The Oxford English Dictionary

Oxford has a great collection of terms that outsiders may consider quaint, funny, or outrageous! Here are a few examples:

Battles - termly bills for rent, food, etc.
Blue - sporting accolade won when won when you play in the University first team against Cambridge.
Bod - the Bodleian Library, one of the oldest libraries in Europe and the second largest, after the British Library (more in another post).
Bop - the equivalent of a school disco in fancy dress, a true Oxford event.
Come-up - when you start at Oxford, you 'come up' (also used for returning from holidays). Leaving Oxford is termed as 'going down', and being 'sent down' is when they kick you out. Can't be good.
Cuppers - Intercollegiate competition in sports, dance and drama.
Essay crisis - when you have too much to do and not enough time to do it.
Hilary - spring term (7 January to 14 March) - spring term between January and March???
JCR - the Junior Common Room, the undergraduate student body and the physical room where the undergraduates hang out
Matriculation - the ceremony where one formally becomes a member of the University.
Pidge - the 'pigeonhole': the mail comes here.
Pimms - summer drink, often associated with punting and rowing.
MCR - the graduate student body and their sitting room.
Michaelmas - winter term (1 October to 7 December).
SCR - the Senior Common Room, for the teaching staff and fellows to sit in and be clever.
Sub Fusc - formally, the academic dress - the black gown and cap, dark suit, white shirt and bow tie, with black socks and shoes. Thankfully only worn during the exams.
Strawpeedo - a quick way to drown one's drink using a straw and a friend.
Torpids - a rowing competition held during Trinity terms in which the contestants and spectators both get cold and wet.
Trinity - summer term (14 April to 20 June) - everyone's favourite.
Tute - a tutorial.