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[[PACE]] maintains a [http://www.pace-nsc.org/pace-quizbowl-lexicon/ quizbowl lexicon] for people interested in learning basic quizbowl terms and acronyms. The closest thing on this wiki can be found by using the Quizbowl lingo category below.
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<onlyinclude>Before the centralization of quizbowl information into sites like the [[wiki]] and the [[database]], many teams maintained a '''lexicon''': a dictionary-like group of terms and their definitions, which would span common quizbowl terms and team in-jokes. This practice began to fade away around 2005 and the inexorable passage of time means that many of these sites are now lost to the sands.</onlyinclude>
  
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It used to be common for college teams to maintain their own quirky lexicon, but that practice started fading away around 2005. One of the few remaining examples of such lexica is from [http://quizbowl.bol.ucla.edu/lexicon/oldlexicon2.html UCLA].
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Most lexica attempted to provide their audience with their club's brand of quizbowl humor; results were mixed.
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==History==
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The practice of writing lexica is generally considered to have been started by [[Maryland]]. Many imitations soon followed, and almost every mid-90s quizbowl team of significance had at least a poor imitation of a lexicon.
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[[David Hamilton]]'s classic guide to lexica, last updated in November 2000, could be found [http://www.studentorg.umd.edu/maqt/maqt/lexreview.html here] (link broken).
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In 2007, [[Matt Weiner]] advocated that more teams should have lexica.<ref>[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3612 UCLA's lexicon is really funny] by [[Matt Weiner]] » Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:42 am</ref>
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==Currently existing lexica==
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[[PACE]] maintains a [http://www.pace-nsc.org/pace-quizbowl-lexicon/ quizbowl lexicon] for people interested in learning basic quizbowl terms and acronyms. This wiki maintains the [[list of quizbowl lingo]] and the [[list of quizbowl in-jokes]].
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===Historical lexica===
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*[http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~quizbowl/lexicon.html Berkeley] plus Bonus Material ( [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~quizbowl/302010.html 30-20-10 questions on Spring 2001 club members])
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*[http://www.ou.edu/student/okacf/lexicon.html Oklahoma]
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*[http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/collegebowl/lexicon.html Swarthmore post-1998?] and [http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/collegebowl/retired.html pre-1998?]
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*[http://quizbowl.bol.ucla.edu/lexicon/index.html UCLA post-2008] and [http://quizbowl.bol.ucla.edu/lexicon/oldlexicon.html pre-2008]
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The following teams no longer have lexica but the links to their sites still work.
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*[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~quiz/fun/dict1.shtml Oxford University]
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*[http://www.princeton.edu/~cbowl/lexicon.html Princeton]
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==Defunct lexica==
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These links no longer work - some of these teams don't even exist anymore. Some clubs, such as [[Western Ontario]], are known to have once had lexica, but those lexica cannot be currently found.
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*[http://people.bu.edu/qbowl/lexicon.html Boston University club constitution]
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*[http://www.bgsu.edu/studentlife/organizations/aqt/lexicon.html Bowling Green]
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*[http://people.brandeis.edu/~quizteam/glossary.html Brandeis]
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*[http://quizbowl.caltech.edu/jargon.html Caltech]
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*[http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/org/college-bowl/lexicon.html Carnegie Mellon]
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*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cbowl/Lexicon.htm Columbia]
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*[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~cbowl/lexicon.html Dartmouth new] and [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~cbowl/oldsite/evil.html old] plus Bonus Material ([http://www.dartmouth.edu/~cbowl/oldsite/disasters.html list of travel disasters])
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*[http://udel.edu/stu-org/acc/enemies/ Delaware enemies list] and [http://copland.udel.edu/stu-org/acc/enemies/retired.html retired items on that list]
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*[http://www.depauw.edu/student/orgs/ducks/quotes_main.htm Depauw list of humorous quotes and negs]
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*[http://www.duke.edu/~apg/Lexicon.htm Duke]
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*[http://students.emory.edu/ACADEMICTEAM/fund.html Emory]
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*[http://www.union.ufl.edu/collegebowl/lexicon.asp Florida]
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*[http://studentorgs.gwu.edu/gwqt/lore/lexicon/ George Washington pre-2005] and [http://www.gwu.edu/~trivia/lex.html pre-2001] plus Bonus Material ([http://www.gwu.edu/~trivia/meow.html a history of the Meow phenomenon])
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*[https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ro/www/AcademicBuzzerTeam/lexicon.html Illinois]
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*[http://www.uiowa.edu/~quizbowl/lexicon/index.html Iowa]
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*[http://www.stuorg.iastate.edu/quiz/quotes.php Iowa State list of humorous quotes]
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*[http://www.studentorg.umd.edu/maqt/lexicon.html Maryland]
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*[http://www.msu.edu/~cbowl/lexicon.html Michigan State]
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*[http://web.mst.edu/~cbowl/quotes.html Missouri S&T list of humorous quotes] plus Bonus Material ([http://web.mst.edu/~cbowl/jason.html the Jason Mueller page])
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*[http://ca.geocities.com/uotrivia/lexicon.html Ottawa]
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*[http://sa.rochester.edu/thelion/lexicon.html Rochester]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/bristlesage/lexicon.html Scripps]
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*[http://quizbowl.stanford.edu/lexicon.html Stanford]
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*[http://www.tulane.edu/~tulcolb/lexicon.htm Tulane]
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*[http://www-scf.usc.edu/~quizbowl/qq5.html USC] (well, okay, it's the only thing close to an actual lexicon)
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*[http://studentorgs.vanderbilt.edu/college_bowl/Lexicon%20Censored.html Vanderbilt Censored] and [http://studentorgs.vanderbilt.edu/college_bowl/Lexicon%20Uncensored.html Uncensored]
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*[http://www.studentorg.umd.edu/maqt/maqt/olduvalex.html Virginia old] and [http://www.studentorg.umd.edu/maqt/maqt/uvaclassiclex.html classic]
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*[http://www.academic.org.vt.edu/about/lexicon.php Virginia Tech newer] and [http://www.academic.org.vt.edu/about/lexicon-old.php older] plus Bonus Material ([http://www.academic.org.vt.edu/about/lexicon-speed.php driving stories and tips])
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*[http://www.geocities.com/wmquizbowl/lexicon William and Mary]
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*[http://wso.williams.edu/orgs/cbowl/lexicon.html Williams]
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*[http://sugroups.wustl.edu/~collbowl/lexicon.html WUSTL]
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==References==
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[[Category: Quizbowl lingo]]
 
