freshman fifteen
English
noun
Definitions
- (colloquial) The amount of body weight (thought to be 15 pounds) gained by a student during their first year of college.
Etymology
Compound from English freshman + English fifteen.
Origin
English
fifteen
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fifteen English
- fifteener English
- fifteenfold English
- fifteenish English
- fifteenness English
- fifteenpence English
- fifteenpenny English
- fresh English
- freshman English
- freshmanhood English
- freshmanly English
- freshmanship English
- man English
- prefreshman English
- subfreshman English
- sweet fifteen English
- fiftene Middle English
- fiftin Tok Pisin
- fiftin Fanagalo
- fiftin Bislama