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noun
Dorm  n.  A dormitory. (College slang.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... seems to have a separate history from {glitch}, with which it is often confused. Back in the early 1960s, when 'glitch' was strictly a hardware-tech's term of art, the Burton House dorm at M.I.T. maintained a "Gritch Book", a blank volume, into which the residents hand-wrote complaints, suggestions, and witticisms. Previous years' volumes of this tradition were maintained, dating back to antiquity. The word "gritch" was described as a portmanteau of "gripe" and "bitch". Thus, ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0



Words linked to "Dorm" :   hall of residence, quarters, dorm room, living quarters, residence hall, edifice, hall, dormitory, student residence



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