glossary of Texas A&M University terms#F

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;2 Percenters: Aggies who choose not to participate in Texas A&M traditions.{{cite web| title = The Aggie Dictionary| work=TheEagle.com| publisher=The Bryan-College Station Eagle| url = http://www.aggiesports.com/traditions/school/dictionary.htm| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20071014183528/http://aggiesports.com/traditions/school/dictionary.htm| archive-date = 14 October 2007| access-date = 3 January 2011}}{{cite news| url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2000_3213207| title=A&M ponders scathing words in wake of Bonfire tragedy| newspaper=Houston Chronicle| access-date=1 January 2009| date=7 May 2000| author=Nissimov, Ron| archive-date=20 October 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020212333/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2000_3213207| url-status=live}}{{cite web| title=Aggie Terminology| publisher=Texas A&M Athletics|year=2007|url= http://www.aggieathletics.com/index2.php?&CAT=TRD&pageID=221| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080410200449/http://www.aggieathletics.com/index2.php?&CAT=TRD&pageID=221| archive-date=10 April 2008| access-date = 3 January 2011}}{{cite news|last=Scharf |first=Steve |title=Big 12 schools are rich in tradition |date=18 July 2008 |work=The Daily Nebraskan |publisher=University of Nebraska |url=http://media.www.dailynebraskan.com/media/storage/paper857/news/2007/02/12/LifeStyle/Big-12.Schools.Are.Rich.In.Tradition-2711478.shtml |access-date=25 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024082957/http://media.www.dailynebraskan.com/media/storage/paper857/news/2007/02/12/LifeStyle/Big-12.Schools.Are.Rich.In.Tradition-2711478.shtml |archive-date=24 October 2007 }}

;12th Man: The student section in athletics events. As 11 men play on the football team, the 12th man represents the support off the field and a willingness to serve. During home football games, the student section stands the entire game to embody that spirit.{{Cite thesis | author =Stanford, Frank S. | title =Escaping the Frozen Lake: Individual and Social Idealism Manifest As Forms of Religion and Religiosity | type =PhD dissertation | publisher =Texas A&M University | date =December 2003 | url =https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/198 | access-date =14 December 2022 | hdl =1969.1/198 | pages =109–110 | archive-date =14 December 2022 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20221214163923/https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/198 | url-status =live }}{{cite news|last=Greenwald |first=Michael |title=Crash course in Rooting for Aggies |newspaper=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=14 December 2006 |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061224/news_1s24am.html |access-date=25 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216051618/http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061224/news_1s24am.html |archive-date=16 December 2008 }}{{cite web |last=Cook |first=Beano |title=Ten Days That Shook the Sport |work=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=2615391 |date=8 October 2006 |access-date=2 February 2008 |archive-date=10 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210025140/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2615391 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2002/09/02/Campus/Traditions.A.Major.Part.Of.Am.Life-518399.shtml |title=Traditions a major part of A&M life |access-date=7 December 2008 |date=9 February 2008 |newspaper=The Battalion |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907132445/http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2002/09/02/Campus/Traditions.A.Major.Part.Of.Am.Life-518399.shtml |archive-date=7 September 2009 }}{{Cite thesis | first = Meredith | last = Paddon | title = Southern Reveille: Southern Culture and Tradition at Texas A&M University | type = Senior thesis | publisher = Texas A&M University | date = April 2007 | url = https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/5726 | access-date = 14 December 2022 | hdl = 1969.1/5726 | archive-date = 14 December 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221214164426/https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/5726 | url-status = live }}

;A&M: The initials are part of the institution's original name, the "Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas". The term no longer has any explicit meaning in the modern institution's name, but it remains as a link to the institution's past.

;Aggie (or Ag): A student, alumnus, or supporter of Texas A&M University. Several other land grant schools use "Aggie", such as New Mexico State and UC Davis.{{cite web|title=New Mexico State Aggies |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/wac/new_mexico_state/index.php |access-date=18 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608104501/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/wac/new_mexico_state/index.php |archive-date=8 June 2007 }} Adding the name of the state at the beginning of the term (i.e. "Texas Aggie") is often used to distinguish between the different schools.

;"Aggies never lose, though they may run out of time"; "Aggies never lose, they just occasionally get outscored": These quotes or variations of them are said after losing efforts. It gives voice to the idea that the team would have eventually won if the game would have gone on longer.{{cite news|url=http://aggietraditions.tamu.edu/team.shtml |title=Aggie Traditions |work=TAMU.edu |publisher=Texas A&M University |access-date=21 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912231350/http://aggietraditions.tamu.edu/team.shtml |archive-date=12 September 2007 }}{{cite web|url=http://class.aggienetwork.com/heavens_11-72/traditions/twelfth_man.html |title=Aggie Traditions – Twelfth Man |access-date=25 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707093545/http://class.aggienetwork.com/heavens_11-72/traditions/twelfth_man.html |archive-date=7 July 2011 }}

;AggieCon: the oldest and largest student-run multigenre convention in the United States. Held annually since 1969 by the student organization Cepheid Variable at the Memorial Student Center, it has grown to become one of the larger conventions in Texas. AggieCon is the first science fiction convention ever sponsored by a college or a college affiliate student organization.{{Cite web|url=http://jophan.org/1960s/chapter7.htm|title=1960s Fan History Outline, Chapter 7|website=Jophan.org|access-date=11 November 2021|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918195637/http://www.jophan.org/1960s/chapter7.htm|url-status=live}}

Aggie Moms Club

• The oldest support group for students at Texas A&M University, represented by 110 clubs in Texas and across the United States.{{cite web | url=https://corps.tamu.edu/12814-2/ | title=Aggie Moms Club Celebrates 100 Years on the Quad | access-date=12 January 2023 | archive-date=12 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112063118/https://corps.tamu.edu/12814-2/ | url-status=live }}
• Clubs include the [http://www.momsclub.org/ International MOMS Club] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112063124/https://momsclub.org/ |date=12 January 2023 }} and [https://quadmoms.org/ Quad Moms] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112063118/https://quadmoms.org/ |date=12 January 2023 }}.

;Aggieland:

• Name for Texas A&M and the surrounding metropolitan area, Bryan–College Station, Texas. The phrase, "Welcome to Aggieland", is on the water tower in the middle of campus and one of the decks of Kyle Field. Every spring during "The Big Event", the nation's largest one-day, student-run service project, students do service-oriented activities to say thank you to Aggieland's residents.{{Cite web |url=https://bigevent.tamu.edu/ |title=The Big Event – the Big Event at Texas A&M |access-date=11 May 2024 |archive-date=11 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511205731/https://bigevent.tamu.edu/ |url-status=live }}
• The school's official yearbook.{{cite web|title=Texas A & M University Yearbook Collection {{!}} Texas A&M University Libraries|url=http://library.tamu.edu/yearbooks/|website=Library.tamu.edu|access-date=28 December 2016|date=15 February 2016|archive-date=3 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003064407/http://library.tamu.edu/yearbooks/|url-status=live}}

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;Bad Bull: Anything not in keeping with Aggie traditions or the Aggie spirit.{{cite web |url=http://b-batt.aggieband.org/dictionary.html |title=Corps Dictionary |date=13 May 2007 |publisher=Texas A&M University| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803165914/http://b-batt.aggieband.org/dictionary.html| archive-date = 3 August 2008|url-status=usurped | access-date = 3 January 2010}}

;Ball 5: Chant done by Aggie baseball fans during games, to incite the chant, an opposing pitcher needs to throw 4 consecutive balls, the chant continues for each consecutive ball thrown until a pitch that is not a ball is thrown. the highest the chant has ever got is ball 12, meaning 11 straight balls, during a 2017 game against Mississippi State University.{{cite web | url=https://www.aggienetwork.com/news/144844/bubbles-ball-5-mean-aandm-baseball-is-back/ | title=Bubbles, "Ball 5" mean A&M baseball is back | date=19 February 2017 | access-date=6 March 2024 | archive-date=11 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611003645/https://www.aggienetwork.com/news/144844/bubbles-ball-5-mean-aandm-baseball-is-back/ | url-status=live }}

;Batt: Short for the school newspaper, The Battalion.

