(Australia) A senior school student, especially a school-leaver, engaged in unsupervised celebrations during schoolies week.
(Australia) A senior school student, especially a school-leaver, engaged in unsupervised celebrations during schoolies week.
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Slang from Black American Vernacular English (AAVE), hip-hop, drag and ballroom culture, the Caribbean, and NYC street vocabulary. The single largest source of new mainstream English slang in living memory.
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(Australia) A festival during which finishing high school students celebrate the end of their studies, and associated freedom.
(Australia, slang) An adult reveller who deliberately travels to a destination where schoolies congregate, often to solicit sex from them.
A completely standard informal American and Filipino term for a high school student — simple, clean, and universally understood wherever American-style English is spoken. Unlike some school-age slang, 'high schooler' isn't loaded with any particular social baggage; it just describes someone currently attending high school. It's the kind of word that shows up in casual conversation, journalism, and social media posts with zero fanfare.
(Australia) A schoolteacher.
(UK, military) An education officer.
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