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freshman

(obsolete) a novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(obsolete) a novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge.

At the time I was a wide-eyed freshman, but I was soon to grow jaded and cynical.
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  • “Maryland Women’s Basketball freshman guard Lea Bartelme will return to Maryland. The Slovenia native appeared in just four games this year before suffering a season-ending injury. She averaged 6.8 pts, 3 reb and 3.8 ast 🐢”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “My freshman roommate got a an early leak of this garbage and played it to death. I never liked rhcp before that but I fucking hated them after.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Oh cute, I can’t read it without subscribing. 😒 It does remind me of starting college during the dot com boom. That was crazy! So may companies formed my freshman year were defunct before I could graduate…and then 2008 came along and wiped out companies I’d grown up with…😱”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “one of the freshman in my study hall is fashioning a beard and mustache out of tape onto his friend's face if you wanna know the mood in may”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “In my final year of college, there was a group of 12 freshman that did that every day in the public room None of the staff cared enough about noise rules”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(US, Canada, Philippines) a person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US, grade 9 for Canada, grade 7 for Philippines), a university, or legislative body.

At the time I was a wide-eyed freshman, but I was soon to grow jaded and cynical.
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  • “San Diego crash victim was high school freshman https://www.newsbeep.com/us-ca/300446/ A 14-year-old girl killed Sunday in a crash in the San Carlos neighborhood has been identified as a…”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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