;Beat the Hell Outta (abbreviated BTHO): One of the Aggie yells. The phrase is followed by the name of the opposing team or an event or time such as finals or first year.

;Aggie Bonfire (or Bonfire)

: A large bonfire built before the annual college football game against The University of Texas at Austin. Bonfire symbolizes a "burning desire to beat the hell outta t.u."{{cite news | url=http://www.aggieband.com/story/warhymn.html | title=War Hymn | author=Harris, Patrick | access-date=18 September 2007 | archive-date=29 May 2000 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000529052646/http://aggieband.com/story/warhymn.html | url-status=live }} Aggie Bonfire at one time held the world record for the height of a bonfire at 109 ft, 10 in (33 m) tall.{{cite news|last=Morris |first=Dave |date=8 December 1999 |url=http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/12/08/bonfire/index.html |title=Memories of an Aggie bonfire boy |work=Salon.com |access-date=14 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211063748/http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/12/08/bonfire/index.html |archive-date=11 February 2007 }} Due to the November 18, 1999 collapse of a Bonfire that killed 12 and injured 27,{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/18/students.crushed.02/|title=Texas A&M students killed, trapped in collapse of bonfire logs|publisher=CNN|access-date=19 December 2008|date=18 November 1999|archive-date=8 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908153617/http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/18/students.crushed.02/|url-status=live}} non-university sanctioned Bonfires, called Student Bonfires, are now performed off-campus.{{cite news|last=Watkins |first=Matthew |title=Off-campus bonfire |newspaper=The Battalion |url=http://209.189.226.235/stories/110106/am_20061101007.php |date=17 November 2005 |access-date=21 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225193153/http://209.189.226.235/stories/110106/am_20061101007.php |archive-date=25 December 2007}}{{cite news|last=Hensley |first=Laura | title = A year after fiasco, student bonfire set to burn | publisher=The Bryan–College Station Eagle | url =http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-153713246.html | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121104043316/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-153713246.html | url-status =dead | archive-date =4 November 2012 |date=1 November 2006 | access-date = 3 March 2007 }}

;Boot Line: During football games, Seniors line up at the south end of Kyle Field to welcome the team back after halftime.

;BQ: Member of the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band, colloquially Band Queer, etymologically Band Qualified.

;Bull: A member of the commandant's staff or active duty ROTC instructor.https://corps.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-Cadence-Aug-2022.pdf

;The Chicken: Short for a popular bar frequented by A&M students, Dixie Chicken, in the entertainment district, Northgate.

;Century Singers: Texas A&M's 100-member mixed choir, the second oldest choral ensemble at the university.

;Century Tree: A large oak tree that is in the middle of Academic Plaza which dates back to around 1900. Rarely pruned, its branches reach the ground. Tradition has it that if a couple walks underneath the tree together, they are destined to marry in the future. As such, it is a popular wedding proposal site. In 2011, the Texas Forest Service ranked it as a "Famous Tree of Texas".{{cite web |title=Century Tree: Aggie Traditions |url=https://www.tamu.edu/traditions/aggie-culture/century-tree/ |website=www.tamu.edu |publisher=Texas A&M University |access-date=24 February 2019 |archive-date=24 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224173956/https://www.tamu.edu/traditions/aggie-culture/century-tree/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title='Treeson' at Texas A&M? The investigation continues. |url=https://www.theeagle.com/blogs/fajitas_for_one/treeson-at-texas-a-m-the-investigation-continues/article_db370e7e-98ce-11e3-9cfe-0019bb2963f4.html |access-date=24 February 2019 |publisher=The Eagle |date=18 February 2014 |language=en |archive-date=19 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719035937/http://www.theeagle.com/blogs/fajitas_for_one/treeson-at-texas-a-m-the-investigation-continues/article_db370e7e-98ce-11e3-9cfe-0019bb2963f4.html |url-status=live }}

;Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem: Phrase used in the Aggie War Hymn which "is meant to replicate a train going over tracks, or a drum roll on a snare drum".

;Aggie Code of Honor: Texas A&M's honor code: "Aggies do not lie, cheat, or steal, nor do they tolerate those who do." The code is similar to the Cadet Honor Code used at the United States Military Academy.{{cite journal |last=Melgoza |first=Pauline |author2=Jane Smith |year=2008 |title=Revitalizing an Existing Honor Code Program|journal=Innovative Higher Education |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=209–219 |doi=10.1007/s10755-007-9048-6 |s2cid=144191567 }}

;Code Maroon: Texas A&M's emergency notification System.

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;Corps:Short for the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets, Texas A&M's military college program. Though Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) is mandatory for the first two years, military service is not.{{cite press release|title='Fish,' 'spurs' and 'zips': Equality Riders Experience military culture of Texas A&M |publisher=Soul Force |date=29 March 2006 |url=http://www.soulforce.org/article/777 |access-date=18 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230060547/http://www.soulforce.org/article/777 |archive-date=30 December 2007 }}

;Corps Trip: Annual Corps trip to a football game at an off-campus location, usually a neutral site, nominally accompanied by a parade in the city of the event.

;Cut: The initial phase of Aggie Bonfire construction where students cut down logs.

;CT: Member of the Corps that are not in the band. Colloquially "Corps Turd," etymologically "Cadet in Training".{{cite web|title=New Student Booklet |url=http://www-english.tamu.edu/gs/egsa/files/New_Student_Booklet%5B1%5D.doc |publisher=Texas A&M University Department of English |access-date=3 January 2011 |format=doc |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725125717/http://www-english.tamu.edu//gs/egsa/files/New_Student_Booklet%5B1%5D.doc |archive-date=25 July 2010 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.houstonpress.com/2008-01-24/news/rotten-to-the-corps-a-question-of-justice-at-texas-a-m/ |title=Rotten to the Corps: A Question of Justice at Texas A&M; - Page 1 - News - Houston - Houston Press |access-date=30 November 2010 |archive-date=15 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415105724/http://www.houstonpress.com/2008-01-24/news/rotten-to-the-corps-a-question-of-justice-at-texas-a-m/ |url-status=dead }}

;Dead (or Dead Elephant): Senior undergraduates during their last semester. The use of the word is a senior privilege.{{cite web|url=http://www.sanangeloaggiemoms.org/newsletters/dec_04.html |title=Elephant Walk |access-date=21 February 2008 |date=December 2004 |publisher=San Antonio Aggie Moms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827163645/http://www.sanangeloaggiemoms.org/newsletters/dec_04.html |archive-date=27 August 2008 }}

