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Historical Terms


With more than half the semester already behind us, it’s important to start preparing for exams early. For those of you too lazy to pick up your history book, here’s a guide to some of the trickier terms you might encounter.















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I'm friends with your daughter

So, back when I was in High School, I'm driving home one night from a friend's house when I get pulled over. The cop that pulls me over is the father of a girl I had hooked up with after a party a week before. Anyway, he's grilling me about why my eyes were "bloodshot". I knew him but he didn't know me, but he kept pushing it, asking me if I was high, if he made... Read More » me pee in a cup would I pass, that sort of thing. So finally I say 'I'm pretty good friends with your daughter, she knows I don't do drugs". So he calls her right there and asks about me. I was sure I was doomed cuz I pretty much avoided her after that night, but she tells him I'm a great guy and he lets me off. I guess she enjoyed our one-nighter!