SORORITY
NOUNS
► CHICKEN HOUSE a sorority house; a girl’s dormitory → 1942 Amer. sl.
► RUSH the process by which fraternities and sororities entertain new students in order to assess suitability for membership → 1885 US students’ sl.
► SALLY a sorority → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► SNAGS sororities or sorority members → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SORORY a sisterhood; a sorority → 1600 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BETTY COED a wholesome, middle-class sorority girl → 1931 US sl.
► BOWHEAD a silly coed who typically wears bows in her hair; a shallow sorority girl; a bouncy cheerleader type who ignores her intelligence, and is superficial → 1989 students’ sl.
► FUZZY a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority → 1963 US students’ sl.
► GEEK a Greek, a sorority or fraternity member → 1989 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► MUFFY a young woman who has the look of a typical sorority member, with bleached blonde hair, an alice band, heavy make-up, and conventional clothes → 1980s US students’ sl.
► POWDER-HOUSE FLUFF a sorority girl → 1934 students’ sl. (Bk.)
► RUSHEE someone ‘rushed’ or entertained to assess their suitability for membership of a fraternity or sorority; a candidate for membership of a fraternity or sorority → 1894 US students’ sl.
► SALLY SORORITY a stereotypical college sorority member who looks, dresses, talks, and lives the part → 1963 US sl.
► SNAGS sororities or sorority members → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
► RUSH of fraternity or sorority members: to entertain a student in order to assess his or her suitability for membership → 1879 US students’ sl.
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