Monday, December 15, 2008

My Cultural Literacy Dictionary

1. AOI (Appearance of Impropriety): noun; used at Asbury Hills Camp and Retreat Center among counselors to suggest any behavior that would be inappropriate for young campers to witness
ex.
Keep your hands to yourself at all times so as not to suggest any AOI!

2.
The Woods: proper noun; the area of trees between Riggs and Holmes Halls on the west side of Clemson's campus

3. "
tomorrow, but backwards": adjective phrase; used by younger sister to describe "the day before" when she could not think of the word "yesterday"

4.
Blue Hat Gang: proper noun; hooligan group based in Chattanooga, Tenn. of the mid to late 1990s consisting of two brothers and cousin who would terrorize and annoy their sisters while each wearing a blue colored baseball cap

5.
riff: a. adjective, slang; synonymous with "large amount" and used to express significance
ex. Maybe if I had studied the correct chapter that test wouldn't have been so riff hard.

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