VMI class 04+3
AOC: Assistant Officer In Change
Blue Book: Regulations, VMI; the gospel, accourding to the powers that be.
Bomb: The VMI Annual. Yr. Book.
Bone: To report; to place someone's name on the delinquency sheet. A steppin
stone to P.T.s.
B.R.C.: Breakfast Roll Call
B.R.F.: One who takes advantage of
Brother Rats.
Brother Rat: Title used in addressing one's classmate in anticipation of a loan or
favor.
Bust: To reduce in rank to private.
C.Q.: Call to Quarters
C.C.Q.: Closed Call to Quarters
C.Q.R.B.: Call to Quarters with Release in
Barracks
Cadet, The: The VMI weekly newpaper.
Certify: To attest to the truth of a state-
ment, oral or written, in terms of the
published rules of the Honor Court.
Confinement: A period of enforced
meditation awarded to cadets for their
grievous sins.
Drive On: To move off; to percolate on
one's business; to agitate the gravel.
Dyke: a) A combination of your mother,
father, and older brother/sister; your
First Class pal, mentor, and confidant;
b) a uniform, e.g., class dyke, gym
dyke, church dyke; c) as a verb to get
dressed, esp. for parade ("dyke out");
d) the insidious white cross belts in
which a hapless Rat gets hopelessly
entangles while trying to "Dyke out"
without help.
Excess: More than the allotted number of
demerits for the period.
F.C.P.: a) First Class Privilages - a set of
unique and convenient permissions
enjoyed only by the First Class; b) Full
Class Privilages - a state of grace w/o
which you go exactly nowhere.
Gim: The sick list.
Gim-rider: One who repeatedly gets
excused from duty on a small pretext.
Gim Co. Commander: A top notch cadet
who outranks all others in time spent
riding the Gim.
Hay: Our nearest approach to Heaven; a
cot and all accessories. The liberal
artist's perpetual hangout and the
engineer's regret.
Hokie: Student at Va. Tech or SU.
Hold it: Appeal made to the bugler when
finds oneself in the arch as assembly
for a formation is imminent.
Hop: A dance.
Keydet: Wherein no explanation is necessary.
Limits: The confines of our confinement,
outside of which it is dangerous to stray.
Makeovers: The appointments and dis-
appointments of cadet officers.
Mess Hall: (also Club Crozet) a self
explanatory term joyously applied to
the area where the Corps gathers
daily for culinary comestibles.
M.I.: Morning Inspection; Tac's Picnic.
Mink: Students at Washington and Lee
University.