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minus-squareBarbecue Cowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIn my experience, it usually originates from India, but it’s catching on in the UK too.
minus-squareGorGor@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIs it refering to people in their first year of university? If so in the US they are referred to as freshmen.
minus-squarechewables@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoit’s been used very commonly in the UK since at least the mid-2000s.
minus-squareTippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoLate 90s in Wales, from personal experience :)
minus-squareTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month ago but it’s catching on in the UK too. Really? I thought it is a UK thing as well because we use the word here in Ireland.
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIt was at least common in (my part of) the UK when I was in university over a decade ago
Freshers? That’s a new word.
In my experience, it usually originates from India, but it’s catching on in the UK too.
How do you guys call em?
Is it refering to people in their first year of university? If so in the US they are referred to as freshmen.
it’s been used very commonly in the UK since at least the mid-2000s.
Late 90s in Wales, from personal experience :)
Really? I thought it is a UK thing as well because we use the word here in Ireland.
It was at least common in (my part of) the UK when I was in university over a decade ago