Word: garbageman
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...enough to appeal to the indie-film date crowd nor exotic enough to qualify as critical cult objects--survive on funding from Britain, Japan and Germany, where they are art-house staples. If not for this offshore financing, Hartley, 38, might be working as a radio repairman or a garbageman--jobs that keep his heroes occupied when they aren't playing chess with their gnarly demons. That could change with Henry Fool, the intimate epic that made a splash at festivals last year and has now opened in U.S. movie houses. No less quirkish and studied than his earlier films...
...being careful. Dean Lewis does have a point that "first-year" might sound a little awkward, and that there might be a better substitute to the offending word. Or maybe "freshman" is just one of those words in the "who would want to be one anyway?" category--like "garbageman" and "hitman"--that even the most strident p.c. advocates are content to leave alone...