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Freshman 15

Freshman 15 is the alternative form of freshman fifteen.

Meaning of freshman fifteen

Noun

freshman fifteen

  1. (Canada, US, colloquial) The amount of body weight (thought to be 15 pounds) gained by a student during their first year of college.
    • I gained the dreaded "freshman fifteen," whereas Ophi became unnaturally thin from eating too little.1997, Tali Edut, with Dyann Logwood and Ophira Edut, “HUES Magazine: The Making of a Movement”, in Leslie Heywood, Jennifer Drake, editors, Third Wave Agenda: Being Feminist, Doing Feminism...
    Synonyms:
    fresher five, fresher spread

Questions about Freshman 15

What is Freshman 15 the alternative form of?
Freshman 15 is the alternative form of freshman fifteen.

Words near Freshman 15 in the dictionary

  1. freshlier
  2. freshling
  3. freshlings
  4. freshly
  5. freshman
  6. Freshman 15
  7. freshman fifteen
  8. freshman's nerve
  9. freshmanhood
  10. freshmanic
  11. freshmanitis

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