Staff Writer Aditi Misra gets bullied a lot for her Tampa verbiage, so she asked the Bwog Staff to send in words or phrases they also thought were normal before coming to Columbia.

I say a lot of weird shit. I knew this about myself, but I didn’t realize the extent of it until I confessed to a fellow staffer I say “randie” instead of “rando”, who then said to me “I feel like I saw a side of you I wasn’t supposed to.” So, I took to the streets (aka Slack) to ask the Bwog Staff what they used to say in their hometowns that make no sense at Columbia.

buns:
adjective
synonymous with “ass”, meaning bad or of poor quality.
“That movie was buns.”

randie:
noun
a random person; alternative to “rando” which is apparently what other people say instead.
“The party was filled with a bunch of randies.”

jit:
noun
someone younger than you or beneath you; more often used as joking condescension than an actual insult.
“What’s up, jit?”

off the goop:
adjective
crazy or imcomprehensible.
“I’m off the goop right now.”

boof:
noun
something wack, dumb, or shitty.
“You’re just now writing a paper due in 30 minutes? That’s some boof shit.”

verb
when you mess something up beyond comprehension.
“I boofed on my exam.”

that bih fye:
adjective technically
enthusiastic phrase expressing how fire something is; more powerful than “that slaps” (see below.)
“That bih fye,” she said in reference to Kanye’s newest drop.

that slaps:
verb I guess? I am not Merriam Webster
when something is really good.
“Bonfire by Childish Gambino slaps.”

get juiced:
verb
to get excited, hyped; something that spread from staffer’s high school cross country team to the rest of the school, usually accompanied by vigorous gesticulation.
“We’re gonna get juiced tonight.”

no school November:
noun
what you call November since because of Election Day/Thanksgiving/other holidays, you have way less school than a normal month. a treasured part of staffer’s high school experience and thanks to Columbia fall break being so late, it continues even now.
“It’s finally no school November!”

vomitudinous:
adjective
alternatively, “vomitrocious”; disgusting, vile, maybe nauseating, repulsive.
“The midterm last week was vomitrocious.”

squishy:
adjective
describes anyone or anything that is cute, nice, or literally squishy; accompanied by pinching the arm of the person you described as squishy. (You can do the pinch long distance, which is super helpful in a pandemic as a way to show love!)
“Aw you’re so squishy!”

bold minds:
noun
staffer’s high school motto; used whenever anyone did something particularly foolish/something brilliant for a foolish cause. 
“When the cafeteria ran out of plates my friend put her entire lunch in a small glass…bold minds.”

nards:
noun
very gross, terrible, boring people; the word “nerd” said in a funky accent.
“I’m surrounded by nards.”

fuggo:
adjective
used to describe something you don’t like.
“That jacket is fuggo.”