;Echo Taps: Ceremony that occurs when a current member of the Corps of Cadet dies or in times of national tragedy. Similar in purpose to Silver Taps.{{cite news |title=Echo Taps to be held for cadet killed in car accident |url=http://www.thebatt.com/news/echo-taps-to-be-held-for-cadet-killed-in-car/article_d38b226a-f85b-11e6-8518-c7b5ea2836ef.html |access-date=24 February 2019 |work=The Battalion |publisher=Texas A&M University |date=21 February 2017 |language=en |archive-date=9 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709041438/http://www.thebatt.com/news/echo-taps-to-be-held-for-cadet-killed-in-car/article_d38b226a-f85b-11e6-8518-c7b5ea2836ef.html |url-status=live }}

;Elephant: nickname for a senior at Texas A&M.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

;Elephant Walk: A tradition where the senior class walks around campus to remember the times they had at Texas A&M. When some seniors were walking around campus reliving their days in the 1920s, an underclassman noted they looked like "elephants wandering off to find a place to die" and the tradition began/name stuck.{{cite news|last=Abram|first=Lynwood|title=Earl Patterson, A&M's oldest drum major, 99|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=7 August 2002|access-date=16 August 2007|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2002_3570501|archive-date=3 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403084850/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2002_3570501|url-status=live}}

;Fable: legendary narrative of comedy or supernatural happenings effected by an Aggie with unique Promethean and/or comedic consequences

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;"Farmers fight": Phrase used in several Aggie Yells. "Farmers" comes from the original nickname of the sports teams associated with Texas A&M. "Aggies" officially replaced the nickname in 1949, but the word "farmers" remains a part of Aggie traditions.{{cite web|title=Frequently Asked Questions|url=http://www.tamu.edu/about/facts/faq.html|publisher=Texas A&M University|access-date=7 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506032931/http://www.tamu.edu/about/facts/faq.html|archive-date=6 May 2012}}

;Fightin' Texas Aggie: Common prefix used for things related to A&M. For example, the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band.

;Fightin' Texas Aggie Band: Official band of Texas A&M since 1894. Members are cadets in the Corps and comprise an entire major unit of the Corps. The band is most noted for its straight-line military marching and intricate close quarters drills.

;Final Review: The annual spring ceremonial inspection of The Corps of Cadets gather at Simpson Drill Field. Graduating seniors pass their command duties to the junior officers.

;Fish: A freshman student. In the Corps, the term is used in place of freshmen cadets' first names and is always written in lowercase, e.g. "fish Jones."

;Fish Camp: An optional student-led four-day retreat for incoming freshmen held before the student's fall semester that introduces them to the traditions of Texas A&M University. Transfer students can attend a separate retreat called "T-Camp",{{cite web|url= http://t-camp.tamu.edu/|title= T-Camp|access-date= 11 January 2009|year= 2009|publisher= Texas A&M University: Student Activities|archive-date= 21 December 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081221193258/http://t-camp.tamu.edu/|url-status= live}} and first time Texas A&M students coming in spring semester can attend "Howdy Camp".{{cite web|url= http://howdycamp.tamu.edu/|title= Howdy Camp|access-date= 11 January 2009|year= 2009|publisher= Texas A&M University: Student Activities|archive-date= 22 December 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081222210218/http://howdycamp.tamu.edu/|url-status= live}}

;Fish Pond: A fountain on the Texas A&M campus located in front of Sbisa Dining Center.

;Fish Spurs: A Corps of Cadet tradition where freshmen cadets add bottle caps to the back of their shoes before the Arkansas football game in a fashion similar to the spurs horse riders use. Originally, this was done before the SMU football game as a way to "spur" their opponent. Due to athletic conference changes, A&M has not always played SMU. Thus this tradition has now been switched to before the Southwest Classic against Arkansas.{{cite web |last1=Reiley |first1=Jennifer |title=Fish Spurs: Then & Now |url=http://www.thebatt.com/news/fish-spurs-then-now/article_03a5c1c7-c227-5dc8-bad6-9d166ca08e20.html |website=The Battalion |access-date=20 September 2021 |language=en |archive-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920213233/http://www.thebatt.com/news/fish-spurs-then-now/article_03a5c1c7-c227-5dc8-bad6-9d166ca08e20.html |url-status=live }}

;Former Student: Aggie graduates refer to themselves as "former students" rather than alumni because not all Aggies graduated due to military needs during the World Wars. Another reason why Aggies use "former students" is that it is felt that "alumni" implies that graduates are "ex-Aggies". Aggies believe in the concept "once an Aggie, always an Aggie", and thus "alumni" would not be appropriate. The Association of Former Students is the university's equivalent of an alumni association.{{cite web | title = The Association of Former Students | publisher = The Association of Former Students | url = http://www.aggienetwork.com/TheAssociation/ | access-date = 22 February 2008 | archive-date = 9 May 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080509161840/http://www.aggienetwork.com/TheAssociation/ | url-status = live }}

;Fall Orientation Week (FOW): Mandatory first week in the Corps just before school starts in the Fall semester for incoming freshmen cadets or fish.

;Frog: A Transfer student that joins the corps and condenses their whole freshmen year into one semester, usually to stay on track with their graduation date. Used as a verb as well they will "frog" up to the class aligned with their graduation date. So a sophomore by credits will "frog" to be a sophomore second semester.{{cite web | url=https://myaggienation.com/history_traditions/aggie_glossary/aggie-glossary-on-gig-em-howdy-hump-it-and-whoop/article_87fd00d6-10e5-11e3-8965-0019bb2963f4.html | title=Aggie Glossary: On 'Gig 'em,' 'howdy,' 'hump it' and 'whoop' | date=29 August 2013 }}

;"From the outside looking in you can't understand it, and from the inside looking out you can't explain it": Phrase used to describe the difficulty outsiders have understanding Texas A&M culture, and Aggies have articulating their passion for Texas A&M.{{cite magazine|last=Burka|first=Paul|magazine=Texas Monthly|title=Agent of change|date=November 2006|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/preview/2006-11-01/feature|access-date=23 September 2007|archive-date=21 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521163538/http://www.texasmonthly.com/preview/2006-11-01/feature|url-status=live}}

File:Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and members of Texas A&M University's Corps of Cadets.jpg Robert Gates along with senior cadets from the Corps of Cadets give the "gig 'em" sign at the Pentagon.]]

;Gig 'em: Both a saying and the thumbs up hand gesture of all Texas A&M University current and former students as sign of affiliation.{{cite news |last=Burka|first=Paul|work=Texas Monthly|title=Football Hand Signals | publisher = Emmis Publishing LP|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/ranch/readme/handsign.php|access-date=10 July 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930013036/http://www.texasmonthly.com/ranch/readme/handsign.php |archive-date = 30 September 2007}} Gig 'em also is the name of an Aggie yell.{{cite web| title=Yells| publisher=Texas A&M University Yell Leaders| url=http://yell.tamu.edu/yells/| access-date=19 December 2007| archive-date=13 October 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013183127/http://yell.tamu.edu/yells| url-status=live}} This hand signal tradition began at a 1930 Midnight Yell Practice held before the football game against the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs. In an attempt to excite the crowd, Pinky Downs, a 1906 Texas A&M graduate and member of the school's Board of Regents, asked the crowd "What are we going to do to those Horned Frogs?" Using a term for frog hunting long used by Texas A&M in connection with the TCU rivalry, he answered his own question, "Gig 'em, Aggies!" and demonstrated how creating the hand signal which became the first in the Southwest Conference.{{Cite web|url=https://myaggienation.com/am_news/today_in_aggie_history/today-in-aggie-history-oct-25-pinky-downs-starts-the-gig-em-hand-signal/article_68319b82-5bc5-11e4-bb02-1fbc7fa4c9e0.html|title=Today in Aggie History, Oct. 25: 'Pinky' Downs starts the 'Gig 'em' hand signal|website=Myaggienation.com|access-date=11 November 2021|archive-date=11 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111201957/https://myaggienation.com/am_news/today_in_aggie_history/today-in-aggie-history-oct-25-pinky-downs-starts-the-gig-em-hand-signal/article_68319b82-5bc5-11e4-bb02-1fbc7fa4c9e0.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://bookreader.library.tamu.edu/book.php?id=yb1922&getbook=Go#page/n430/mode/1up|title=Gig 'em, Aggies!|website=Bookreader.library.tamu.edu|access-date=2021-11-11|archive-date=27 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127004628/http://bookreader.library.tamu.edu/book.php?id=yb1922&getbook=Go#page/n430/mode/1up|url-status=live}}

;Good Bull: Anything that conforms to the traditions of Texas A&M. Many Ags also use this term to signify approval of virtually anything.

