INITIATE, INITIATED, INITIATION
NOUNS
► PADDLING an initiation ceremony → 1934 students’ sl. (Bk.)
► VEE-IN an initiation ritual whereby the new member is beaten by other gang members for allotted time, e.g. 1 minute → 1980s African-American gang usage
VERBS
► RIDE THE GOAT to be initiated into a secret order → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
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