Word: commonization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...just about any sentence from the book, chosen at random, one finds use of an unusual but exactly fitting word. Gabler possesses an unusually large vocabulary. His word choice is always precise and ingenious and leaves the reader wondering why most of these extraordinary words are not more common in writing and speech...
Some individual rooms and common areas are already decked with holiday cheer. Many decorations are the products of House efforts while others are the work of especially merry students...
...Some common traditions have special significance. Secret Santa takes on additional importance in Kirkland House. It is the only time during the year that the Kirkland dining hall is closed to inter-house dining...
Harvard, it seems, is very happy about winter. House common spaces all over campus are adorned with festive "winter" decorations. House dining halls are playing host to "winter" feasts. House committees are organizing "winter" caroling. I, for one, am confused. Since when is the onset of short, dreary, cold days, and downright frigid nights, a cause for rejoicing? In short, who are we kidding...
...Christian majority permitted by the administration to transform common residential areas, like dining halls and entry-ways, into out-posts of Christmas cheer...