;Grodes: The jeans and T-shirts worn by students who worked on Aggie Bonfire. Grodes were typically not washed until Bonfire burned, if ever.{{cite book|last=Stratton |first=W.K.|title=Backyard Brawl: Inside the Blood Feud Between Texas and Texas A&M|publisher = Crown| date=3 September 2002| pages =100–101 | isbn = 0-609-61053-8}}

;"Highway 6 runs both ways": A contractarian argument used in response to complaints made about Texas A&M, meaning that those who do not like the university are free to leave. Highway 6 refers to the major north–south highway leading to the Bryan–College Station area from Houston and Dallas, two hometowns of the most students at A&M.{{cite magazine|last=Burka|first=Paul|magazine=Texas Monthly|title=Did You Hear the One About The New Aggies?|date=1 April 1997|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/1997-04-01/feature.php|access-date=4 February 2008|archive-date=2 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202011741/http://www.texasmonthly.com/1997-04-01/feature.php|url-status=live}}

;Hiss (or horse laugh): Rather than "booing", Aggies "hiss" to express disapproval. Aggies are not supposed to boo as a "sign of class", and are not supposed to hiss a fellow Ag. Hissing is a part of a yell called a horse laugh, and usually is accompanied with a hand signal that consists of one's fingers open and palms clasped together, shaken backward and forward.

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;Howdy: Texas A&M University's official greeting. Students are encouraged to greet everyone they pass on campus with a smile and a howdy.{{cite web|url=http://aggietraditions.tamu.edu/community.shtml |title=Aggie Traditions |work=TAMU.edu |publisher=Texas A&M University |access-date=21 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013053714/http://aggietraditions.tamu.edu/community.shtml |archive-date=13 October 2007 }} Howdy is the preferred method for a speaker to get a large group's attention, as the members of the group are expected to return the "Howdy" back to the speaker.

;Hullabaloo, Caneck! Caneck!: Beginning phrase of the Aggie War Hymn. Hullabaloo is also the name of a dorm on the Northside of the Texas A&M campus.{{cite web |title=Hullabaloo Hall |url=https://myaggienation.com/campus_evolution/dormitory_history/hullabaloo-hall/article_f42986a0-1403-11e3-82fd-001a4bcf887a.html |website=My Aggie Nation |access-date=21 November 2024 |language=en |date=2 September 2013}}

;Hump it (or Humping it): During yells, Aggies lean forward and place their hands on their knees to maximize volume and the amount of air displaced. The stance forces the diaphragm to assist the lungs.{{cite web| last=Schabach| first=Mark| title=Texas A&M hoops finds place on football's back| publisher=ESPN| url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/columns/story?columnist=katz_andy&id=2625264| date=14 October 2006| access-date=26 July 2007| archive-date=25 June 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625053902/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=katz_andy&id=2625264| url-status=live}}

;Junction Boys: "Survivors" of Texas A&M Aggies football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's 10-day summer camp in Junction, Texas, beginning 1 September 1954. The ordeal has achieved legendary status and has become the subject of a 2001 book The Junction Boys[https://books.google.com/books?id=QgYLGwAACAAJ&dq=0312308728 Twelve Mighty Orphans: The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites who ...], Google Books, retrieved 10 April 2008 by Jim Dent and a television movie with the same name produced by ESPN.

;Johnny Football: Nickname of the Aggie Heisman trophy winning quarterback Johnny Manziel.{{cite news|last=KBTX Sports|title=Johnny Football: A nickname coined in Aggieland, a legend crafted in the Hill Country|url=http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/Johnny-Football-Nickname-started-in-Aggieland-but-his-legend-began-in-the-Hill-Country-170922091.html|access-date=23 September 2012|archive-date=26 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926020851/http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/Johnny-Football-Nickname-started-in-Aggieland-but-his-legend-began-in-the-Hill-Country-170922091.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |author=John Taylor |url=http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/14/johnny-football-one-of-two-camp-honorees/ |title='Johnny Football' one of two Camp honorees |work=College Football Talk |publisher=NBC Sports |date=21 October 2012 |access-date=1 January 2014 |archive-date=30 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232337/http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/14/johnny-football-one-of-two-camp-honorees/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Duffy |first=Ty |url=http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/25/250743/ |title=Johnny Manziel Trademarked "Johnny Football," Can Profit From T-Shirt Lawsuit |work=The Big Lead |publisher=Gannett Company |date=25 February 2013 |access-date=1 January 2014 |archive-date=1 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601071522/http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/25/250743/ |url-status=dead }}

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;Aggie jokes: Jokes used against Texas A&M and Aggies, similar to jokes used against ethnic minorities{{cite journal |last=Bynum |first=Joyce|year=1991|title="Ethnic" Jokes and Texas Aggies |journal=ETC:: A Review of General Semantics |volume=48 |issue=3 |pages=320–328 |issn=0014-164X}}{{cite journal|last=Wukasch|first=Charles|title=American Numskull Tales: The Aggie Joke|date=July 1969|pages=214–215|issue=3|volume=28|issn=0043-373X|journal=Western Folklore|doi=10.2307/1499269|jstor=1499269|doi-access=free}} usually with a connotation of a lack of intelligence or unsophistication.{{cite web | last = Johnson | first = Judy | title = Aggie Jokes| work = ENG123 Texas Culture | date = 29 April 2002 | url = http://www.nvcc.edu/home/ataormina/jujohnson5/texas/texasjokes.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20041121150559/http://www.nvcc.edu/home/ataormina/jujohnson5/texas/texasjokes.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 21 November 2004 | access-date = 27 January 2008 }}{{cite magazine |title=Football with a Difference|magazine=The Saturday Evening Post|year=1978|author=Read, Nat B. Jr.|pages=126–127}}

;Jollie Rollie: Nickname of the G. Rollie White Coliseum. The building was demolished in 2013. The building was also nicknamed the "Holler House on the Brazos".{{cite web|url=http://hlknweb.tamu.edu/articles/program_facilities |title=Facilities |publisher=Texas A&M University College of Education and Human Development |access-date=13 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505142733/http://hlknweb.tamu.edu/articles/program_facilities |archive-date=5 May 2011 }}

;Kyle Field: Texas A&M's football stadium. Named for Edwin Kyle, a professor of Agriculture who partitioned off part of his fields for athletic use and obtained seating for the games. Also known as "The House that Johnny Built".{{cite web | url=https://www.nfl.com/news/the-house-that-johnny-built-could-be-reality-at-texas-a-m-0ap2000000349864 | title='The House that Johnny Built' could be reality at Texas A&M | website=NFL.com }}

;Load: The second phase of Aggie Bonfire construction where the newly cut logs are transported back to the Bonfire site.

