Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Notions are the specialised slang used, now or formerly, by pupils, known as men, at Winchester College. 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.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."@en }
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- Notions_(Winchester_College) abstract "Notions are the specialised slang used, now or formerly, by pupils, known as men, at Winchester College. 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.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.".