dormcest en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From dorm (“dormitory”) + -cest.
Meanings
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(slang, uncountable) Romantic and/or sexual involvement between students residing in the same dormitory.
"I remember being shocked that they would sleep in the same bed!" says Eunpi Cho ’05, recalling one notorious incident of dormcest.
2005 June 9, Michael M. Grynbaum, “An Entryway That Eats Together Stays Together”, in The Harvard Crimson, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2025:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dorm-cest | alternative | lexicographic |