UW A-Z
There are words you'll hear tossed around in ordinary conversation at the University of Waterloo. An outsider, however, may be oblivious to their meaning. For the unadorned here is a list of these words along with their definitions.
Actuarial Science Where the money is.
Arts Lecture Hall Only building where you won't find Asian people.
Artsie Anyone who isn't in Engineering or Math.
Asian The continent of Asia spans from Israel to Japan. However, in North America this term applies more exclusively to Northeast Asians, specifically Chinese with a sprinkling of Koreans. This subpopulation has a huge presence at UW and comprises roughly 75% of the UW Math faculty. Lowerbound estimate.
Banana White-washed East Asian.
Coconut White-washed South Asian.
CBC Canadian Born Chinese. See also banana.
Co-op Why most students pick Waterloo over UToronto. If you're in first year good luck finding a job.
CSer Geek
CS 134 The course every mathie dreads.
Davis Centre Where brown and yellow people like to study.
Dana Porter Library Where white people like to study.
Eby Hall Suite 407 Party central.
FOB Fresh Off the Boat. Applicable to anyone that adheres to the FOB subculture. Speak exclusively in native tongue. Refuse to assimilate to host society or associate with non-FOBS. In UW FOB=ASIAN. Accessories include Acura RSX, fuzzy dice, loud Cantonese, and atleast 6 iterations of Hello Kitty apparel.
Frosh First year student. The women's studies department got mad, so "freshman" had to be contracted.
Guangdong Province Source of 87.2% of international students at UW.
HIST 200 Monday night at the movies.
Honger Anyone from Hong Kong. Think they're superior to Mainlanders.
Korean Always mistaken for Chinese.
Mathie UW slang for student of Mathematics. Held in high esteem by student population and faculty alike. Generally renowned for superior intellect and charisma.
MC Math & Computer Science Building. Mainland China. Mandarin/Cantonese.
Needless Hell Colloquial term for Needles Hall, UW's Finance Office.
Professor Larry Smith Economics deity.
Professor Chris Springer Best math Professor in Waterloo. Teaches Stat 230 1:30 Section.
Queen's Overrated
QUEST UW's notoriously laborious online scheduling system.
RIM Job Employment at Research in Motion Inc. Everybody wants a RIM job.
Ryerson Rye High
Village 1 Where most frosh are imprisoned.
UW Shorthand for the University of Waterloo. Also referred to as WaterWOO and as The Best University in Canada.
Softie Software Engineer.
White-washed Someone who has wholeheartedly embraced the white Canadian culture of rock music, drinking and hockey at the expense of their own ethnic heritage.
Wilfrid Laurier Finishing School "University" down the street. Renowned for excellent grooming of wives of UW Engineering and Math alumnus.
Actuarial Science Where the money is.
Arts Lecture Hall Only building where you won't find Asian people.
Artsie Anyone who isn't in Engineering or Math.
Asian The continent of Asia spans from Israel to Japan. However, in North America this term applies more exclusively to Northeast Asians, specifically Chinese with a sprinkling of Koreans. This subpopulation has a huge presence at UW and comprises roughly 75% of the UW Math faculty. Lowerbound estimate.
Banana White-washed East Asian.
Coconut White-washed South Asian.
CBC Canadian Born Chinese. See also banana.
Co-op Why most students pick Waterloo over UToronto. If you're in first year good luck finding a job.
CSer Geek
CS 134 The course every mathie dreads.
Davis Centre Where brown and yellow people like to study.
Dana Porter Library Where white people like to study.
Eby Hall Suite 407 Party central.
FOB Fresh Off the Boat. Applicable to anyone that adheres to the FOB subculture. Speak exclusively in native tongue. Refuse to assimilate to host society or associate with non-FOBS. In UW FOB=ASIAN. Accessories include Acura RSX, fuzzy dice, loud Cantonese, and atleast 6 iterations of Hello Kitty apparel.
Frosh First year student. The women's studies department got mad, so "freshman" had to be contracted.
Guangdong Province Source of 87.2% of international students at UW.
HIST 200 Monday night at the movies.
Honger Anyone from Hong Kong. Think they're superior to Mainlanders.
Korean Always mistaken for Chinese.
Mathie UW slang for student of Mathematics. Held in high esteem by student population and faculty alike. Generally renowned for superior intellect and charisma.
MC Math & Computer Science Building. Mainland China. Mandarin/Cantonese.
Needless Hell Colloquial term for Needles Hall, UW's Finance Office.
Professor Larry Smith Economics deity.
Professor Chris Springer Best math Professor in Waterloo. Teaches Stat 230 1:30 Section.
Queen's Overrated
QUEST UW's notoriously laborious online scheduling system.
RIM Job Employment at Research in Motion Inc. Everybody wants a RIM job.
Ryerson Rye High
Village 1 Where most frosh are imprisoned.
UW Shorthand for the University of Waterloo. Also referred to as WaterWOO and as The Best University in Canada.
Softie Software Engineer.
White-washed Someone who has wholeheartedly embraced the white Canadian culture of rock music, drinking and hockey at the expense of their own ethnic heritage.
Wilfrid Laurier Finishing School "University" down the street. Renowned for excellent grooming of wives of UW Engineering and Math alumnus.
posted by Sen | 2/09/2005 01:55:00 AM
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James
lol nice set of vocabulary!
2/09/2005 01:44:00 AMAnd just to clarify, Hong Kong (which happens to be where most "Asians" are from) also isn't in Northeast Asia. I think Northeast Asia refers to Korea, Japan, and some parts of China.
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