saturday, march 06, 2004
hey, pendejo!
glossary of a small public high school in los angeles.
- county
- the school-issued food. derogatory.
- damn joe
- general exclamation. an in-joke designed to piss off teachers (esp. the spanish teacher).
- eighth period
- mostly whitespace.
- morning announcements
- lengthy speeches delivered by the principal. provokes groans from students and teachers alike.
- nutrition
- the mid-morning 20-minute break.
- off
- to the nearby food places for lunch. as in, “you gonna go off?”
- journalism
- news discussion sharply slanted left, in the form of a class.
- service
- a free period in which one is assigned to help a teacher grade/file/sweep/etc.
- time in the cia
- usually a sardonic reference to one of the math teacher’s many embellished anecdotes.
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