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Student Slang from Around the World
- July 10, 2025
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Students love to keep it short, joke around, and create their own language.
Here are some interesting slang terms from different countries, with translations:
* Cramming – pulling an all-nighter before an exam to quickly learn all the material
* Freshers – first-year university students
* Bachoter – French slang for intense studying the day before the exam
* Ronin (浪人) – Japanese term for a student who failed university entrance exams and is preparing to reapply
* Bulimie-Lernen – German slang for “bulimia studying” – absorbing everything before an exam, then forgetting it afterward
Do you know any other words?