Country Dictionary

frieNDA

An informal, at best verbal, understanding that what is being discussed is in confidence. No paperwork, just trust, protects ideas from being stolen.

I told Mark about our transporter research under a frieNDA.

hildabeast

A student at St Hilda's - a girl's only college at Oxford university, UK. The college is in 2007 transitioning to co-ed. The term hildabeast is probably derived from Wildebeest and is often used in a derogatory manner.

It’s hard for students to live with the Hildabeast stereotype.