BINGO! THAT'S HULT LINGO
As they say it... at Hult Boston
Atique Naqvi | Boston
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| Students have their own lingo, and Hult students are no exception. |
Though 'Lingo' is a restaurant at Hult’s Boston campus, the students have developed their own lingo for everyday usage as witnessed in the past few months.
Described in a dictionary as a ‘dialect’ or ‘unique phrases associated with a particular place’, students’ lingo at Hult’s Boston campus provides an interesting insight into the stressful everyday life of students.
“You are all set”, most of us have heard this in Boston, time and again. I’ve been told numerous times that ‘you are all set’ in a bank, retail store, restaurants, bars and millions of Dunkin fukin’ Donuts around the city.
However at Hult, students use numerous special phrases, and their origin or etymology is mysterious, to say the least.
Here is a list, and assumed meanings, of some of the choicest Hult slangs:
1) Pimping: It means flirting or looking for girls or guys. Usage: Someone who uses dating app Tinder 24/7 is termed as a ‘Digital Pimp’ or someone trying to date in secrecy is called a ‘Silent Pimp’. Where have you been pimping? What’s up bro, are you pimping; when these questions are asked the answer comes promptly, ‘No, I am looking for an internship or I am completing my assignment’, which of course is a lie 8 out of 10 times.
2) Which room?: This is a question asked 5-10 minutes before the class begins, especially while entering the elevators or in the Hult lobby. Despite all students having smartphones, it’s convenient to ask your classmates about the location of the classroom rather than searching your own phone.
3) Have you seen Dean Mary: Everyone has been looking for Dean Mary at some point during the MBA program. I am sure you have heard this or a slightly different version: Have you seen Dean Emmett?
4) Are you a Hult virgin?: Mostly used among male students to check with peers if they got ‘lucky’ in a relationship or a fling after joining Hult.
5) I'm on a special diet: At some point during the MBA program, everyone has been on a diet. The phrase is heard when you ask one of your classmates, hey, you wanna go for lunch.
6) Big Lingo or small Lingo?: This is a frequent dilemma among Hult students, whether they should eat lunch at small Lingo (at Hult campus) or big Lingo (at Education First building some 100 meters away from Hult building). Sometimes the dilemma question is answered: ‘I got my sandwich from home’.
7) In my company; In [India, Mexico, Brazil, etc]: Students starting their class participation discussion talking about their previous experiences. This has been a proven formula for High Pass in class participation.
8) Growth Mindset: The concept was taught in the first week of Immersion, but the phrase lingers on, whether it’s about career or persuading an uninterested classmate to go out for drinks. I witnessed the craziest use of the phrase. At a café one of my classmates was pushing me to try cupcakes, I said that my sugar levels are high and I take medicines to keep my blood sugar under control. He persuaded: “Come on, have one cupcake, it’s really delicious, have a Growth Mindset”. Now, that’s an abuse of Growth Mindset.
10) No good-looking guys: This is exactly what it sounds like. This phrase comes up frequently when a group of single female students at Hult assembles for Girl-Talk.
11) MIB or MIM?: Now about guys. This ‘either/or’ question comes up in a male MBA student’s mind when he sees a beautiful ‘young’ girl in Hult lobby or elevator. If there are two or three MBA male students, they’ll actually ask each other: Is she from MIB or MIM? And if one of them offers an answer, which is other than, ‘I don’t know’, then depending on the answer, the classmate will bark: ‘Wow, you have been pimping with MIBs [or MIM]’.
12) Can you share your homework: This request by fellow classmates was heard frequently during Module A and Module B. Students are always interested in what others are doing, it’s either competition or to learn from their peers.
13) There are no rooms: This is self-explanatory. No meeting rooms at Hult are available for a team meeting, and this was a common place during Mod A, Mod B, and Mod C.
14) Let’s go to Galleria: When students are tired of eating at small or big Lingo, or want to ‘pimp’ outside the campus, then they go to a nearby shopping mall – Cambridgeside Galleria.
15) Pachanga: Mostly used by Spanish-speaking students, but this is quite popular among non-Spanish speakers too. Pachanga, which means, ‘let’s fucking party as if there is no tomorrow,’ is commonly heard on Fridays or at the end of exams.
Honorable mentions:
Sentences that start with: For me…; In this moment..;
And other common phrases or questions at Hult: Are they married?; I need to start networking; I'm working on my CV; Where you’re going for a break?; Are you rotating?; I feel so sleepy; I'm so tired; It's so cold; I will start Gym in the next Module; I will start working on my resume in the next Module; I can quit smoking whenever I want; Which cohort you are in? Let's take Uber; When is the break?; I have a triad meeting; and Did you get a High Pass?
And the mother of all common phrases: My team is fucking crazy.
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