Feb 23, 2006

whippersnapper

A person regarded as insignificant and pretentious.

Wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper that I was

mischievous

Playful in a naughty or teasing way.

Troublesome; irritating: a mischievous prank.

a mischievous student

girth

1. The distance around something; the circumference.

2. Size; bulk: a person of large girth.

parody

Something so bad as to be equivalent to intentional mockery; a travesty: The trial was a parody of justice.

Music The practice of reworking an already established composition, especially the incorporation into the Mass of material borrowed from other works, such as motets or madrigals.

word of the parody … soon reached most, if not all, of the student body

bylines
A line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article carrying the writer's name.

banter

Good-humored, playful conversation.

swapping sexual banter, dishing on school faculty or peers and sharing stories about drinking and drugs.

resourceful
Able to act effectively or imaginatively, especially in difficult situations.

some resourceful students are finding ways around the campus firewall