southmore

[Mark Mandel]

Another thought on "southmore" (unless someone's already said it and I've
forgotten). The other three "year names" are interpretable: "junior" and
"senior" are used in all sorts of contexts, and "freshman" has recognizeable
parts, which can be reasonably interpreted together as "someone who is new
here". Only "sophomore" is opaque, and that imbalance may add motivation for
"southmore".

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