- List of Texas Aggie terms
__NOTOC__ This list of Texas Aggie terms includes words and phrases which are unique to, or hold a special meaning connected with,
Texas A&M University inCollege Station, Texas . The University, often called A&M or TAMU, is acoeducation al publicresearch university and is the flagship institution of theTexas A&M University System . It opened in 1876 as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, the first public institution of higher education in that state.] Howdy is the preferred method for a speaker to get a large group's attention, as the members of the group are expected to return the "Howdy" back to the speaker.;Hullabaloo, Caneck! Caneck!: Beginning phrase of the
Aggie War Hymn . The sounds are made to imitate the sounds of the train that runs through campus.;Hump it (or Humping it): During a yell, the crowd leans forward and places their hands on their knees to maximize the noise.cite web|last=Schabach|first=Mark|title=Texas A&M hoops finds place on football's back|publisher=ESPN.Com|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=katz_andy&id=2625264|date=
October 14 ,2006 |accessdate=2007-07-26]J
;Aggie jokes:
Jokes used against Texas A&M and Aggies, similar to jokes used againstethnic minorities usually with a connotation of a lack of intelligence.cite web | last = Johnson | first = Judy | title = Aggie Jokes| work = ENG123 Texas Culture | date =2002 -04-29 | url = http://web.archive.org/web/20041121150559/http://www.nvcc.edu/home/ataormina/jujohnson5/texas/texasjokes.html | format = HTML | accessdate = 2008-01-27] [citation|title=Football with a Difference|publisher="The Saturday Evening Post"|date=1978|author=Read, Nat B. Jr.|pages=126–127|accessdate=2008-05-24];Jollie Rollie: Nickname of
G. Rollie White Coliseum .cite web | title = G. Rollie White Coliseum | publisher =Texas A&M University | url = http://www.aggieathletics.com/facilities.php?FID=6 | format = HTML | accessdate = 2008-02-17]K
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Kyle Field : The Texas A&M footballstadium .L
;Load: The second phase of Aggie Bonfire construction, where the newly cut logs are brought back to campus.
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;Maroon: The official color of Texas A&M along with white. The University's specific trademark color is
Pantone 202.cite web | title = Identity Standard's Guide | publisher = Texas A&M Engineering Department | date = 2006 | url = http://engineer.tamu.edu/communications/publications/TAME_standards.pdf | format = PDF | accessdate = 2007-01-27] Maroon Out is an official university tradition. Each year, one football game each season is dubbed an official Maroon Out event and discounted maroon t-shirts are offered for sale to fans in order to fill the stadium with the Texas A&M color.cite web|title=Maroon Out History|publisher=Maroon Out T-shirts|url=http://www.maroonouttshirts.com/|accessdate=2007-07-26] The word "maroon" is used in other contexts, such as the name a student publication, the "Maroon Weekly". [cite web|title=The Maroon Weekly: About Us|publisher=The Maroon Weekly|url=http://www.maroonweekly.com/about.aspx|date=2007-06-30 |accessdate=2007-06-30];Mug down: Kissing one's date during athletic events.citation|last=Haskins|first=Maggie|title=The Perfect Week|newspaper=
Sports Illustrated |date=November 4 ,2004 |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/sioncampus/11/03/perfect1104/|accessdate=2008-01-13];Muster: Tradition on
April 21 ,San Jacinto Day in which Aggies from all over the world meet with each other.cite web |url = http://aggietraditions.tamu.edu/muster.shtml |title = Aggie Muster |accessdate = 2006-12-17 |date = |publisher = Aggie Traditions] citation|last=Spencer|first=Jason|title=Brother's death shows UT grad meaning of Muster|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=April 23 ,2004 |accessdate=2007-08-16|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2004_3756556];MSC: Short for the Memorial Student Center, Texas A&M's
student activity center .N
;Non-reg: A student who is not in the Corps of Cadets.
;Northgate: A business and entertainment district located north of the Texas A&M campus.
;Northside: Location of residence halls on campus near Northgate.cite web|title=Northside Halls|publisher=Texas A&M University|date=2007|url=http://reslife.tamu.edu/housing/halls/location/northside.asp|accessdate=2007-04-30]
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;"Off the wood": During sporting events, Texas A&M students get off the bleachers when players on any team are injured. The term "wood" is used only for tradition, because Texas A&M stadiums no longer have
wood bleachers.citation|last=Ivey|first=Tommi|title=Aggies should not walk on A&M seal|newspaper=The Battalion|date=October 19 ,2005 |url=http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2005/11/09/Opinion/Aggies.Should.Not.Walk.On.Am.Seal-1050633.shtml|accessdate=2007-08-20];Ol' Army or Old Army: Term referring to Texas A&M's past.
