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freshmanitis

noun

Etymology

From freshman + -itis, on the pattern of senioritis.

  1. inherited from *mon-✻ — “human being, man”
  2. inherited from *mann-✻ — “man”
  3. inherited from *mann✻
  4. inherited from mann — “human being, person, man”
  5. inherited from man
  6. compounded as freshman — “fresh + man”
  7. formed as freshmanitis — “freshman + -itis”

Definitions

  1. A tendency of (mostly college) freshmen to be overwhelmed by the amount of work as well…

    A tendency of (mostly college) freshmen to be overwhelmed by the amount of work as well as make unwise choices.

    • Freshmanitis is justifying poor decisions because you’re a Freshman. It’s like “YOLO,” but instead you say, “I’m a freshman – I didn’t know better.”
    • Since one of the common psychological symptoms of freshmanitis is increased appetite, it is believed that giving students the option to eat as much as they want will often lead to Freshman 15.
    • However, I feel like freshmanitis isn’t a unique phenomenon as much as it is just a new word for a ubiquitous feeling.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA