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Notions are the specialised slang used, now or formerly, by pupils, known as ''men'', at Winchester College.〔Lawson, 1901. p. 84 and passim〕 A ''notion'' is defined as "any word, custom, person or place peculiarly known to Wykehamists".〔 The number of notions officially in use declines each year, with around 200 notions currently included in the official Notions book sent to New Men. Some of the same words are used at other schools, in particular Eton and Charterhouse (e.g. both schools use "div", though with extended meanings), though there they are not referred to as "notions". A Wykehamist may however speak (e.g.) of "an Eton notion" or "an Oxford notion" in describing the vocabulary or traditions of another institution. An example of a custom which is a notion is ''Morning Hills'', when the whole school gets up early in the morning to meet on the top of St. Catherine's Hill, a nearby hill belonging to the college.〔Lawson, 1901. pp. 55–57〕 A ''personal notion'' is a personal right or privilege. For example, it is a "notion" of the Prefect of Hall (head boy) to be carried into class in bed. An ''academic notion'' is one with no significance except as a question to be asked at notions examinā. A ''bad notion'' is a solecism: either a non-notional mode of speech or action where a notion is expected, or an attempt at a notion that misfires. A purported notion not accepted as historically authentic may be described as ''spurious''. ==Style and etymology== Some notions are created by shortening phrases - for example, the ''Dons' Common Room Notice Board'' became ''Do Co Ro No Bo''; other notions derive from Latin - for example, ''foricas'' (Latin for 'lavatory') was shortened to ''fo''. Thus a pupil might comment, "It's fortunate that the Do Co Ro has its own fo." Abbreviations are often indicated by a colon, as in 18th-century handwriting, for example "Sen: Co: Prae:" (Senior Commoner Prefect); some end with a long vowel, indicated with a macron, for example "mathmā" and "examinā". There are slight differences of vocabulary between ''College'' (the mediaeval school "house" occupied by boys with scholarships)〔Lawson, 1901. pp. 24–26〕 and ''Commoners'' (boys not in ''College'').〔Lawson, 1901. p. 27〕 Notions include: * ''Bogle'' (sometimes spelled ''bogwheel''〔Found in this form in Eric Partridge's ''Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English'' as "Cambridge undergraduate slang 1924-40".〕): bicycle * ''Div'': class or form〔Lawson, 1901. p. 121〕 * ''Don'': teacher * ''Do Co Ro'': Don's Common Room〔Lawson, 1901. p. 37〕 * ''Fo()'': (Latin) lavatory〔Lawson, 1901. p. 46〕 * ''Lob'': to cry (short for lobster)〔Lawson, 1901. p. 70〕 * ''Man'': pupil (of any age)〔Lawson, 1901. p. 73〕 * ''Mug'': to work. Hence ''Mugging Hall'', the room in every house (except College) where work is done in ''Toys''. Also, to bestow pains upon (something).〔Lawson, 1901. p. 81〕 cf "to muzz" at Westminster School. * ''Non licet'': forbidden, unwykehamical. Hence ''Non Licet Gate'' beside Old Mill from Meads to College Walk, out of which pupils were expelled.〔Lawson, 1901. p. 83〕 * ''Tégé'' (Commoner houses; pronounced "teejay") and ''pater'' (for Collegemen): a Middle Part (second year) man appointed to look after a Jun Man (the Protégé).〔Lawson, 1901. p. 122〕 * ''Toll'': to run〔Lawson, 1901. p. 125〕 * ''Toys'': (Old French toise, fathom, the width of a toys) the upright wooden stall with a seat and cupboard in the ''mugging hall'' where a ''man'' works and keeps his books. Hence, ''Toytime'', evening homework or prep.〔Lawson, 1901. pp. 126–127〕 There is no connection with Toye's house. * ''Tunding'': a beating given by a prefect "across the shoulders with a ground ash";〔Lawson, 1901. p. 129〕 the practice of boy-government led to "the tunding row" of 1872 under headmaster George Ridding.〔Gwyn, 1982. (whole book)〕 Some notions acquired a folk etymology: *''Scob'', referring to a type of chest formerly used as a desk, exists in Middle English and is derived from Latin "scabellum", French "Escabeau";〔Lawson, 1901. p. 106〕 but 19th-century notions books explain it as containing the sounds of "box" backwards. *''Remedy'' (usually shortened to "rem", most notably in "half-rem"), meaning a day's holiday, is derived from Latin "remedium", rest or refreshment, but was formerly thought to be derived from "remī day", quasi "dies remissionis".〔Lawson, 1901. p. 99〕 *''Firk'', to expel: Old English fercian; Middle English fferke.〔Lawson, 1901. p. 44〕 A folk etymology gave rise to a legend that an expelled pupil had his clothes handed to him through the gate by Old Mill on a pitchfork (Latin ''furca'').〔 Notional names include "Classicus" (the junior man in the senior classics form)〔Lawson, 1901. p. 22〕 and "Ecclesiasticus" (the senior man in the junior classics form). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Notions (Winchester College)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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