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;March to the Brazos: A {{convert|18|mi|km|-1|adj=on}} Corps march which starts from the dorms in the Quadrangle, through Main Campus and West Campus to Texas A&M's Animal Science Teaching, Research & Extension Complex (ASTREC) near the east bank of the Brazos River. The event is the largest and most successful student-led fundraiser for the March of Dimes in the United States.{{cite web |title=March to the Brazos {{!}} Aggie Traditions |url=https://www.tamu.edu/traditions/the-corps/march-to-the-brazos/ |website=www.tamu.edu |publisher=Texas A&M University |access-date=24 February 2019 |archive-date=24 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224173900/https://www.tamu.edu/traditions/the-corps/march-to-the-brazos/ |url-status=live }}

;Maroon: The official color of Texas A&M along with white. The university's Pantone color is 7421C.{{cite web |title = Texas A&M University Brand Guide |publisher = Texas A&M Division of Marketing and Communications |year = 2012 |url = https://brandguide.tamu.edu/visual-style/brand-colors.html |access-date = 23 August 2019 |archive-date = 20 November 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181120055141/https://brandguide.tamu.edu/visual-style/brand-colors.html |url-status = live }} The official RGB value is (Hex #500000).

;Mug down: Kissing one's date during yell practices and football games (the latter after each Aggie score).{{cite news |last=Haskins |first=Maggie |title=The Perfect Week |newspaper=Sports Illustrated on Campus |date=4 November 2004 |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/sioncampus/11/03/perfect1104/ |access-date=13 January 2008 |archive-date=5 September 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050905205047/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/sioncampus/11/03/perfect1104/ |url-status=dead }} For the campus satirical publication, see [http://mugdown.com/ The Mugdown] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303152221/http://mugdown.com/ |date=3 March 2019 }}.

;Muster: Tradition on 21 April, San Jacinto Day where Aggies meet locally all over the world meet honor those Aggies who have died in the previous year.{{cite web |url = http://aggietraditions.tamu.edu/muster.shtml |title = Aggie Muster |access-date = 26 December 2008 |publisher = Texas A&M University |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20000531103637/http://aggietraditions.tamu.edu/muster.shtml |archive-date = 31 May 2000 }}{{cite news|last=Spencer|first=Jason|title=Brother's death shows UT grad meaning of Muster|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=23 April 2004|access-date=16 August 2007|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2004_3756556|archive-date=23 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623220436/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2004_3756556|url-status=live}}

;Memorial Student Center (MSC): Texas A&M's student activity center and living memorial, dedicated to all Aggies who have given or will give their lives in service of their country.

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;New Army: Derogatory term referring to Texas A&M's current state and student body and changes that have taken place and/or attitudes of newer Aggies.{{cite news| url=http://www.thebatt.com/2.8482/skyrocket-yell-s-lift-off-should-be-grounded-1.1215484#.T63l_OtYvqI| archive-date=3 February 2013| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203155812/http://www.thebatt.com/2.8482/skyrocket-yell-s-lift-off-should-be-grounded-1.1215484%23.T63l_OtYvqI| url-status=dead| title=Skyrocket yell's lift-off should be grounded| work=The Battalion| date=30 September 2003| access-date=11 May 2012}}

;Non-reg: A student who is not in the Corps of Cadets.

;Northgate: Entertainment district–mainly targeting A&M students–located northwest of the Texas A&M campus.

;Northside: Collection of residence halls on campus closest to Northgate.{{cite web|title=Northside Halls |publisher=Texas A&M University |year=2007 |url=http://reslife.tamu.edu/housing/halls/location/northside.asp |access-date=30 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070522080144/http://reslife.tamu.edu/housing/halls/location/northside.asp |archive-date=22 May 2007}}

;"Off the wood": During sporting events, Texas A&M students get off the bleachers when players on any team are injured; a throwback to times when the bleachers (now metal) were made of wood.{{cite news|last=Ivey |first=Tommi |title=Aggies should not walk on A&M seal |newspaper=The Battalion |date=19 October 2005 |url=http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2005/11/09/Opinion/Aggies.Should.Not.Walk.On.Am.Seal-1050633.shtml |access-date=20 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104532/http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2005/11/09/Opinion/Aggies.Should.Not.Walk.On.Am.Seal-1050633.shtml |archive-date=29 September 2007}}

;Old Ag: Synonymous for a former Texas A&M student.

;Ol' Army (or Old Army): Sentimental term for a fond view of Texas A&M's past or "the good old days."

;Ol' Lady (or Old Lady): Corps of Cadet member's roommate. As freshmen, cadets are not allowed to refer to their personal living space as a "room", but instead, refer to it as a "hole". Since freshmen are not allowed to have a "room", they cannot have a "roommate" and refer to this person as an "Ol' Lady". While not required, many upperclassmen continue the tradition through their senior year.

;Ol' Rock (or Rock): A character who is meant to represent the prototypical Aggie used in the fables told at yell practices.{{cite news|last=Morris|first=David|title='Ol' Rock' Mired in Relatively New Tradition|url=http://www.thebatt.com/news/ol-rock-mired-in-relatively-new-tradition-1.1186072#.UsCYSPRDuSo|access-date=29 December 2013|newspaper=The Battalion|date=23 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000124/http://www.thebatt.com/news/ol-rock-mired-in-relatively-new-tradition-1.1186072#.W0CP8dVKjCM |archive-date=31 December 2013}} Another tradition during these fables is for the yell leader telling the fable to mention his class's graduating year in the fable, when this happens, members of that class do their class wildcat.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

;Ol' Sarge: An unofficial mascot of A&M that is portrayed as a tough-looking corps drill sergeant.{{cite news|last=Salazar|first=Andrea|title=Beloved unofficial A&M mascot Ol' Sarge Celebrates 75th Birthday|url=http://www.theeagle.com/news/local/article_7694000a-552a-52d2-aa4c-807a13712314.html|access-date=29 December 2013|newspaper=The Eagle|date=19 October 2013|archive-date=3 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203091010/https://theeagle.com/news/local/article_7694000a-552a-52d2-aa4c-807a13712314.html|url-status=live}}

File:TAMUCHmural.jpg mural at Camp Hope, St Bernard Parish, Louisiana. This is an example of the "other education".]]

;Other education: What Aggie students learn outside the classroom through extracurricular activities and through living life.{{Cite conference |first=Robin L. |last=Hughes |title=Traditions of Change: Student Expectations for the Other Education |place=Montreal, Quebec, Canada |date=1 April 1999 |url=http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED461341.pdf |id=ED461341 |access-date=23 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223510/http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED461341.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016}}

;Parsons Mounted Cavalry (or the Cav): Cavalry unit of the Corps of Cadets, the only mounted ROTC unit in the United States{{cite web |title=Special Units {{!}} Aggie Traditions |url=https://www.tamu.edu/traditions/the-corps/special-units/ |website=www.tamu.edu |publisher=Texas A&M University |access-date=24 February 2019 |archive-date=24 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224173717/https://www.tamu.edu/traditions/the-corps/special-units/ |url-status=live }}

;Pass back: A hand signal, initiated by the Yell Leaders, which informs students which yell to do next.{{cite news|last=Axtman|first=Chris|title=Texas school where pompoms aren't welcome|newspaper=Christian Science Monitor|date=6 November 2001|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1206/p3s1-ussc.html|access-date=26 July 2007|archive-date=30 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930043914/http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1206/p3s1-ussc.html|url-status=live}}

