(NZ) A member of a cohort in primary school made up of students who start school midway through the year; year 0.
(NZ) A member of a cohort in primary school made up of students who start school midway through the year; year 0.
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(UK, public school slang) A new pupil.
(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.
(Australia) A beginner; a novice.
British public school slang for a new pupil — a first-year student or recent arrival at a boarding school. 'Bug' as a term for a junior schoolboy was common in English public school vernacular of the 19th and early 20th centuries, where elaborate hierarchies of slang marked status. A new-bug would be at the very bottom of the pecking order and subject to various forms of initiation.