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Sklodge (Dylan Bienstock)

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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

Flair (Dylan Bienstock)

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General Information:

  • Type: Verbal Lore
  • Language: English
  • Country of Origin: United States
  • Informant: V.L. ’23
  • Date Collected: 11/07/2021
  • Location Collected: Dartmouth

Informant Data:

V.L. is a 19-year-old male from New England. He was born and raised in New Hampshire and is at Dartmouth pursuing a major in Biology and is on the pre-med track. At Dartmouth, V. enjoys spending is on the club baseball team and lifting at Zimmerman Gym

Contextual Data

  • Cultural Context: Dartmouth is an extemely isolated school. The social events that Dartmouth students go to are exclusively Dartmouth students, occur in Dartmouth or student owned spaces, and are hosted by Dartmouth organizations. This enables themes such as flair to gain popularity as they fit in with the exclusive nature.
  • Social Context: Nearly, if not all, students at Dartmouth know the term flair. Additionally, most students have gone to a flair themed event and have some flair of their own that they have aquired from upperclassmen. Flair is an idea that bring Dartmouth students together, allowing them to have this shared idea that everyone can easily participate in.

Item:

Flair stands for flashy, exciting, colorful clothing typically worn to Dartmouth parties and events, generally, those at greek houses

Associate File:

Transcript: “Flair is both a theme and a way to describe how someone dresses. It means to wear flashy, exciting, colorful clothing to Dartmouth parties and events. While the term is used universally on campus, its use seems to be concentrated around greek houses. Freshman fall I was invited to a club baseball event at a fraternity and was told the theme and informed of its meaning. Throughout your freshman fall, you learn the term. It’s a universal word at Dartmouth. Everyone knows it even if they don’t use it. Some groups use it more than others. It helps people express themselves the way they want. It’s a very loose word that people can interpret how they want and wear what they want. Everyone has a different flair. It is easy to dress in theme and feel included”

Informants Comments:

Often when students graduate they will pass on their flair to underclassmen. This usually occurs during an end-of-the-year dinner/banquet for most organizations on campus and is a unique opportunity for individuals and communities to build connections with one another.

Collector’s Name: Dylan Bienstock

Tags/Keywords

  • Verbal Folklore
  • Slang
  • Students
  • Dartmouth
  • Social

FFB (Dylan Bienstock)

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General Information:

  • Type: Verbal Lore
  • Language: English
  • Country of Origin: United States
  • Informant: C.K. ’23
  • Date Collected: 11/07/2021
  • Location Collected: Dartmouth

Informant Data:

C.K. is a 20-year-old male from North West United States. He was born and raised in Oregon and moved across the country to pursue an engineering degree at Dartmouth College. At Dartmouth, C. enjoys spending time outdoors with friends and playing water polo for the club team.

Contextual Data

  • Cultural Context: Dartmouth is a diffuclt school where students are often required to spend large amount of time working and studying. How people study varies, and FFB gives students the opprtunity to study in a more social and engaging enviroment. This is in contast to rooms in upper levels of the library which are typically much quieter.
  • Social Context: Baker/Berry library is considering the main study location at Dartmouth college. As would make sense, the first floor, which is most accessible, is one of the most popular spaces for people to meet and do work. The location is filled with larger desks and round tables that students can work at with their friend.

Item:

FFB stands for “First First Berry.” This refers the the first floor study space of the Baker-Berry Library where Dartmouth College students go to, but is not limited to, work on problem sets, papers group-projects, and socialize with friends.

Associate File:

Transcript: “FFB stands for First Floor Berry. It is the main study area in the Dartmouth Library. I first heard it when I was a Freshman. It was one of my first days on campus and I overheard an upperclassmen ask their friend if they wanted to meet at FFB. At first I had no idea what it meant and later on, when I was on trips, my trip leader told me about its meaning. The term seems universal among Dartmouth students, with all grade years using the term, and no grade seems to use it more than the other. We also have a kind of mini community on FFB. There are certain frequenters of this space who spend most, if not all, of their study time there.”

Informants Comments:

FFB has a very positive connotation. It makes me think of talking and spending time with friends. A “coming together” type of word

Collector’s Name: Dylan Bienstock

Tags/Keywords

  • Verbal Folklore
  • Slang
  • Students
  • Dartmouth
  • Studying