You know you're a Neo when......

KAPPAtivating · #1 02-05-2007, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

Your car looks like a moving GLO with letters in the front, back, rear window, hanging from the inside rearview mirror, and about two hats that can be seen through the back window, all at the same time.

Look who's talking. I have a Kane in the back that can be seen through the back window. I also post in red. Hmmmm. I'm definitely not a Neo though. LOL.

One of our Undergrad chapters took a line in the SPR. of last year. When we had one of our fundraisers they were there trying to do EVERYTHING! We called them "Super Neos"! They feel like they can change the world overnight!

tld221 · #2 02-05-2007, 01:52 AM

one of my sands is still called Superneo to this day and were over a year in.

i wore my jacket on new year's night. it was FREEZING! wont do that again!

TotallyWicked · #3 02-05-2007, 02:51 AM

you show face at every party there is...even if it's thousands of miles away from you...definitely like some of the neos i know LOL

elusive47 · #4 02-05-2007, 07:43 PM

~You wear some form of letters every day.

~If you're not in letters, you're wearing your organization's colors instead.

~You've changed your name on facebook such that your line name is now your middle name.

~The "About Me" section in your facebook or MySpace profile contains a giant letterset made from the numbers that make up your org's founding year.

~Your screenames on MySpace, AIM, and GC all have something to do with your org/line name/line number. (I'm not a neo anymore, but even I'm guilty of this!)

~You can't stand to take a picture without throwing your org's handsign. (Guilty again!)

~At the first party you attend since you've crossed, you can't help but to stroll.

Mz_Doc · #5 06-10-2008, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by elusive47

~You've changed your name on facebook such that your line name is now your middle name.

~The "About Me" section in your facebook or MySpace profile contains a giant letterset made from the numbers that make up your org's founding year.

LOL, I am definitely guilty of the above two statements!!

nwu43 · #6 06-10-2008, 12:30 PM

You start doing step moves by yourself in public areas that are totally out of place because you think it looks so cool. For instance in your dorm room, or while randomly walking down the street, or even in the weight room (one of my line bros did this when he was supposed to be spotting me, it was SOOO embarrassing because everyone started looking at us)

I know it's not "neo" perse, but something that I noticed many of our neos used to do because they'd always join the step team right after they cross and were CRAZY about it (but did not quite understand yet what's appropriate and what's not).

Also, introducing yourself to a random stranger with your nickname rather than your real name (HI! I'm Sexual Harassment Panda, nice to meet you!). Tho this is specific to Asian Greeks I guess, because I remembered from past discussions that other orgs don't often go by nicknames.

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Originally Posted by tld221

one of my sands is still called Superneo to this day and were over a year in.

i wore my jacket on new year's night. it was FREEZING! wont do that again!

What's "sands"? Is that a BGLO term?

DSTCHAOS · #7 06-10-2008, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by nwu43

Also, introducing yourself to a random stranger with your nickname rather than your real name (HI! I'm Sexual Harassment Panda, nice to meet you!). Tho this is specific to Asian Greeks I guess, because I remembered from past discussions that other orgs don't often go by nicknames.

We have line names and some chapters also have nicknames.

I always giggled when Sorors and nonSorors shared their line names in their introduction to me. We weren't taught to give a long drawn out intro with line names and stuff. Don't bore people. So I still pick on Greeks who share their line name to introduce themselves. I picked on this Omega Neo this weekend and said "I just need your real name...all that other stuff is...special."

I'm sure "Sexual Harassment Panda" would've annoyed me and made me call you a "cornball" if you introduced yourself to me like that.

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Originally Posted by nwu43

What's "sands"? Is that a BGLO term?

Generally a BGLO term that means different things depending on where you're from/are.

nwu43 · #8 06-10-2008, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

We have line names and some chapters also have nicknames.

I always giggled when Sorors and nonSorors shared their line names in their introduction to me. We weren't taught to give a long drawn out intro with line names and stuff. Don't bore people. So I still pick on Greeks who share their line name to introduce themselves. I picked on this Omega Neo this weekend and said "I just need your real name...all that other stuff is...special."

I'm sure "Sexual Harassment Panda" would've annoyed me and made me call you a "cornball" if you introduced yourself to me like that.

Generally a BGLO term that means different things depending on where you're from/are.

Haha yea I know you all have nicknames, I meant the difference is that Asian Greeks actually call each other by nicknames (with Lambdas, it's actually *unusual* to introduce yourself to another bro by your real name unless you're in the West Coast). In my neo days, since ALL I DID was hang out with other Asian Greeks, I don't remember ever being referred to as Charles at all. All I'd ever hear was "hey hooters" all the time, unless I was at home, in which case my mom and dad and brother would not do that.

But the problem is sometimes bros are so used to introducing themselves by nicknames that they mistakenly do so even to a non Greek. Which gets kinda awkward and funny at the same time, especially if their nicknames are one of those derogatory funny ones.

What's the difference by the way, between line name and nickname? Or is this also something "that means different things depending on where you're from/are" that I'm just not supposed to know

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oops, I realized what you may have meant was that there are nicknames for the chapters themselves

DSTCHAOS · #9 06-10-2008, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by nwu43

Haha yea I know you all have nicknames, I meant the difference is that Asian Greeks actually call each other by nicknames (with Lambdas, it's actually *unusual* to introduce yourself to another bro by your real name unless you're in the West Coast).

This will vary by chapter, area, or the individuals. There are BGLO members who are known by their line names or nicknames and people have no idea what their real names are.

DSTRen13 · #10 06-12-2008, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

This will vary by chapter, area, or the individuals. There are BGLO members who are known by their line names or nicknames and people have no idea what their real names are.

I honestly couldn't tell you the real names of almost anyone in my husband's (IFC) undergrad chapter. No one ever uses anything but their pledge names. I think even some of the guys' families call them by their pledge names at this point ...

starang21 · #11 06-10-2008, 02:33 PM

you wanna trade with everyone.

wait.....that's not strictly to neos.

:unsure:

starang21 · #12 06-10-2008, 02:37 PM

@ sexual harrasment panda.

DSTCHAOS · #13 06-10-2008, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by starang21

@ sexual harrasment panda.

Don't ask don't tell?

starang21 · #14 06-10-2008, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Don't ask don't tell?

i don't even wanna know the story behind that name.

DSTCHAOS · #15 02-05-2007, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by KAPPAtivating

One of our Undergrad chapters took a line in the SPR. of last year. When we had one of our fundraisers they were there trying to do EVERYTHING! We called them "Super Neos"! They feel like they can change the world overnight!

That's what they're supposed to do because I damn sure am not busting my behind when there are NEOS around.