;Ol' Lady or Old Lady: Corps of Cadet member's
roommate .;Other education: A term describing what Aggie students learn outside the classroom though
extracurricular activities and through living life.Citation | first = Robin L. | last = Hughes | title = Traditions of Change: Student Expectations for the Other Education | year = 2007 | place =Montreal, Canada | date =1999-04-01 | url= http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/19/c0/3c.pdf| id =ED461341 | accessdate=2007-09-23 ]P
;Pass back: A hand signal, initiated by the Yell Leaders, which informs students which yell to do next.citation|last=Axtman|first=Chris|title=Texas school where pompoms aren't welcome|newspaper=
Christian Science Monitor |date=December 6 ,2001 |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1206/p3s1-ussc.html|accessdate=2007-07-26];Pisshead: A nickname for a sophomore cadet.citation|title=Memorandum|last=Gravois|first=John|date=
January 5 ,2007 |newspaper=The Chronicle of Higher Education |volume=53|issue=18|page=A6|section=Short Subjects];Poor Aggies: Used to taunt Aggies after an athletic loss from opponents. [cite news | url=http://www.burntorangereport.com/archives/002710.html | title=Poor Aggies | work=BurntOrangeReport.com | date=
November 24 2004 | accessdate=2007-09-20];Pots:
Hard hat s worn by Aggie Bonfire builders. The color of a student's pot identified their role in bonfire construction. [ [http://tamu.scout.com/3/Trad_Bonfire.html Bonfire] , Scout.com website (accessedFebruary 22 ,2008 )];Pull out: Using a privileged word that is not available to your class; for example, sophomores saying "Whoop."
;Push: a) A form of punishment consisting of
pushups , especially after pulling out. In the Corps when students do a "class set" of pushups, one for each year of their class. The Class of 1945 did only 45 pushups, but the Class of 2009 now does 109.:b) The last phase of Aggie Bonfire construction, in which students worked around the clock in rotating shifts to finish stacking the logs.cite web | last = Cook | first = John Lee, Jr.| title = Bonfire Collapse, Texas A&M University | publisher = U.S. Fire Administration | url =http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-133.pdf | date = November 1999 | accessdate = 2007-03-03 ]Q
;Quack Shack: A quasi-affectionate term for the A.P. Beutel Health Center.;The Quad: Location of the dorms of the Corps of Cadets.
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;RAggies: Aggie baseball fans.cite web|title=Road Trip: College Station, Texas|publisher=
Sports Illustrated |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/sioncampus/04/07/road_trip0408/|accessdate=2007-06-09];Red-Ass: Students who follow the traditions and rules of Texas A&M very closely.citation|last=Smith|first=Jonathan M.|date=2007|title=The Texas Aggie Bonfire: A Conservative Reading of Regional Narratives, Traditional Practices, and a Paradoxical Place|newspaper=Annals of the Association of American Geographers|pages=182–201|url=http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/action/showFullText?submitFullText=Full+Text+HTML&doi=10.1111%2Fj.1467-8306.2007.00530.x&cookieSet=1#Two%20Southern%20Narratives|accessdate=2007-08-15|doi=10.1111/j.1467-8306.2007.00530.x|journal=Annals of the Association of American Geographers|volume=97]
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Reed Arena : The university'sarena ; used primarily for basketball games.cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Reed Arena | work = | publisher = Texas A&M University Athletic Department | date = | url =http://www.aggieathletics.com/facilities.php?FID=11 | doi = | accessdate = 2007-02-27 ];
Reed Rowdies : Official fan club of Texas A&M basketball teams.cite web | title = Reed Rowdies | publisher =Texas A&M University | url = http://reedrowdies.tamu.edu/| format = HTML | accessdate = 2008-02-17];Reveille: The Texas A&M mascot, now a purebred American collie. Reveille is the highest ranking member of the Corps of Cadets, and freshmen in the Corps must greet her with "Howdy, Miss Reveille, ma'am."citation|last=Lynn|first=Gregory|title=Who had the first canine?|date=
November 22 ,2000 |newspaper=The Daily Texan|url=http://tspweb02.tsp.utexas.edu/webarchive/11-22-00/2000112216_s01_Pig.html|accessdate=2007-06-30] citation|last=Brown|first=Chip|title=Some Aggies see red over moving grave site of mascots|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=July 21 ,1997 |accessdae=2007-08-16|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1997_1425393];Ring dunk: A non school sanctioned tradition performed after a student receives an Aggie Ring; usually involves chugging a pitcher of beer with their Aggie Ring in the bottom then catching the ring in their teeth,but might also occur with non-alcoholic substances also. [cite web|last=Wirt|first=Ashley|url=http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2006/09/14/News/Aggies.Find.New.Ways.Of.ring.Dunking-2271747.shtml|title=Aggies find new ways of 'ring dunking'|date=
September 9 ,2006 |accessdate=2008-01-13|publisher=The Battalion ];"Saw Varsity's Horns Off": A verse from the
Aggie War Hymn , it refers to defeating theTexas Longhorns who use a Longhorn steer as their mascot. [cite news | title=Mascot Power Rankings | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/sioncampus/08/09/mascot.power.rankings/index.html | date=9 August 2007 | publiser=Sports Illustrated | accessdate=2007-09-20];Senior Boots: Distinctive brown leather boots worn by Corps seniors, or Zips. [http://aggietraditions.tamu.edu/boots.shtml Senior Boots - Texas Aggie Traditions] ]
;Serge Butt: A nickname for a junior cadet. Refers to the "serge" material used in making pants for juniors pre-1960.
