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Aggie
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a student at Texas A&M who displays true Aggie spirit;
also sometimes used to mean any A&M student
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Aggieland
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the Texas A&M campus in College Station
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Air Crap
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a C.T. in an Air Force outfit
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artillery
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beans
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baby
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mustard
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bag
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a bed
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Batt
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The Battalion, the student newspaper
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battery acid
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orange juice
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bib
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a napkin
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| biter |
an abbreviate term for
a fish's uniform hat |
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Black Belt
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a fish or pisshead
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blankets
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pancakes
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blood
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ketchup
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B.Q.
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a member of the Fightin'
Texas Aggie Band (short for "Band Queer") |
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bull
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a military officer. Usually, the "bulls" worked
in the Trigon where the military classrooms and bulls' offices
were located.
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bullneck
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meat
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cackle
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eggs
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| call
to quarters |
fish and pissheads
were requried to be at their desks studying from 7:30 to 10:30
PM every evening, Monday thru Friday, unless they had a pass
signed by a sergebutt or zip. |
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campusology
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a question about Aggie tradition or history
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chow
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mealtime
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cold cow
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ice cream
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| CO |
commanding officer. We
generally spoke of the commanding officer of our squadron as
our CO. |
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cow
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milk
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| crap
out |
either to (1) run out
of gas, or (2) haze an underclassman. A really brutal crap out
woudl go on for 30 minutes or longer and would consist of phisical
exertion. |
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crapper
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a restroom or toilet; yelled before a toilet is flushed
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Crunchy
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a C.T. in an Army outfit
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crystal
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a glass or cup
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C.T.
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a member of the Fightin' Texas Aggie Corps of Cadets; also
sometimes used to mean a Corps member not in the Band
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cush
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dessert
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cut
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(1) the killing of trees in a forested area for Bonfire;
(2) a deficiency found during an inspection
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day duck
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an Aggie living off campus. Back in our days you didn't live
off camus unless you were married.
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Dead Zip
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an Aggie who's finished his senior year
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deal
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bread
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dirt
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pepper
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dope
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coffee
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"Drop!"
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the command to assume the position for push-ups
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drop handles
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to call an upperclassman or thing by its real name
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elbows
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macaroni
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elephant
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(a symbol of) an Aggie senior
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fish
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an Aggie freshman
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fizz
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soft drinks
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flush
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to end a romantic relationship with someone
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flush letter
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a Dear John letter
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frat rat
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a student at Texas A&M in a fraternity
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frog
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(1) an Aggie transfer student; (2) a C.T. who enters the
Corps after his first semester, fish year
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frozen sky
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ice
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gig
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a minor demerit
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GPR
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grade-point ratio
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ghost turds
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dust bunnies
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| grease |
butter
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handle
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a title or alternate name; e.g., "fish" or "Mister"
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"Headache!"
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the yelled warning that a tree has been killed and is about
to fall at Bonfire cut
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hole
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a fish's room
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horizontal engineering
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napping
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horsefeed
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corn
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"Howdy!"
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the official greeting of Texas A&M
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hump it
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to assume the position for yelling at maximum volume (bent
over at the waist with hands on knees)
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hump-it
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a yell specific to an outfit or dorm
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Jarhead
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a C.T. in a Navy/Marine outfit
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Leather Legs
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an C.T. senior
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load
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the loading of Bonfire logs onto trucks for transport from
cut site to stack site
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lube
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gravy
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mud
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chocolate milk
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mush
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oatmeal
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non-reg
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a student at Texas A&M not in the Corps
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Ol' Army
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(1) the way Texas A&M used to be and should always be;
(2) a long time ago
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ol' lady
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a fish's or pisshead's roommate
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| on-the-wall |
Prior to every outfit
formation, fish were required to present themselves, by squad,
at predeterminded areas in the hallway. We had our backs to
the wall and stood at attention while the pissheads inspected
us head-to-toe. They also grilled us with campusology questions
to make sure we had been stuyding the required "memory
exercises of the Corps. This was the time that a good pisshead
growled and yelled at any infraction he could find. |
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piss on an upperclassman's leg
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to make an excuse to an upperclassman
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Pisshead
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an Aggie sophomore
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| pisspot |
the helmet liner that
we wore instead of an actual metal helmet |
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pitchfork
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a fork
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platter
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a plate
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popeye
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spinach
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pot
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a helmet used while building Fightin' Texas Aggie Bonfire
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Prexy
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the president of Texas A&M
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privilege
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a prerogative merited by virtue of rank
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pull out
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to assume a privilege not yet earned
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Quad
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the quadrangle where the Corps dorms are located
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ram
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a major demerit
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rabbit
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salad
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reg
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syrup
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"Rest!"
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the command meaning "Be quiet!"
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saber
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a knife
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sack out
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to engage in horizontal engineering
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sand
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salt
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sand and
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salt and pepper
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sawdust
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sugar
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s.b.
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a student at Texas A&M in a sorority
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scabs
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cereal
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scope out
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to look at
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| senior
detail |
a senior could order
a fish to take care of personal business for him and during
that brief time the fish had "senior priveleges" in
ordor to carry out the detail as expeditiously as possible. |
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Sergebutt
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an Aggie junior
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shingles
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crackers
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shot
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peas
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shotgun
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Tabasco sauce
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shovel
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a spoon
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sky
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water
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sour
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lemon
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spuds
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potatoes
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stack
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(1) the building of Bonfire on campus; (2) the six-tiered
Bonfire structure itself
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| staff rat |
a derisive term for any staff member
in the Corps. |
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stud
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tea
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sugar report
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a letter from a girlfriend or boyfriend
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Sully
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the Lawrence Sullivan Ross statue in front of the Academic
Building on campus
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sunshine
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carrots
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tadpole
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a C.T. who enters the Corps halfway through his fish year
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teasipper (als teasip or 'sip)
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a student at t.u.
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treetops
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broccoli
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t.u.
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that little community college in austin
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tub
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a bowl
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12th Man
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the student body at an Aggie athletic event
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two-percenter
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a student at Texas A&M who does not display true Aggie
spirit
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wheels
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doughnuts
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whip out
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to introduce oneself to an upperclassman
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White Belt
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a Sergebutt or Zip, their belts are white
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wiggle
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Jell-O
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wildcat
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(1) a class-specific yell of exhilaration; (2) pineapple
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winchester
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Worcestershire sauce
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worms
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spaghetti
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yardbird
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chicken
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yell
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the equivalent of a cheer at any other school (except much
louder); usually followed by a wildcat
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Yell Leader
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one of three Zips and two Sergebutts chosen to lead the 12th
Man in yells
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Zip
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an Aggie senior
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