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The Dartmouth
April 28, 2024 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth
Compiled by Stephanie Herbert
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'05 AD: "Ninety percent of Dartmouth lingo is stolen from me. Facetime, Facechug, etc." '06 Girls: "Neel, shut up." '05 AD: "Okay fine, but I popularized 80 perrcent of the words that are used on this campus.

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Midterms have apparently drained us of common sense/basic brain function: "What are those territories, you know, in the Northwest of Canada called?" "The Northwest Territories?" "Oh yeah." '06 Girls, Collis. "What is skeet shooting?

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'07 Guy: "Could I get one of those blueberry rigs?" Novack employee: "You mean a scone?" Novack, Sunday night '07 Girl: "Whoa, Boobs." '06 Girl: "It's not her fault they're big." '07 Girl: "You know, I have large breasts too.

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"If I gain 1.4 more pounds, I'll have gained 20 pounds this year!" '09 girl to other '09 girl walking to EW from the gym Girl with German accent: "Hey is there a party here tonight?" Guys: "Yeah, downstairs." Girl with German accent: "Sex on the beach party?" Guys: "Yup." Girl with German accent: "But where's the sand and the um ... sex?" Guys: "Uh, yeah, sex on the beach is a drink, it's the punch downstairs." Girl with German accent: "Oh, ok." [walks away dismayed] Chi Gam, Friday night "My first confession was when I was 12.

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"I've figured out the secret to AD. Wear a low-cut top and get really drunk." Girl, AD, Friday Night '07 female, reading: "The only time I was in Canada, I was in u-TE-ro?" '06 female, correcting: "No, 'in utero.'" '07 female: "Sorry, I'm not familiar with Canada." "Dude, she is 13 years old, that so does not work." Guy, Thayer lobby "How many cents does it take to mail a letter to California?" '07 Girl, Mass Blitz "Read this Blitz...this idiot lost his car, how does someone lose their car?

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Well, spring is in the air, and as the flowers blossom and hemlines rise, it seems from this week's quotes that the birds and the bees are also back to their old tricks.

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"Dude, let's go on a road trip." "Yeah dude, let's go to Mexico." "No dude, let's go to France." "Dude, you can't drive across the Atlantic Ocean." Two dudes, hockey game, Saturday night, student section "I hate this weather; not good for anything except shoveling and freezing my nuts off." Hanover Police Officer, Dunkin' Donuts parking lot, 45 degree weather "Yeah, they're done, they even ended their Facebook relationship." '09 guy, Novack Cafe "And, like, I didn't even do it to be a sweet frat brother, man." '08 Heorot, on pledging, Baker-Berry (uh, sure buddy) "Berry Library.

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"Counting really depends on how you think about it. Like, if you believe that 2 + 2 is 5, then it is." "Wow, dude." Two teenage guys, Nugget Theater Lobby, mid-afternoon "There's a fine line between dancing and crying, and I walk that line." '06 male, The Red Barn "I hate these f-ing angels.

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