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are changes within 60 days of 10/16/2001| Schroeder Larry's rotweiler-lab mix. A big bear of a dog. | ||
| scooter lay Fun to ride, but you wouldn't want to admit riding it to your friends. | ||
| scrub Long before a scrub was someone who could "get no love" from TLC, a scrub was a dirty camper. As many of these campers were first year and young, the term encompassed younger campers, dirty or not. The term was also used in a friendly teasing manner amongst staff members who had gotten dirty in a day's work. | ||
| scrumpy A cloudy, vinegary fermented apple drink, apparently known only to the Britons and a few in-the-know-foreigners. Also known as Scrumpy Jack, this stuff packs in a really mean wallop. Fortunately unavailable in this country, Charlie Bill was turned on to this beverage by a friend in the English pub business. | ||
| SDL Suck Dick Lips. Full, sensual lips. Such were all the vogue in the early-90s, but their popularity seems to died off with the rise of heroin chic. Also arranged as DSL: dick suckin' lips. | ||
| Second Saturday A monthly art showing in abandoned buildings (and galleries) in the run down area of Sacramento known as Del Paso Heights. What started as a great idea has become somewhat of a monstrosity as full-time galleries are springing up in the neighborhood. One of the best locations remains the shell of a old motel, about midway down Del Paso Blvd. The event is still fun, if one can discount the artsy-fartsy folks taking themselves way too seriously. | ||
| "See how you are?" Another Big Dave-ism that he'd drag out after he did something you found annoying, but did yourself. | ||
| SEP field "Someone Else's Problem". The field that surrounds unpleasant or odious tasks. At camp, where the term originated, SEP fields surrounded bits of letter strewn across the valley. | ||
| serape Essentially a blanket folded in half with a hole for the head. The serape's Charlie Bill and Henry have were more like ponchos then serapes, per se, but the name stuck. Dennis picked up the serapes on a trip down to Mexico, bringing back all sorts of pullovers, tequila, and other goods from south of the border. The serapes were especially popular when many of the House members would hang out outdoors while smoking. | ||
| Sex on a Regular Basis A tropical drink that includes amongst its ingredients, pineapple-orange juice, Myers dark rum and Malibu. Its a good mix for hiding a lot of alcohol and is enjoyed by people who are into serious drinks and foo-foo drinks alike. The name was esablished by Cheryl and Molly who'd been downing concoctions made by Charlie Bill and Roy all afternoon. Bill protested that, as a single guy, he wasn't getting sex on a regular basis and therefore found the name objectionable. They countered that while he wasn't getting sex on a regular basis, he could still get Sex on a Regular Basis. | ||
| shagnasty America Live used to have this comedy club where they'd give away the majority of seats in the place for free. They figured that they could get you in for the three drink minimum and the only way out was through the club, so they'd be bound to make money. Charlie Bill got to see this same comedian twice in two weeks, and his routine was nearly identical. In it, he described this restaurant he'd seen that was actually called "Shagnasty's" and thought that it sounded like a Val term: "shag-nastyyyyyy". Bill and some of the TCR crowd began using it in the same context that comedian did: it was beyond nasty, it was shagnasty. | ||
| Shakin' the bush (boss) Taking a leak. Originally from Cool Hand Luke, where prisoners working on road gangs were required to shake the bushes to prove that the were still in 'em. Often used in a male . | ||
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| "She barfed on my thiiiiiiigh" Ex-camp staff member Rob had this weird tic that he claimed that he'd woken up with after sleeping on his neck wrong one night. Like many staff members have been, Rob was something of a spaz and not exactly what one would call Mr. Charisma. It was, therefore, surprising to us to find that he had a girlfriend. When the subject came up, he confided that he had tried to encourage her into oral sex. Somewhat reluctantly, she complied, gagging then vomiting in Rob's lap. We, of course, thought that this was the funniest thing we'd ever heard, especially since it happened to Rob. This, along with the tic, were worked into characterizations of Rob. | ||
