Gaggle of girls- our cohort. We gossip, giggle, and talk about babies.
Babies- automatically 2 points. We'll talk about them- fat babies, cute babies, babies and peaches-for hours.
Sugar run- a trip to the Union Market to replenish (what else?) sugar, and ALWAYS coffee.
Coffee- the lifeblood of any graduate career.
Vegetables- just about the only thing one of us is not allergic to/ethically against eating.
Hummus- safe food.
Four field- a dead horse.
Linguistic Anthropology - sorry, what?
Edutainment- attending Intro Anthro lectures. It's sort of work, gets us brownie points and is also usually entertaining. Added bonus: it keeps us from getting on with our own work.
Seeing dead people- 5 points. And it actually makes sense between the 4 fields.
The cookie drink- our invention and regular VIP at social gathering.
1st Year Oranges-fresh from the earth
Recalling books- a regular occurrence from a busy library (but when you start recalling them from yourself, it's time to start actually writing that paper...)
Anthropology charades – hilarious, and full of inside jokes (much like this post…)
Can(n)on- the be all and end all of what you need to know in our department.
West Side Story snaps- automatic points if they can be referenced in a conversation. Half points if Scrubs is involved. And you’ve won the game if you walk it down the hall.
McMaster Hospital- for treating the sick, as well as "looking for husbands"
Double first cousins- NOT the Kinship Chart on the Intro Anthro mid-term…but what also makes it hard to convince non-Islanders that the population on PEI is heterogeneous.
The group formerly known as Book Club- just that. We were going to read. Then we realized that's what we do all of the time. So instead, we get together to eat and drink.
Denied- Ali's favourite word. And what we all wish we could stamp on a few first year papers.
The (free) book table- place for picking up those tomes to decorate our future offices.
Year Two
Potlucks- free food for weeks.
2nd year oranges- better with vodka. (so we hear, anyway! And something we know Joan from Mad Men could probably teach us.)
The last Friday of the month- is the day after pay day, and FREE COFFEE in the Union Market.
Snickeroo- not a sneeze, but the best coffee flavour (after white chocolate chip, of course).
Gymming- the best possible de-stressor I can think of.
The pub- the pace where we spent many hours instead of going to gym, and where we learned to pour the perfect beer.
Red, red wine- the new lifeblood. After coffee and beer.
“North American”- the ultimate insult on the fifth floor.
The VV Boutique- haute couture for broke students…we prefer to think of it as ‘vintage shopping’
Free stuff- couches and chairs, coffee mugs and water glasses, books…if it's not nailed down, we'll take it!
Clothing swaps- another good source of free things!
Crafting- a great way to avoid marking papers.
Chocolate time – I think it speaks for itself.
Moustaches- hours of fun and completely gender neutral (although we’re still trying to recruit more males!)
Gender- a social construct.
Construction paper, glue and markers- how we all initially pictured grad school
NIBS – safe food, but not for politicians. “I would love to be those girls who got thrown out of question period for throwing nibs” ~ Stacey.
Foam fingers- what our convocation may require. Comps, definitely.
“I have work to do” really means “I’m hungry, let’s go to the Market”
“I have a meeting” can mean one of two things: a) having your dreams crushed (by your supervisor) or b) crushing someone else’s (ie. A student's).
BOTs-Brownies of triumph….or tristesse, when made in the microwave
“convoluted”- something we’re hoping each professor is required to say once to each graduate student. Otherwise, well, we have some re-writing to do.
But we made it through! Congratulations, girls!
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