"hazing", OED sense 3, needs work

[Joel S. Berson]

Under "hazing", n., we find:

  3. A species of brutal horseplay practised on freshmen at some
American Colleges.

Very Johnsonian!  But he's a bit out of date.  Freshmen?  (He forgets
the marching band at Florida State.)  American?  It has crossed
several oceans, I'm sure.  Colleges?  It reaches down to the elitest
prep schools, if not lower.

Joel

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