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Latest revision as of 19:54, 13 June 2021

Before the centralization of quizbowl information into sites like the wiki and the database, many teams maintained a lexicon: a dictionary-like group of terms and their definitions, which would span common quizbowl terms and team in-jokes. This practice began to fade away around 2005 and the inexorable passage of time means that many of these sites are now lost to the sands.

Most lexica attempted to provide their audience with their club's brand of quizbowl humor; results were mixed.

History

The practice of writing lexica is generally considered to have been started by Maryland. Many imitations soon followed, and almost every mid-90s quizbowl team of significance had at least a poor imitation of a lexicon.

David Hamilton's classic guide to lexica, last updated in November 2000, could be found here (link broken).

In 2007, Matt Weiner advocated that more teams should have lexica.[1]

Currently existing lexica

PACE maintains a quizbowl lexicon for people interested in learning basic quizbowl terms and acronyms. This wiki maintains the list of quizbowl lingo and the list of quizbowl in-jokes.

Historical lexica

The following teams no longer have lexica but the links to their sites still work.

Defunct lexica

These links no longer work - some of these teams don't even exist anymore. Some clubs, such as Western Ontario, are known to have once had lexica, but those lexica cannot be currently found.

References

  1. ↑ UCLA's lexicon is really funny by Matt Weiner » Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:42 am
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