(US, rare) A tendency of (mostly college) freshmen to be overwhelmed by the amount of work as well as make unwise choices.
(US, rare) A tendency of (mostly college) freshmen to be overwhelmed by the amount of work as well as make unwise choices.
Freshmanitis is justifying poor decisions because you’re a Freshman. It’s like “YOLO,” but instead you say, “I’m a freshman – I didn’t know better.”
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(UK, informal) A cold or similar illness contracted by new students at a university, caused by gathering people (and the diseases they carry) from a wide variety of places in a confined area, allowing the diseases to spread to those without immunity.