(intransitive, originally and chiefly, _, Britain, university slang, dated) To close one's door (originally the outer door of one's set of rooms in a college) as an indication that visitors are not we
(intransitive, originally and chiefly, _, Britain, university slang, dated) To close one's door (originally the outer door of one's set of rooms in a college) as an indication that visitors are not welcome.
Add your own interpretation of "sport one's oak".
The vocabulary of software engineers, AI researchers, and anyone living in a terminal or on GitHub — from LLM to MCP, CORS to vibe coding, agentic to enshittification.
See all Tech, Dev & AI slang on Slangora.
Browse all slang words starting with S.
(UK, slang, obsolete) The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution.
(idiomatic, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Manchester) To shut the door.
(UK, _, dialectal) The mast and acorns of the oak; the turn-out.
(slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) a member of the lower classes.
(UK, universities, idiom, dated) To enter an Oxford or Cambridge college enclosure after the hour to which a student has been restricted.