Deciphering the Loughborough Lingo
Here at Loughborough, you’ll pick up on some words and phrases which you might not understand. Fear not – speak like a true member of the #LboroFamily with our handy list of some of the most popular terms and abbreviations you might hear around campus.
Halls
With 16 halls based on or very near campus, all named after someone from Loughborough’s history, names can get confusing very quickly! Here are some shortened terms you might run in to.
- Rigg Rut
- Hazlerigg Rutland
- DC
- David Collett
- Bobby Bakewell/Bakewell
- Robert Bakewell
- Elvyn
- Elvyn Richards
- Bill Mo
- William Morris
- Falk Egg
- Falkner Eggington
- JP
- Postgraduate Hall John Phillips
Campus Buildings
- Base
- Powerbase – One of Loughborough’s two gyms
- EHB
- Edward Herbert Building
- Pilks/Pilko
- Pilkington Library
Students’ Union
Photo: Chris Tyler
- The ‘PO’
- Purple Onion – main student shop in the student village
- Fusion/Cogs/Room 1/JC’s
- Names of bars/clubs you’ll find in the Students’ Union
- Stuesday/Hey Ewe/FND
- Weekly nights out in the Students’ Union
- Hall ‘Corners’ e.g. Faraday Corner
- A space that your hall is often found in the Union on a night out… rarely ever actually a corner
- Munch
- A popular food outlet in the SU
- Voice
- The Student Advocacy service
- Platinum/Gold
- A student card upgrade for nights out in the SU
- Exec
- The LSU team of students elected to represent you.
- Rag
- Rag is home to some of the most challenging and rewarding projects, raising over £1,000,000 annually for charity
- ‘Going on a Raid’
- A weekend charity fundraising drive in another UK city
- Action
- Volunteering section of the Students Union
Miscellaneous
- BNOC
- Big Name on Campus e.g. The Vice Chancellor
- IMS
- Intramural Sport – Sport competition between Halls
- BUCS
- British University and College Sport – we’ve won it 37 times!
- Stash
- Clothing branded with halls and sports teams
- Quad
- The main grass area of the halls
- Dressed in the 1s
- Dressing Smart (Often used by sports teams)
- Dressed in the 2s
- Casual dress
- Cob
- An East Midlands word meaning ‘roll’. Be brave and ask for a bacon cob in shops serving breakfast!
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