Glossary of Cambridge jargonGlossary of Cambridge jargonIoA - Institute of Astronomy
Incorporation - a process by which a graduate of the University of Oxford or of the University of Dublin (Trinity College) may be admitted to a Cambridge degree equivalent to the highest degree held at either of those universities.
Intermit - to interrupt an academic course, with the intention of resuming it later.
JCR - see Combination Room.
Judge Institute - university building of the Department of Management Studies, in the former Old Addenbrooke's Hospital.
Junior Bursar - a college officer responsible for the buildings and services. A harmless drudge.
Junior Fellow - the Fellow who has been a Fellow for the least time, and is assigned various menial duties.
Junior Member - a member (of college, or of the university) who is in statu pupillari.
Kanthack & Nuttall - library of the Department of Pathology.
Keep - as in Keep Term, to sleep overnight within three miles of Great St Mary's Church for the requisite number (59 for Michaelmas and Lent, 52 for Easter) of nights within Term. An essential qualification for many degrees.
Keeping Room - in a set, the room which is not the bedroom; the living-room and study.
Kettle's Yard - an art gallery on Castle Hill.
King Street Run - the feat of consuming in as short a time as possible one pint of beer at every public house in King Street. Now much easier than it used to be.
Kite - an area of Cambridge largely demolished to make way for the Grafton Shopping Centre.
KP - King's Parade.
Lady Margaret - the Boat Club of St John's College (LMBC).
Lady Mitchell - lecture hall on the Sidgwick Site.
Lady Superintendent - term used in some colleges (no longer at Queens') to refer to the person in charge of the bedmakers. Now called Housekeeper.
Lammas Land - grazing land between Newnham Village and Cambridge proper.
Lector - an academic appointment in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, usually of a native foreign language speaker.
Lecturer - the most common university academic appointment, having both teaching and research obligations.
Lensfield Road - university site on Lensfield Road, location of the Chemistry Department.
Lent - the second of three terms in the academic year, between Christmas and Easter..
Lent Races - the inter-collegiate bumping races held in the Lent Term.
Lents = Lent Races.
Licensed Lodgings - accommodation in the town deemed by the university to be suitable for students to reside in without special permission. Now extinct.
Life Fellow - formerly, a Fellow who was entitled to a set in college and commons for life. Species extinct at Queens' and rare at other colleges. Now an honorific title. Some colleges call them Emeritus Fellows.
Linkline - a voluntary counselling-by-telephone service run by students.
Lion Yard - a shopping centre and car park, part of which was formerly the yard of the Lion inn.
Little Hall - lecture room at the Sidgwick Site.
LMB - the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.
LMBC - Lady Margaret Boat Club.
Local Exams - the Local Examinations Syndicate is the Cambridge schools examination board, running GCSEs and A-levels.
Lodge - according to context, may mean Porters' Lodge or President's Lodge, Master's Lodge, etc.
Lodgings Syndicate - former name for the accommodation agency run by the university, now called the Accommodation Syndicate.
Long Vacation - the vacation over summer between Easter and Michaelmas Terms.
Long Vacation Period of Residence - (colloquially Long Vac Term) a fourth period of teaching during the Long Vacation, taken by a minority of undergraduates. Almost extinct.
Lower River - that part of the river Cam below Jesus Lock, where the rowing takes place. Can also be loosely applied to the Middle River, especially in opposition to the Upper River.
Lucy - Lucy Cavendish College.
This compilation is Copyright (C) R.D.H. Walker 1991-97. rdhw@cam.ac.uk