| Sheldon The process by which roommates get paired up in the dorms is an enigma. One could have your karmic twin on the same floor, but you are almost ensured that you'd never be paired up with them. Instead they seem to find the most insignificant possible rationale for pairing two strangers up. Such was the case with Sheldon and Hank, both of whom were engineers but shared little else in common. Sheldon was a quiet Chinese guy whose social skills were, to put it nicely, stunted. Henry, on the other hand, spent several of the first nights there puking into the wastebasket in his room. Fortunately for both of them, they managed to move and find better pairings on their own with Hank moving in with Dennis and Sheldon with Fong. Sheldon came out once or twice on somewhat surreal occasions to accompany roadtrips, but mainly cut loose on the weekends by blaring the theme from Star Trek on his stereo and leaving his door open a crack in that inviting way that nobody seemed interested on taking up. | ||
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| the shield Charlie Bill made a shield for a freshman history class in high-school. Being only 14 or so at the time and not possessing the wicked set of tools he would in later years, the effort was a little rough around the edges. When Bill found it moldering at his parent's house, he decided to fix it up and add his recently discovered coat of arms: family heritage and power tools. Either following the dictates of manly projects or bowing to the pressures of the notoriously manic-depressive project drive of the Libra personality type he eventually lost interest in the project after spending a number of hours on it. Big Dave finds this inexplicably funny. | ||
| Shining Star In 1990, a staff member named Ken returned back to work at Camp after several years of hiatus. Ken had this vision for camp-- unfortunately, it was "his" vision thrust upon everyone, requiring their involvement but not sharing in the vision. This, coupled with Ken's general management/interpersonal style made him something of an outcast. It didn't help him that his staff was also made up with camp outcasts, including Poopy. Ironically enough, the ideas he had instituted have remained in place for almost a decade now, and are part of the camp culture. Ken often did a performance story titled "I see your problem", which wasn't very funny, and went on and on and on and on. The tag line, a distorted "I shee yourrrr probum" is often used in characterizations of Ken. | ||
| shit magnet One of those unfortunate souls who, through no fault of their own, are afflicted with the worst sort of luck. If everyone on the freeway is speeding, they'll be the one who gets pulled over. If everyone at the party is drinking and they are underage, they'll be the one who gets busted for MIP. Girlfriends will leave them in bad ways, their neighbors will be psycho. Avoid these people. | ||
| shit-on-the-bed incident Bad things happen to good people, and alcohol only seems to intensify this. A friend-of-a-friend shat upon Geoff's bed after imbibing too much one evening. While this is a hilarious story with time healing most wounds, some still refuse to see the humor in it. There was a house commandment barring discussion of this incident for some time. | ||
| shopping-cart incident Geoff and Roy thought it would be good fun to ride a shopping cart through the Golden Eagle place. Charlie Bill didn't think so, and to this day Geoff can't figure out why. | ||
| short bus Van-based bus that typically picks up the "special ed" kids for school. Often also seen on rural routes and other places that small packs of students need to be transported, but rarely would this term apply. | ||
| shotgun 1) The passenger position in the front nearest the door. In North America, this is the right-hand seat.. 2) The cry one gives to lay claim to the above position. Northern California rules state that "shotgun" may not be called until one is outside of the building, all occupants are together, and you are headed towards the vehicle. When several large guys are trying to fit into a small car, this becomes a hot competition 3) To open a beer can in such a way to minimize the consumption time and maximize beer flow. The preferred method for doing this is to puncture a hole in the can's top, holding the can upside down, then popping the top. Note that this also forces full-beer consumption as the can will no longer hold fluid and stand upright. | ||
| "Shut up and smile into the fern" Yet another Big Daveism characterizing a surreptitious video taper of the sex act. House members are always a bit afraid to borrow friend's video cameras for just this reason. | ||
