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QPR: Quality Point Rating (Grade Point Average)

RACK: Bed - the ultimate goal of most Midshipmen

RATEY: acting in a manner beyond the allowances of one's class; having a mouth larger than one's stripes                                                                                                           

RHIP: Rank Hath Its Privileges

RHIR: Rank Hath Its Responsibilities   

SANDBLOWER: any short person; He/she who walks at low altitudes

SEA LAWYER: one who tries to get out of a pap by trivial technicalities; whose favorite expression is "But I thought.....", when in fact he/she didn't.

SECOND CLASS ALLEY: the spaces between the wardroom tables; Reward for a 7 year commitment.

SHIPS: an advanced course of Boats, taken by Naval Architects

SIX-N DAY: 6 classes in one day - i.e. no periods to be in the rack

SMACK: obsequious (and anyone who looks it up) 

SNAKE: one who always has a drag - someone else's!

STAR: to have a GPA of 3.4 AND an "A" in conduct and performance, and at least a "B" in Physical Education

STEERAGE: cafeteria beneath Main-0; The center of Bancroft Hall night life

STRIPER: Member of the class Chain of Command; Academy Award Winner

SUPE'S LIST: list of those who star

SWEAT: one who worries excessively about everything. One who Brasso's his/her glasses; Room smells like Pledge.

UNSAT: GPA below 2.15, not passing

WIRES: Electrical Engineering course taken by non-engineering
majors

W.T.DOOR: Midshipman who lives next to the O.D.

WOOP: Kaydet; Gray Inmate of that isolated Government institution which overlooks the Hudson River

WUBA: Working Uniform Blue Alfa; Black Dust Collector (Unverified report that this term is no longer used - ??)

YP'S: Yard Patrol Craft; Corvette of the Fleet

YOUNGSTER: Third Classman; Plebes with Carry-on Stripes

YOUNGSTER-AFTERNOON: No 5th & 6th Period in a day; Sports period for Varsity Racking

ZOOMIE: Air Force Academy Cadet; One of our collegiate buddies who lives at the Government playschool in Colorado Springs and wears a blue bus driver's cap.