Corpsball language: for when you don't understand a thing

It's vegetable time. A percentage of the fresh students is doing their utmost to consume the study and gain favor with the older guard of a fraternity. But for when you're not yet so immersed in the fraternity world: the explanatory dictionary, for when you don't understand a thing, indeed.

Feuten

The first-year students undergoing initiation. You walk this, yes, apparently. I thought you did something like that, but you actually walk it. Now you know that too.

Zooien

Fighting your way to a better position at the bar. You grab each other by the lapels and play a game of land grab. Actually a kind of legal brawl, but without hitting, just pulling each other.

Knor

Only to be used by someone from the fraternity, against the member who is part of a ‘regular’ student association.

A.k.a. regret snorers

You would have liked to become a member, but you didn't. Too bad, too bad.

Stripes

With a smooth motion, throw the contents of the glass over or against another person.

Mores

Unwritten rules you must live by. Also called mores and traditions.

Covenant

You sign this to prove that you adhere to the rules of the fraternity.

Seniority

The older, the more important, the more you have to say. Don't try to give something to the youngest first and the board last, hierarchy at its peak.

Keren

Turning the mattress with person and all. Yes, dubious hobby, I think so too.

Politesse

That means silence. In case you have no idea what that loudmouth is shouting at the bar.

Smoelen

Another variant of politesse, to keep it simple and for when politesse doesn't work, I think.

Regelen

Kissing. So be careful if that guy asks you to arrange something for him.

Natte tosti

Term for the Roderick, the Diederik-Jan's, the true-bred rascals among the members.

Poepel halen

Champagne, champoepel, poepel halen. Really, it's not that hard.

Vestjeslikker

Derived from, yes, the heel licker, to gain favor with the people who do have something to say within an association or society. You do this to get a better position yourself.

Burgerslurf

A genius, if you ask me. But that's because I'm not much of a train traveler, because it is indeed, the yellow rascal from NS.