| Sick & Twiested Spike & Mike present two animation festivals down at the Crest theater annually, this being their better known and more heavily attended. The Sick & Twisted festival features all manner of animation, from the up-and-coming features (both Bevis & Butthead and South Park were seen here before they gained widespread popularity) as well as those films that will never get any further than the Sick & Twisted show. The festival has a number of series that return annually, including "Nana & Little Puss-Puss" and "No Neck Joe". | ||
| Sierra cement 1) The extremely hard-packed surface that makes up the majority of pistes in Northern California. The fact that it doesn't get all that cold makes for "wet" snow. The snow packs down incredibly easily and makes for a near-ice surface. 2) A method of lodging poles and the like into the ground using increasingly smaller aggregate to fill in the spaces around the post. This is easy to do in the Sierras where granite decomposition creates a good supply of the raw materials needed. This was a popular method for setting up gateways and the like at camp. | ||
| Sigma Mu Chi Pseudosorority. Stood for Slurp My Chaunch (also used as). Inspired "brother" pseudofrat Sigma Mu Delta, members of which did the Davis Rocks. | ||
| SITE Awards The somewhat ridiculous awards for best Sacramento area website given by the Sacramento News and Review. The idea of a local award on the world-wide web is silly enough, especially when given by a dead-tree publication with a laughable website of their own. The House led an unsuccessful ballot-stuffing bid in 1998 to get a mention for their site. | ||
| sixer Six-pack | ||
| skanky Nasty, particularly in regards to a sexually repulsive female ("skanky ho") | ||
| skeezy It sounds a bit like a combination of "sleazy" and "scheming" and it is, at least in definition. Also sometimes as a "skeezer", one who is skeezy. This term most often applies to guys such as slime monsters, but can also apply to places like meat markets where such activity is often found. | ||
| skeg To be hit upside the head. Originally a surfer term describing what happened to unwary surfers diving into a wave (the skeg, or fin, of a passing surfer would smack the diver). | ||
| Sketch Roy's calico cat. Roy got the cat as a kitten and it displayed unstable personality quirks even then--more so than even most cats. | ||
| sketchy Unstable, chaotic behavior. Sometimes as "sketch". Ex: I'm not sure if I want him to come: when he's drunk he gets a little sketch | ||
| Ski Club The CSUS Ski Club which doesn't ski so much as drink. This co-ed group actually does pull off one major outing a year and usually has a cabin available for members somewhere in the Sierras. During the spring "River City Days", CSUS's open house, the Ski Club often sets up a large jump ramp on one of the central lawns, complete with trucked in snow. Ski Club parties are the things of legends, such was their Halloween Party which was traditionally held at the local Army Depot until the depot's closing in the mid-90s. The Depot was a popular location since all one had to be was 18 to get in and hit the bar. Dennis, Hank, and Bill were thrown out of the 1991 Halloween party after Dennis passed out underneath one of the tables with his toga-sheet draped over him as if deceased. | ||
| skins 1) Skinheads, though not necessarily of the neo-nazi variety. Both racist and non-racist skins are represented in Sacramento, the latter being typified by the SHARPs. It is said that the SHARPs are equally as bad as the other kind, but perpetrate their anti-social behavior on everyone regardless of race. 2) condoms | ||
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| Skunky A camp name given to Charlie Bill after he shaved the sides of his head after a clipper mishap in what was once termed a "jock-hawk". The sides of the head, when freshly shorn, were quite white. Chris invoked the name again in recent history when Charlie Bill dyed his hair green. | ||
| skunky (2) Particularly strong smelling weed which just so happens to be reminiscent of the scent of the animal of the same name. | ||
| slack diminutive form of slacker, also "slackass". One who is not pulling their weight, or anything else for that matter. | ||
| slap-n-tickle Another Geoffism referring to hanky-panky. There is a definite sexual overtone to the slap-n-tickle, but not necessarily the act itself. | ||
| slime monster A person, usually male, who is out only for sexual conquest. This is a way of life with this person. He is very smooth and polished. He'll sleep with you and never be seen or heard from again. His trail of slime can usually be detected by other males the minute he walks in the door. The hallmark of the slime monster is his superficiality. Contrast with Evil Dick. | ||
