Meaning of freshman fifteen | Babel Free

Definitions

The amount of body weight (thought to be 15 pounds) gained by a student during their first year of college.

Canada, US, colloquial

Examples

“I gained the dreaded "freshman fifteen," whereas Ophi became unnaturally thin from eating too little.”

“Having gained the regulation freshman fifteen meant that my skirt that day fit.”

“The freshman fifteen is the stuff of urban legend — a horror story that wreaks havoc on the psyches of high school seniors everywhere, for fear that it too might touch their lives, leaving them crying in the Sears dressing room shopping for pants two sizes larger.”

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