TIPster
From the unofficial Duke TIP Wiki
A TIPster is any teen who has gone/goes to TIP Summer Studies program, and believes fully in the traditions and abnormalities of TIP. They are normally accesorized with a neon colored shoelace.
Synonyms: nerd, smart kid, all around cool person, soon-to-be rulers of the earth, tiplet
Antonyms: Young Writers, ADFers, Durhamites.
Sam Prevatt and Daag Alemayehu denied ever being TIPsters; they claimed to have been instead "TIP students." It is unclear as to the origin of their aversion to the term "TIPster."
[edit] How to Recognize a TIPster
Walk up to your suspect and say "Snarfle". If the person looks at you as if you've just been released from a mental hospital, you know he/she is not a TIPster. If the person glares at you and begins questioning you about how you found that word, you've struck TIPster gold.