| slop pool terminology for unintended ball sinkage. Ex: Dude, go ahead and pull that 10, that was slop This is a gentleman's rule, and one usually used for players just below the level that they can call all their shots. Lesser players take everything they can get. | ||
| Slow Dancing The name of a bad porno the chaunches watched together back in the Desmond Hall days. Though, then again, the term "bad porno" is a bit oxymoronic. The chaunches still occasionally drop references to the movie, leading one to wonder if there wasn't a little slow dancing of their own going on. | ||
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| slushball The ultimate end of the confluence of drinking and softball. The two work so well together that it would be only natural that someone would come up with an idea that merged the two. In regular slushball, the keg is placed nearby second base and runners can not continue past that point without chugging a cup of beer. Also, unlike many combinations of drinking and sport where the losers are penalized, thereby assuring their perpetual bottom-rung status, in slushball the competitive field is evened out as better players get drunker faster. | ||
| smoke out To smoke marijuana. | ||
| smoke shifter mythological device used to re-direct the flow of smoke from a fire. This is a often used hazing device of older Boy Scouts who send their younger brethren to find the device at local camping supply stores or berate them for not having brought them. Other popular devices are 500 feet of shoreline, a sky hook (for anchoring things), and 25 feet of fallopian tubing. | ||
| SMUD Sacramento's electrical company. This is a government entity and is run in a far more fascist manner than most utilities. The SMUD folks have no compulsion about shutting your power off for nonpayment with little warning. | ||
| Snapple Miles's dad and an all around good guy. Miles lived only about forty-five minutes away from camp, making his house the closest. Miles's folks were quite generous about sharing their place with the hordes of camp fools who would pass through there over the years. They were the perfect hosts, always making sure we were well supplied with soft drinks and Snapple during our stay. Miles's dad became well known for supplying this latter beverage and was deeded this nickname during our first year of our acquaintance with him. | ||
| snarf To have fluid enter one's nasal passages. This is not the factory authorized use of the nose and is usually quite painful. Geoff once snarfed some "Old Weller" whiskey, much to his chagrin. Beer foam is occasionally snarfed during consumption. Outbound snarfage is sometimes caused by booting. | ||
| The Snowbird Place The fourth house to be the home to the House of the Rising Sun located once again in Rosemont proper. This house sports many firsts for the House: two stories, a pool, and ownership by none other than Charlie Bill. Its layout makes it particularly suited for having large groups over, a fact that was capitalized early on during the House tenure there with two huge parties in the first month and a half. | ||
| snupus After being slipped a shot of prunus on the sly, Maria exclaimed "they forced me to drink snupus!" The name stuck, being both more pleasant sounding and having less connotations than the beverage's canonical name. | ||
| snygg häck Pronounced "snuk heck". Swedish for "nice ass", literally "nice notch". Popularized by Big Dave who picked this up from a pair of Swedish girls who were over here for a year. We surprised them by using these terms while on a rafting trip on the fourth. Thanks to Big Dave for doing the spelling research | ||
| snygga bröst Pronounced "snukka bruust". Swedish for "nice breasts". | ||
| SoCal Northern Californian slang for our southern neighbors. The state could effectively be split 'round about Fresno and one could have two completely separate states, both geographically, politically and socially. Much like any geographically close but socially divergent communities, there is a certain amount of rivalry between the north and the south, heightened by sports team defections and re-defections, water rights, and political influence. Southern Californian's are more likely to call this region "the southland". | ||
| social A group drink. | ||
| SoCo Southern Comfort. A 100-proof liqueur made of bourbon and peaches. Its smooth, sweet flavor masks its true potency. Henry has had several bad SoCo experiences and has sworn it off. | ||
| sodomy Maria had never heard the term "sodomy" used in polite company and was shocked to hear Charlie Bill throw it out in conversation at the Mushroom (where polite company always meets, of course. Bill found this so funny that he would attempt to throw it into conversation as often as possible. |
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