;Passdown: An object of some significance that is given from an upperclassman to an underclassman, and is often passed through several generations of students in the Corps.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebatt.com/traditions/one-ring-generations-of-history/article_ff0002ee-e4a8-11e4-a197-6f1855883481.html|title=One ring, generations of history|website=Thebatt.com|access-date=19 January 2021|archive-date=16 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416182147/https://www.thebatt.com/traditions/one-ring-generations-of-history/article_ff0002ee-e4a8-11e4-a197-6f1855883481.html|url-status=live |last1=Reeves |first1=Trey }}

;Pisshead: A nickname for a sophomore, primarily in the Corps of Cadets. Refers to the stern demeanor of sophomore cadets in training their freshmen.{{Cite news | title=Memorandum| last=Gravois| first=John| date=5 January 2007 |newspaper=The Chronicle of Higher Education| volume=53| issue=18| page=A6| department=Short Subjects |quote=At A&M, we call our sophomore cadets "pissheads," we call our Fightin' Texas Aggie Band members "band queers,"}}

;Poor Aggies: Disparaging term used to taunt Aggies after an athletic loss from opponents.{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/2003/preview/teams/texasam/|title=Sports Illustrated's 2003 Team Previews: Texas A&M Aggies|publisher=SI.com|work=Athlon Sports|access-date=5 January 2009|archive-date=13 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013164806/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/2003/preview/teams/texasam/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2004/12/07/Sports/Thoughts.On.Am.Football-823394.shtml |title=Thoughts on A&M football |newspaper=The Battalion |access-date=5 January 2009 |last=Millender |first=Shawn C. |date=7 December 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907041548/http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2004/12/07/Sports/Thoughts.On.Am.Football-823394.shtml |archive-date=7 September 2009 }}{{cite news|title=Turning corner to where?|newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|date=12 November 2006|last=Barnhouse|first=Wendell}}{{cite news|title=It's a Real-Life Dallas Soap Opera Texas A&M Probe Somewhat Overshadows Cotton Bowl|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=30 December 1985|last=Hoffer|first=Richard}}

;Pots: Hard hats worn by Aggie Bonfire builders. The color of a student's pot identified their role in bonfire construction.{{cite web | title = Official Bonfire 2002 website | publisher = Scout.com | url = http://tamu.scout.com/3/Trad_Bonfire.html | access-date = 25 December 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090907024720/http://tamu.scout.com/3/Trad_Bonfire.html | archive-date = 7 September 2009 | df = dmy-all }}

;Privilege (SP, JP, ZP): A ranking system based on one's class year which determines what traditions an Aggie student is allowed to perform. The privilege levels are, SP, JP, and ZPs: sophomore, junior, and senior (Zip) privileges, respectively. Freshmen have "fish privileges". In the Corps, one's privilege level has an enormous effect on a cadet's lifestyle. Some rules like wildcatting extend to non-regs.

;Pull out: Using a privileged word not available to your class; for example, sophomores saying "Whoop."

;Push: a) A form of punishment consisting of pushups, especially after pulling out. Cadets in the Corps typically do a "class set" of push-ups, one for each year of their class. The Class of 1945 did only 45 pushups, and while for a few years cadets did "old Army class sets" (counting from 1900 and not resetting at 2000), the Class of 2021 now does 21.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

:b) The last phase of Aggie Bonfire construction, where students work around the clock in rotating shifts to finish stacking the logs.{{cite web | last = Cook | first = John Lee Jr. | title = Bonfire Collapse, Texas A&M University | publisher = U.S. Fire Administration | url = http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-133.pdf | date = November 1999 | access-date = 3 March 2007 | archive-date = 17 September 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080917170255/http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-133.pdf | url-status = dead }}

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;The Quad: Location of the dormitories of the Corps of Cadets.

;Ram: Demerit issued to a cadet by either a ranking cadet or a bull for a major rule violation.{{cite web | url=https://newspaper.library.tamu.edu/lccn/sn86088544/1961-10-12/ed-1/seq-2/ | title=The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 12, 1961, Image 2 }}

;RAggies: Aggie baseball fans known for their heckling/antics.{{cite magazine| title=Road Trip: College Station, Texas| magazine=Sports Illustrated| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/sioncampus/04/07/road_trip0408/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618105916/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/sioncampus/04/07/road_trip0408/| url-status=dead| archive-date=18 June 2010| access-date=9 June 2007}}

;Red Ass: Students who closely follow the Aggie traditions and rules to the best of their ability. Term originated from cadets wearing a baseball belt under their uniforms to keep their shirts tight.{{Cite journal|last=Smith|first=Jonathan M|year=2007|title=The Texas Aggie Bonfire: A Conservative Reading of Regional Narratives, Traditional Practices, and a Paradoxical Place|pages=182–201|doi=10.1111/j.1467-8306.2007.00530.x|journal=Annals of the Association of American Geographers|volume=97|s2cid=144443161}}

;Reed Arena: The university's arena.{{cite web| title = Reed Arena| publisher = Texas A&M University — Division of Finance| url = http://reed.tamu.edu/| access-date = 19 December 2008| archive-date = 23 December 2008| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081223044459/http://reed.tamu.edu/| url-status = live}}

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;Reed Rowdies: Official fan club of Texas A&M basketball teams.{{cite web | title = Reed Rowdies | publisher = Texas A&M University | url = http://reedrowdies.tamu.edu/ | access-date = 17 February 2008 | archive-date = 27 January 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080127141745/http://reedrowdies.tamu.edu/ | url-status = live }}

;Reveille: The Texas A&M mascot, a purebred American collie. Reveille is the highest-ranking member of the Corps of Cadets and serves as a cadet general, a rank granted by the US Army in World War II.{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Chip|title=Some Aggies see red over moving grave site of mascots|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=21 July 1997|access-date=16 August 2007|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1997_1425393|archive-date=17 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217234121/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1997_1425393|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Filbin |first=Melissa |title=Traditions 101 |newspaper=The Battalion |date=22 August 2007 |url=http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2007/08/22/Aggielife/Traditions.101-2933871.shtml |access-date=14 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212093441/http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2007/08/22/Aggielife/Traditions.101-2933871.shtml |archive-date=12 December 2007 }}

;Ring Dance: A spring semester dance similar in function to a prom. The dance marks the time when seniors can turn their ring around to allow it to be read by others when their palm is facing down.{{cite web |title=Ring Dance |url=https://classcouncils.tamu.edu/ring-dance/ |website=classcouncils.tamu.edu |publisher=Texas A&M University Class Councils |access-date=24 February 2019 |archive-date=24 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224173826/https://classcouncils.tamu.edu/ring-dance/ |url-status=live }}

;Ring dunk: A non-school sanctioned tradition performed after a student receives an Aggie Ring; usually involves chugging a pitcher of beer, or a non-alcoholic substitute, with their Aggie Ring in the bottom then catching the ring in their teeth.{{cite web|last=Wirt |first=Ashley |url=http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2006/09/14/News/Aggies.Find.New.Ways.Of.ring.Dunking-2271747.shtml |title=Aggies find new ways of 'ring dunking' |date=9 September 2006 |access-date=13 January 2008 |work=The Battalion |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119120629/http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2006/09/14/News/Aggies.Find.New.Ways.Of.ring.Dunking-2271747.shtml |archive-date=19 January 2008 }}

