What freshmen say – and what they actually mean
Why you always lyin
Freshman: “Oh yeah, I’m from DC.”
Translation: “I’m from somewhere obscure in Maryland.”
Freshman: “Sorry I’m late professor, the printer wasn’t working.”
Translation: “I overslept and spent a while debating if I should actually go to your class.”
Freshman: “I was absolutely smashed last night!”
Translation: “I had one drink, but I’m telling people I was smashed so they think I’m cool.”
Freshman: “I’m from California”
Translation: “I’ll call you in tears the second the temperature drops below 45 degrees.”
Freshman: “I missed lunch because I was busy”
Translation: “I refuse to go to the ratty alone and I had no one to go with.”
Freshman: “I never go to the ratty.”
Translation: “I live in Pembroke.”
Freshman: “I spent all day studying.”
Translation: “I split my time between Facebook, Yik Yak, and staring into space.”
Freshman: “Let’s definitely pregame together.”
Translation: “I heard you have a fake, can you buy me alcohol?”
Freshman: “I basically live at the Nelson.”
Translation: “I have exercised twice since I got here.”
Freshman: “I absolutely love it here.”
Translation: “I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing.”