;Singing Cadets: An all male choral group at A&M, called the "Voice of Aggieland".cite web | url=http://www.tamu.edu/singing_cadets/index.html| title=Texas A&M Singing Cadets | accessdate=2007-11-03 | date=2004 | format = HTML | publisher=TAMU Singing Cadets]
;Silver Taps: A ceremony, held monthly, to honor any currently-enrolled students who died in the previous month.citation|last=Hegstrom|first=Edward|title='Silver Taps' honors Aggie Bonfire victims|date=
December 8 ,1999 |newspaper=Houston Chronicle|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1999_3182335|accessdate=2007-08-16];"Sit down bus driver": An Aggie Yell used in athletic events to taunt opposing team's coaches when they are angry. The term "bus driver" refers to the fact that coaches used to drive the
buses for road games.;Southside: Residence halls on the far southeast portion of campus.cite web|title=Residence Halls by Style - Commons|publisher=Texas A&M University|date=2007|url=http://reslife.tamu.edu/housing/halls/style/commons.asp|accessdate=2007-04-30]
;Aggie Spirit or
Spirit of Aggieland : Terms that describe the unity and devotion Aggies have for their school and to each other.cite web| title = Aggie Spirit | work = Official website of Texas A&M University Class of 72 | url = http://class.aggienetwork.com/heavens_11-72/traditions/aggie_spirit.html | format = HTML | accessdate = 2008-01-13] The term, "the spirit" can also refer the school song, Spirit of Aggieland.;Stack: The third phase of Aggie Bonfire construction, in which students would wire the logs together in their final shape.
;Sully: Short for former Texas A&M President,
Lawrence Sullivan Ross . Modern usage of the term generally refers to the prominent statue of him.T
;TAMC or Texas AMC: Refers to the university's former name the "Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas". While the institution has been renamed Texas A&M University with the initials TAMU, the initials AMC are still used in several Aggie traditions including Aggie yells and the
Spirit of Aggieland .";Tea-sip or t-sip: A student of Texas A&M's archrival, the
University of Texas at Austin .;t.u.: Derogatory name for the University of Texas at Austin, normally abbreviated UT, the main rival school to Texas A&M University. Aggies maintain that UT is "a" university in Texas not "the" university in Texas. The t.u. therefore stands for texas university, with the lowercase letters being an added insult.
Texas Longhorn fans respond by saying t.u. stands for "The University".W
;Whip Out: The tradition of freshmen in the Corps of Cadets introducing themselves to upperclassman in the Corps.cite web|title=Joe B. Foster '56|date=October 2001|publisher=
Mays Business School |url=http://maysbusiness.tamu.edu/old/2001/10/oaa-01/foster.html|last=Zuehlke|first=Lara|accessdate=2007-07-27];
White : Another official Texas A&M color. White out is a basketball tradition. Unlike football games, where Aggie fans wear Maroon, the basketball crowds wear white.;"Whoop": An exclamation of approval and excitement, used at the end of a yell. Only juniors and seniors are allowed to say "Whoop".citation|last=Hughes|first=Polly Ross|title=Aggie Spirit|newspaper=
Houston Chronicle |date=November 28 ,1999 |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1999_3180333|accessdate=2007-08-16];Wild cat: A noise and a hand motion made after an Aggie yell. Each class uses a different wildcat based on seniority.
;Wrecking Crew: The defense of the football team.citation|last=Ruff |first=Brian |title=Wrecking Crew salvages A&M season opener|newspaper=The Battalion|date=
September 30 ,2001 |url=http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2001/09/02/Sports/Wrecking.Crew.Salvages.Am.Season.Opener-512762.shtml|accessdate=2008-02-17]Y
;Aggie Yells: Synchronized cheers done at Aggie sporting events.
;Yell Leaders: Texas A&M's equivalent of cheerleaders.Citation | last =Alvarado | first =Nicole | title = Yell Leaders represent Aggie Spirit past, present, and future | newspaper=
The Battalion | date=April 20 ,2007 | url =http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2007/04/20/News/Yell-Leaders.Represent.Aggie.Spirit.Past.Present.And.Future-2870762.shtml | accessdate=2007-05-29];Yell practice: A Texas A&M
pep rally like event. The most notable yell practices, Midnight Yell, occurs the night before home football games.Z
;Zip: A nickname for a senior, named so for the black and
gold braid on thegarrison cap s of seniors in the Corps of Cadets, which resembles a zipper.References
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