;Roll Call for the Absent: A part of the Aggie Muster tradition, commemorating alumni and current student who died during the past year. Reminiscent of a roll call where attendance is taken, alumni, family, and friends answer "here" in memory of a deceased Aggie when their name is "called."{{cite web |last1=Clark |first1=Caitlin |title=Everything You Need To Know About Aggie Muster |url=https://today.tamu.edu/2023/04/20/everything-you-need-to-know-about-aggie-muster/ |website=Texas A&M Today |publisher=Texas A&M University |access-date=19 November 2024 |date=20 April 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Miles |first1=Sydnei |title='Here': Commemorating all Aggies worldwide |url=https://thebatt.com/traditions/muster/here-commemorating-all-aggies-worldwide/ |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=The Battalion |publisher=The Battalion |date=18 April 2024}} Aggies may also say "here" to honor a fallen Aggie outside the Muster ceremony.{{Citation needed|reason=I have seen "here" used in social media many times in reference to a fallen Aggie. I can't find any reference that confirms this.|date=November 2024}}

;Ross Volunteers: The ceremonial honor company of Texas A&M University, and the official honor guard for the Governor of Texas{{cite web|last1=Heathman|first1=Claire|title=Aggie Glossary: On 'Gig 'em,' 'howdy,' 'hump it' and 'whoop'|url=http://www.myaggienation.com/history_traditions/aggie_glossary/|website=My Aggie Nation|publisher=The Eagle|access-date=24 February 2019|archive-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402033557/https://www.myaggienation.com/history_traditions/aggie_glossary/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Fish Drill Team and Ross Volunteer Company perform|url=http://www.theeagle.com/gallery/fish-drill-team-and-ross-volunteer-company-perform/collection_249948cc-fedd-11e5-8ba8-4bf818e40fa2.html|website=The Eagle|date=10 April 2016|access-date=28 December 2016|archive-date=16 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416182147/https://theeagle.com/gallery/fish-drill-team-and-ross-volunteer-company-perform/collection_249948cc-fedd-11e5-8ba8-4bf818e40fa2.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Ross Volunteer Association|url=http://corpsofcadets.org/rva/|website=Corps of Cadets Association|access-date=28 December 2016|archive-date=11 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711070324/http://corpsofcadets.org/rva/|url-status=live}}

;"Saw Varsity's Horns Off": A verse from the Aggie War Hymn, it refers to defeating the Texas Longhorns, who use a Longhorn steer as their mascot.{{cite news | title=Mascot Power Rankings | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/sioncampus/08/09/mascot.power.rankings/index.html | date=9 August 2007 | newspaper=Sports Illustrated | access-date=20 September 2007 | archive-date=13 November 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113142334/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/sioncampus/08/09/mascot.power.rankings/index.html | url-status=dead }}

;Sbisa: Sbisa Dining Hall is on North campus near most of the north campus dorms. It was opened in 1912 and named after Bernard Sbisa who was in charge of feeding the corps during the late 19th century. It is frequented by many freshman and is one of two dining halls on campus.

;Sea Aggies: Students or alumni who spent time at the school's maritime facilities/branch campus at Texas A&M University at Galveston.{{cite news|url=http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2009/09/11/News/Sea-Aggies.Readjust.To.Regular.College.Life.In.Galveston-3769003.shtml|title=Sea Aggies readjust to regular college life in Galveston|last=Willett|first=Lorelei|date=11 September 2009|newspaper=The Battalion|access-date=21 September 2009}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/6164650.html|title='Sea Aggies' return to Galveston for graduation|last=Kever|first=Jeannie|date=14 December 2008|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|access-date=21 September 2009|archive-date=18 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218225121/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/6164650.html|url-status=live}}

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;Senior Boots: Distinctive brown leather boots worn by Corps seniors, or Zips.{{cite web|title=Senior Boots — Texas Aggie Traditions |publisher=Texas A&M University |url=http://aggietraditions.tamu.edu/boots.shtml |access-date=25 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20050830144054/http://www.theeagle.com/aandmnews/120204CptnChristmas.php |archive-date=30 August 2005 }}

;Serge Butt: A nickname for a junior. Refers to the "serge" material used in making pants for junior cadets pre-1960. Usually abbreviated as just "butts."

;Singing Cadets: An all-male choir, one of the three Choral Activities choirs at A&M, called the "Voice of Aggieland".{{cite news|last=Edwards |first=Stacy |title=South American serenade |newspaper=The Battalion |date=5 September 2008 |url=http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2007/09/05/News/South.American.Serenade-2950203.shtml |access-date=9 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907041609/http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2007/09/05/News/South.American.Serenade-2950203.shtml |archive-date=7 September 2009 }} While Corps members may join the Singing Cadets, one does not have to be a member of the Corps to join the Singing Cadets.

;Silver Taps: A ceremony, held monthly, to honor all enrolled students who died in the previous month.{{cite news|last=Hegstrom|first=Edward|title='Silver Taps' honors Aggie Bonfire victims|date=8 December 1999|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1999_3182335|access-date=16 August 2007|archive-date=23 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623220404/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1999_3182335|url-status=live}}

;"Sit down bus driver": An Aggie Yell used in athletic events to drive the opposing team's coaches to get the game moving when they are arguing with an official or otherwise holding up the game. "Bus driver" refers to the fact that coaches used to drive the buses for road games.

;Southside: Residence halls on the far southeast portion of campus.{{cite web|title=Residence Halls by Style — Commons |publisher=Texas A&M University |year=2007 |url=http://reslife.tamu.edu/housing/halls/style/commons.asp |access-date=30 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504165431/http://reslife.tamu.edu/housing/halls/style/commons.asp |archive-date= 4 May 2007}}

;Aggie Spirit (or Spirit of Aggieland): Describes the unity and devotion Aggies have for their school and to each other.{{cite web|title=Aggie Spirit |work=Official website of Texas A&M University Class of 72 |url=http://class.aggienetwork.com/heavens_11-72/traditions/aggie_spirit.html |access-date=13 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218060849/http://class.aggienetwork.com/heavens_11-72/traditions/aggie_spirit.html |archive-date=18 December 2007 }} "The Spirit" also refers to the school song, "The Spirit of Aggieland".

;Spirit of '02: an M1902 field gun found during the construction of the 1974 bonfire. Fully restored, it is fired when the Aggie football team scores a touchdown.

;Stack: The third phase of Aggie Bonfire construction, where students would wire the logs together in their final shape.

;Sully (or Sul Ross): Short for former Texas A&M President Lawrence Sullivan Ross. Modern usage generally refers to the prominent statue of him on campus, often covered in pennies from students as a "good luck" tradition.

;TAMC (or Texas AMC): Refers to the university's former name the "Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas". While the institution has been renamed Texas A&M University with the initials TAMU, the initials AMC are still used in several Aggie traditions including Aggie yells and the Spirit of Aggieland."

;Tea-sip (or t-sip): A student of Texas A&M's archrival, The University of Texas at Austin. The term is intended to be derogatory (the origin being that while Aggies were off fighting wars, students of UT Austin were "sipping tea" at home).

;TexAgs: An independent Texas A&M website, one of the largest collegiate independent websites in the country. "TexAgs" has been used colloquially in relationship to the use of the site's internet forum.{{Cite news| last = Buckley| first = Christopher B.| title = Cyber Fanatics: TexAgs.com fans commune online| newspaper = The Battalion| date = 23 June 2008| url = http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2008/06/23/News/Cyber.Fanatics-3384275-page2.shtml}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

;t.u.: What Aggies call the University of Texas at Austin, their primary rival school to Texas A&M University. The term is intended to be derogatory. Aggies maintain that UT is a university "in" Texas not the university "of" Texas. The t.u. therefore stands for "texas university", with the lowercase letters being an added insult. This verbiage is prominently used in the opening line of the War Hymn.

