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frosh

frosh

8.2
Relating to first-year students at college or university
  • adjective
  • /frɔʃ/
  • Slang
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  • The frosh class participated in a welcome ceremony designed to help them adjust to campus life.

Examples

  • As a frosh in college, she was eager to make new friends and join clubs.

  • The frosh students attended their first orientation session at the university.

  • It's not hard to see you were frosh queen.

    Where the Boys Are (1960)

  • I was frosh queen last semester.

    Where the Boys Are (1960)

  • The D-backs are improved a little bit, and frosh.

    Blog text (6)

Surface Forms

frosh positive

Morphology

frosh = freshman (semi-transparent) = fresh + man

Frosh is a clipped informal form of freshman, so the connection to first-year students is recognizable even though the form is shortened irregularly.

Etymology

Frosh comes from a short form of freshman, where fresh means 'new', so frosh as an adjective describes things for first-year or 'new' students.