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Midshipman |
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Sup (Soup) |
Superintendent |
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Dant |
Commandant |
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Plebe |
4th Class |
Freshman |
[plain shoulderboards] |
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Youngster |
3rd Class |
Sophomore |
[1 diagonal stripe] |
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2nd Class |
2nd Class |
Junior |
[2 diagonal stripes] |
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Firstie |
1st Class |
Senior |
[1 horizontal stripe (or more if they are a "striper")] |
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Brigade |
All Midshipmen |
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6 Battalions, 30 Companies |
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Battalion |
5 Companies in each battalion |
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Companies |
4 Platoons (135 Mids in each company) |
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Platoon |
3 Squads in each platoon |
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Squad |
11-12 Mids in each Squad |
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AquaRock |
a non-swimmer; one in training for submarine duty but
who lacks a submarine |
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Bagit |
not attempting to perform to one's ability |
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Basic Responses |
the answers to questions that are allowed to plebes are
"Yes, sir", "No, sir","No excuse, |
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sir","I'll find out, sir", and "Aye, aye, sir"; of
course, when speaking to a female |
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upperclassman, ma'am replaces sir in all cases |
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Bilge |
to make a classmate look bad |
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Black "N" |
an unofficial award given to a Mid who earns 100
demerits |
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Blue Rim |
T-shirt that Mids must wear as part of "issue" |
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BOQ |
Bachelor Officers Quarters |
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Brace Up |
a plebe punishment consisting of sucking your chin into
your Adam's apple |
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Brick |
an unattractive drag |
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Bulkhead |
a wall |
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Bull Major |
an English, History or Poli Sci major |
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Carry-On |
a relaxation of plebe rates (no more hassles) |
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Chit |
in order to get permission to do anything outside of
regulations (leave the Academy |
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during the week, wear civilian clothes if you're a plebe
or a youngster, go outside the 22 |
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mile limit, etc.) a Mid must fill out a "chit" and have
it approved by the company officer |
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Chop |
a plebe practice of running everywhere (in the center of
the hallway) and squaring corners |
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(yelling "Go Navy" or "Beat Army" at every turn in
Bancroft Hall) |
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Chow Pkgs |
food from home, also called Care Packages |
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Civvies |
civilian clothing |
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Come-Arounds |
a grilling session where a plebe "comes around" |
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Cover |
a Midshipman's hat |
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Crabtown |
Annapolis |
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Dant's List |
Mids with a 2.9 Semester Quality Point Rating or better,
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PE |
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Dark Ages |
the time period between Christmas and Spring Break when
midshipmen continually ask |
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themselves what they are doing at a school that limits
their activities, frreedom and |
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creativity; they have just returned from spending the
holidays with their state university |
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friends, being reminded that they can't even gou out for
pizza on a Monday night (except |
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for Firsties); things are so dreary that they get
depressed |
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Darkside |
slang for a midshipman who dates another mid ("going to
the dark side") |
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Deck |
floor |
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Dixie Cup |
a mid's sailor cap |
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Drag |
a Mid's date |
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E.I. |
extra-instruction |
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Eyes in the Boat |
keeping your head straight ahead at all times |
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Foty Year Swim |
mandatory 2nd class swimming marathon lasting 40
continuous minutes (just seems like |
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40 years) |
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Fry |
assignment of demerits |
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Gouge |
the correct information |
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Gungy |
psyched up for the Navy |
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Herndon |
oblique monument, app. 30' tall; each plebe class must
follow tradition and climb this |
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greased monument at the start of Commissioning Week and
exchange the Plebe Dixie Cup |
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with a Midshipman's cover |
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Happiness Factor |
the number of days of Christmas leave divided by the
number of days until leave, an |
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equation even the Bull Majors understand |
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Irish Pennant |
hanging threads on a uniform |
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King Hall |
Midshipmen dining hall which can seat and feed the whole
Brigade at once |
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Ladder |
stairs |
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Leave |
authorized absence in excess of 96 hours |
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Love Chit |
when two midshipmen are "romantically involved" in the
same company, one of them must |
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put up a chit to move to another company |
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Marchover |
the name for the "informal" parade from the Academy to
the football stadium, during which |
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townie children throw candy at the midshipmen; Mids
create their own cadences for the |
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marchover |
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Middy |
unpopular term sometimes used in place of Midshipmen by
mothers and newspapers |
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Mother "B" |
Bancroft Hall, said to be the world's largest dormitory
with 8 wings, 4.5 miles of hallways |
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and 33 acres of floor space |
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Muster |
to assemble the crew, roll call |
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NAPS |
Naval Academy Preparatory School |
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Navy Blue & Gold |
a traditional song sung after sporting events by alumni
of the Naval Academy; the |
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audience is asked to show respect by standing quietly
until the "Go Navy" yell at the end |
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Podunk |
your home town |
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QPR |
Quality Point Rating; GPA on a 4.0 scale |
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Rack |
your bed |
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Rate |
(as in "to rate") allowances of one's class; something
you are allowed to do or have |
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Rates |
large amounts of information memorized by the plebes and
recited to upperclass on demand |
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Recon Missions |
require sneaking out of Bancroft and/or the Yard to
decorate trees and buildings with Navy |
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spirit posters painted on sheets |
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Report |
reported for an infraction of the rules |
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Ringknocker |
proud grads sporting Acadmey rings |
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Room Tours |
punishment for upperclass who are restricted to their
rooms on the weekend |
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Sandblower |
a short midshipman (one who walks at low altitudes) |
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SAT |
term referring to having a satisfactory GPA in order to
graduate a Mid must have a 2.0 out of |
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a 4.0 |
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SDBs |
Serivce Dress Blues |
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Sea Lawyer |
a Mid who always has an excuse for every error |
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Six-N Day |
having classes all six periods of the day |
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Scuttlebutt |
a rumor; container of drinking water or a drinking
fountain |
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Smack |
to kiss up or "brown nose" |
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Spooned |
plebe being on a first name basis with an upperclassman |
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Star |
a GPA of 3.4, an "A" in conduct and performance, and at
least a "B" in PE |
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Striper |
members of the Class Chain of Command |
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Sup's list |
a list of stars |
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Sweat |
someone who worries more than necessary |
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T-Court |
where Tecumseh resides |
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Tecumseh |
the "God of 2.0," the bronze statue that guards T-Court
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special occasions |
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Town Liberty |
liberty to leave the yard up to 22 miles out, measured
from the Chapel Dome |
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Woop |
a West Point cadet, so named for the uniform cape that
resembles the capes worn by the |
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Wicked Witch's monkeys in the Wizard of Oz who made the
sound "woop, woop, woop" |
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Yard |
USNA campus |
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Yard dog |
the squirrels in the Yard |
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Yard Liberty |
allowed to go anywhere on the Yard ONLY |
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Youngster Afternoonn |
no classes after lunch (rack time!) |
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YP |
Yard Patrol ship used for training |
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Zoomie |
an Air Force cadet, so named for the sound of a jet
airplane, described by Mids as a collegiate |
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buddy who lives at the government play school in
Colorado and wears a blue bus driver cap |