;Uncover: Said as a reminder for people to take off their hat during yells or the singing of 'The Spirit of Aggieland'

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;Wag/Waggie: Portmandeau of "Woman Aggie". A term referring to female cadets in the Corps; often derogatory, but not exclusively. As of recent, though, it may also be used as term of endearment.{{Cite web|url=https://theeagle.com/archives/women/article_2bdee957-3e5b-58a8-bab9-a247d13604ef.html|title=Women|website=Theeagle.com|date=9 September 2004|access-date=19 October 2020|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020025954/https://theeagle.com/archives/women/article_2bdee957-3e5b-58a8-bab9-a247d13604ef.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/love-and-hate-at-texas-am/|title=Love and Hate at Texas A&M|website=Tecasmonthly.com|date=February 1992|access-date=19 October 2020|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020210139/https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/love-and-hate-at-texas-am/|url-status=live}}

;War Hymn: Texas A&M's equivalent of a fight song.

;Whip Out (or Whipping Out): A traditional greeting within the Corps of Cadets where underclassmen introduce themselves to upperclassman.{{cite web| title=Joe B. Foster '56|date=October 2001| publisher=Mays Business School|url=http://maysbusiness.tamu.edu/old/2001/10/oaa-01/foster.html| last=Zuehlke| first=Lara| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070522052749/http://maysbusiness.tamu.edu/old/2001/10/oaa-01/foster.html| archive-date = 22 May 2007| access-date=3 January 2011}}

;White: The second official Texas A&M color.{{cite web |title = Texas A&M University Brand Guide |publisher = Texas A&M Division of Marketing and Communications |year = 2012 |url = http://brandguide.tamu.edu/ |access-date = 10 May 2012 |archive-date = 20 April 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120420224142/http://brandguide.tamu.edu/ |url-status = live }} White Out is a basketball tradition. Unlike football games, where Aggie fans wear Maroon, the basketball crowds wear white.{{cite news|last=Huffman|first=Holly|title=Attendance at Reed Arena rises with number of wins|publisher=Bryan–College Station Eagle|date=27 January 2007|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-158477690.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022181054/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-158477690.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 October 2012|access-date=26 July 2007}}

;Whoop: An exclamation of approval and excitement, especially used at the end of a yell. This is a junior and senior privilege.{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=Polly Ross |title=Aggie Spirit |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=28 November 1999 |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1999_3180333 |access-date=16 August 2007 |archive-date=23 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623220400/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1999_3180333 |url-status=live }}

;Wildcat: A noise and a hand motion made after an Aggie yell. Each class uses a different wildcat based on seniority.

;Women's Chorus: Texas A&M's all-female choir, known as the "Finest Singing Women in Aggieland."{{cn|date=April 2025}}

;Wrecking Crew: Name given to defenses of the football team.{{cite news|last=Ruff |first=Brian |title=Wrecking Crew salvages A&M season opener |newspaper=The Battalion |date=30 September 2001 |url=http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2001/09/02/Sports/Wrecking.Crew.Salvages.Am.Season.Opener-512762.shtml |access-date=17 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907042204/http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2001/09/02/Sports/Wrecking.Crew.Salvages.Am.Season.Opener-512762.shtml |archive-date= 7 September 2009 }}{{cite web| last = Griffin| first = Tim| title = Revisiting the 'Wrecking Crew' and 'Blackshirts'| publisher = ESPN| date = 28 July 2008| url = https://www.espn.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/92/revisiting-the-wrecking-crew-and-blackshirts| access-date = 3 January 2011| archive-date = 5 November 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121105163125/http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/92/revisiting-the-wrecking-crew-and-blackshirts| url-status = live}} The term became popular in the 80s and 90s. While the term is trademarked by the university,{{cite web |title=WRECKING CREW Trademark of Rockbrook Holdings Ltd. – Registration Number 3643914 – Serial Number 76638259 :: Justia Trademarks |url=https://trademarks.justia.com/766/38/wrecking-76638259.html |website=trademarks.justia.com |access-date=4 July 2019 |language=en |archive-date=4 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704133858/https://trademarks.justia.com/766/38/wrecking-76638259.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=WRECKING CREW Trademark of Texas A&M University Serial Number: 85205790 :: Trademarkia Trademarks |url=https://trademark.trademarkia.com/wrecking-crew-85205790.html |website=trademark.trademarkia.com |access-date=4 July 2019 |language=en |archive-date=4 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704133858/https://trademark.trademarkia.com/wrecking-crew-85205790.html |url-status=live }} many fans, coaches, and sports analysts feel that recent Aggie defenses have not "earned" the title.{{cite web|last=Onan |first=John |title=Aggies defense must earn "Wrecking Crew" label |publisher=Real Football 365 |date=6 March 2006 |url=http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/texasam/8829 |access-date=3 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906195410/http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/texasam/8829 |archive-date= 6 September 2009 }}

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;Aggie Yells: Synchronized yells done at Aggie sporting events.

;Yell Leaders:Texas A&M's equivalent of cheerleaders – These elected students, three seniors and two juniors, lead the student body in synchronized yells throughout all sporting events and yell practices.{{cite news|last=Alvarado |first=Nicole |title=Yell Leaders represent Aggie Spirit past, present, and future |newspaper=The Battalion |date=20 April 2007 |url=http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2007/04/20/News/Yell-Leaders.Represent.Aggie.Spirit.Past.Present.And.Future-2870762.shtml |access-date=29 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929110448/http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2007/04/20/News/Yell-Leaders.Represent.Aggie.Spirit.Past.Present.And.Future-2870762.shtml |archive-date=29 September 2007}} While all yell leaders on the main campus have been men, a woman has served as one at the school's branch campus in Galveston.{{cite news|url=http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2005/09/20/News/First.Woman.Yell.Leader.Elected.At.AmGalveston-990777.shtml |title=First woman yell leader elected at A&M-Galveston |last=Filbin |first=Melissa |date=20 September 2005 |newspaper=The Battalion |access-date=21 September 2009 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Note that the university has an all female competitive cheerleading squad called Texas A&M Cheer Squad, which has won several NCA National Championships including the 2023 event.{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Kaci |date=April 8, 2023 |title=A&M cheer brings home third national title |work=The Battalion |url=https://www.thebatt.com/sports/a-m-cheer-brings-home-third-national-title/article_1c134174-d65f-11ed-b169-9772549df4f1.html |access-date=April 11, 2023 |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411131458/https://www.thebatt.com/sports/a-m-cheer-brings-home-third-national-title/article_1c134174-d65f-11ed-b169-9772549df4f1.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Aupperle |first=Katie |date=April 10, 2023 |title=Treat of the Day: Texas A&M Cheer Squad named 2023 NCA National Champions |work=KBTX |url=https://www.kbtx.com/2023/04/10/treat-day-texas-am-cheer-squad-named-2023-nca-national-champions/ |access-date=April 11, 2023 |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411131458/https://www.kbtx.com/2023/04/10/treat-day-texas-am-cheer-squad-named-2023-nca-national-champions/ |url-status=live }} This cheer squad does not perform at athletic events whereas yell leaders do.

;Yell practice: A Texas A&M event that is similar to a pep rally. The most notable yell practices, Midnight Yell, occurs the night before home football games.

;Zip (or Zipper-Head): A nickname for a senior, named so for the black and gold braid on the garrison caps of seniors in the Corps of Cadets, which resembles a zipper.

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