mostly in reference to sports

hear it plenty, mostly in reference to sports

^ yeah

first time i saw it i thought it was a typo because what other explanation is there, it's dumb

u a frosh, brah?

Where I went to college they were conscientious about the semantics of "freshman," and I think the official term was "first-years" but that was a bit unwieldy, so frosh was used - primarily colloquially, maybe by preppier types, then other people making fun of the preppier types.

"Frosh" is kinda pish posh.

In the USA "frosh" is very outdated slang. It goes back to the 1940s at least, but is rarely if ever used nowadays. It was already well on its way out in 1969, when I was a freshman in high school. It was the kind of anachronistic thing that hung around mainly because it fit well in newspaper headlines.

it was still semi-common to hear it in the 80s, at least on my campus

and in the 90s on mine; also "pre-frosh"

Tracer and I went to the same college at the same time, fwiw

Where I went to college they were conscientious about the semantics of "freshman"

try "fresher"

so not that common, but you'd understand it if you heard it?

yah

i hate hazing / picking on new comers type shit

the word frosh should be a delicious coffee drink

also "pre-frosh"

In one of the art classes I was in, one of the other students made a fake campus map as a class project to distribute to "pre-frosh" visiting campus.

http://www.sodapopcentral.com/bottles/misc/Faygo-Diet-Frosh-591-ml-PET.jpg

was pretty common at my school

also identify w/ sarahels experience of the "freshMAN" issue

frosh was the beverage of choice on my campus, as recently as 2 years ago

We were also called "first-years" and it always irritated the hell out of me. I don't think I've ever heard anyone except sports ppl actually use "frosh".

totally said on my campus in the early 90s, especially as part of "pre-frosh"

we were called first-years but it made sense because a lot of people were on 5-year programs to do co-ops so it went up to fifth-year instead of senior

we were called first-years and it made sense b/c 55% of the class was not men

does it even matter though

whoooa there is a year above senior? that fux with the hierarchy imo

could be freshpersons maybe

just call 5th years dummies becuz if u can't graduate in 4 years u r dum

went to sarahel's and Tracer's school; "pre-frosh" was standard through 2001

this was def. used on my suburban Seattle HS campus, c. early 2000s

So, it would appear from this thread that "frosh" is experiencing a mini-revival, based solely on its filling the need for a handy gender-neutral term for freshmen. Which is ironoic, given that it used to have a fairly derogatory connotation.

that's it, i object to being called human.

was pretty common at my school

also identify w/ sarahels experience of the "freshMAN" issue

― max, Sunday, January 31, 2010 5:39 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol canada
http://www.videoservicecorp.com/images/Cdn%20Wild%20Girls%20Frosh.jpg

how about freshmyn

heard that used at my HS around 2000; "frosh/soph" was the level before JV or Varsity, so there'd be frosh/soph baseball and etc.

Froshsoph sounds like a barren arctic hell planet in a fantasy novel.