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dormcest

dormcest noun: romantic and/or sexual involvement between students residing in the same dormitory.

Noun

dormcest (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Romantic and/or sexual involvement between students residing in the same dormitory.
    • "I remember being shocked that they would sleep in the same bed!" says Eunpi Cho ’05, recalling one notorious incident of dormcest.2005 June 9, Michael M. Grynbaum, “An Entryway That Eats Together Stays Together”, in The Harvard Crimson, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2025
    Synonyms:
    hallcest

Synonyms of dormcest

Forms of dormcest

alternative formdorm-cest

Origin of dormcest

From dorm (“dormitory”) + -cest.

Questions about dormcest

What does dormcest mean?
Dormcest means romantic and/or sexual involvement between students residing in the same dormitory.
What part of speech is dormcest?
Dormcest is a noun.

Words near dormcest in the dictionary

  1. dormantories
  2. dormantory
  3. dormants
  4. dormative
  5. dormaunt
  6. dormcest
  7. dormed
  8. dormer
  9. dormer window
  10. dormer windows
  11. Dormer's bat

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