General Information:

• Type: Verbal Lore
• Language: English
• Country of Origin: United States
• Informant: T.H. ’23
• Date Collected: 11/07/2021
• Location Collected: Dartmouth

Informant Data:

T.K. is a 21-year-old female from New England. She was born and raised in Boston, MA and is majoring in mechanical engineering at Dartmouth College. T. enjoys spending her free time doing Acapella and spending time hiking and walking in and around Hanover.

Contextual Data

• Cultural Context: Dartmouth student often particpate in First Year Trip before starting their freshman fall. This is a 6 day program where student join a group of 3-7 fellow incoming freshman and 2 upperclassmen trip leaders to explore the Hanover and its surrounding area. On one day, students take a trip to a lodge, either Moosilauke or the Dartmouth Ski Lodge where they spend time outside, dance with friends, and have a nice dinner. On this trip, students often call the Ski Lodge the Sklodge.
• Social Context: First Year Trips is an opportunty for freshman to be introduced to Dartmouth. They often take what they learn, including the termonology, and do their best to build it into their daily life in order to feel more comortable or included at Dartmouth.

Item:

Sklodge stands for “Ski Lodge.” This refers to the Dartmouth Ski Lodge located at the Dartmouth Ski way near Lyme, New Hampshire.

Associate File:

Transcript: “The sklodge, or ski lodge, is the Ski Lodge on the Dartmouth owned ski mountain 25 minutes away from campus. It functions as a normal ski lodge in the winter, a place for patrons to get changed, warm up, and grab food. Recently, it functioned as one of the lodges freshman went during First Year Trips. Half the class of 2025 went to the sklodge to participate in the normal lodge actives such as games, dancing, and a meal. It was interesting being here, as my freshman year everyone was at Moosilauke. I had never head this term until I was a trip leader, which is different than most Dartmouth terminology I learned early on Freshamn year. Many of my friends don’t know this word so I am not as likely to use it on campus compared to other terms like FFB or Dark Side. Althouth, it’s kind of fun being one of the first people to learn this work and to have the opportunity to share it with other students. Althouth I don’t know if this term is going to continue or disappear in the coming years.”

Informants Comments:

2021 was the first time First Year Trips went to the lodge. This was due to Coronavirus and the need to reduce the size of students together at once. Thus, this term is largely known by the Dartmouth class of 2025 and trip leaders that year. It will be interesting to see if First Year Trips uses the ski lodge again and if this slang will continue to be relevant or may die out.

Collector’s Name: Dylan Bienstock

Tags/Keywords

• Verbal Folklore
• Slang
• Students
• Dartmouth
• First Year Trips