
November 12, 2020 | Lifestyle
encyclopedia brown
round two
article by Eashan Das, illustrated by Gaby Trevino
OMAC
/plz-norona-plz/
Noun
Large dome-shaped assembly line where you
anxiously file in to check whether or not
you’re going to die. Please stay safe, kids!
Stay Positive and test Negative!
Pod
/Aym-all-alohn/
Noun
People have 5 close friends?!?
Blueno
/miss-yu-bb/
Noun
Costly blue-bear object resting on Lamp.
Stolen from us too soon. RIP Blueno (2016-2020).
Technically, Untitled (Lamp/Bear).
Dear Blueno,
/vitry-all/
Noun
Home of the trashiest hot takes and yet also
some of the best advice you’ll ever find.
Zoom
/kill-me-now/
Noun
This just ain’t it fam.
Josiah’s
/jos/
Noun
Feel like cries, have some fries.
Place you’ve spent every weekend night
without ever remembering.
GCB
/natur-al-habi-tat/
Noun
Coolest place on Earth.
Virtual Background
/cha-os/
Noun
You’re not fooling anyone. We know you’re not
on the beach right now.
Blue Room
/poynts-gawn/
Noun
Reason you ran out of points one week into the semester.
Easily the best dining hall on campus (fight me!).
Brown Shuttle
/halp!-aaym-fro-zen/
Noun
Transport you use to avoid even walking two feet.
You will likely miss it every time by one minute and
resort to walking back in the cold anyways
(I’m not bitter, I swear).
Sayles Hall
/haun-ted-haus/
Noun
Creepy Victorian-era building where all of
the midnight organ concerts you’ve missed occur.
Facilities
/guess-ill-sleep-in-a-flooded-room-then/
Noun
People who said they’d come but now it’s been
two days and your room is still flooded.
(We know you’re trying hard—thanks guys!)
Section
/really-should’ve-done-the-readings/
Noun
Weekly hour-long meeting where you stare
blankly at your classmates who actually did the
readings.