skule

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proper noun

The Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

skule1

nounskule (countable and uncountable, plural skules)

plural skules

  1. countablepronunciation spellinguncountablePronunciation spelling of school.

    Have Fun, and don't forget to go to skule / work! =P

    1997 December 6, e...@eyekiller.ml.org, “The Offical^([sic]) Biggest On-Line Casino in the world.”, in alt.gambling (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Dec 2025
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    Click Web - ster nev - er went to skule,* […] But, he can drive any or - n’ry mule; […]

    c. 1828 (date written), “The Farmington Canal Song”, in Eloise Hubbard Linscott, compiler, Folk Songs of Old New England, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published November 1939, →OCLC, page 195

    Except Jock, an’ he's aff to the skule, / The big fule / It’s muckle he’ll dae at a skule.

    1871 January 13, Brampton Times, Brampton, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1

    How's tricks?: Like that's bogus syntax, dude? Where'd you go to skule?

    1990 October 8, Steve Senator, “Opportunity for Amusement (Was: Blasted 8 digit error codes!)”, in comp.unix.aix (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Dec 2025

    People dont^([sic]) want govt skules or govt libraries? […] The govt workers at the skules and libraries refuse to give up.

    1997 November 23, Guerilla^([sic]), “everyone get thier Check today?”, in pdx.general (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Dec 2025

    I’m an old skule kind of person (vinyl music, real books, craft beer, sturdy lace-ups and sensible brogues...) […]

    2024 October 13, John Brewin, quoting Jeremy Boyce, “America’s Cup: New Zealand lead 3-0 but race four postponed as Britain avoid crash – as it happened”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2025

Skule2

proper noun
  1. informalThe Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto.

    We asked him if he didn’t think that about a year from now he would look back on Skule days and remember a few things that weren't so bad.

    1959 January 21, ‘Four Years Of Sweat?’, Toike Oike, volume 52, number 6, Toronto, Ont.: Engineering Society of the University of Toronto, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 1
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    One hundred years ago Canada’s oldest Engineering Society was founded by a group of students over dinner. […] This Society was to go on to represent the 23,000 students who graduated from the School (affectionately known as Skule, […]

    1985, “One Hundred Years of Skule”, in Canadian Chemical News, volume 37, Ottawa, Ont.: Chemcan Publishers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 46

    Apparently some of the Ajax students, during University of Toronto’s initiation week, somehow talked a distaff medical student to come to Ajax. She obviously was not aware that she was going to be held hostage for a few days. Her parents were kept informed and guaranteed no harm would come to their daughter. All this because the famous Skule cannon was stolen by the Med students.

    2008, Yutaka Harold Yoneyama, “University of Toronto”, in An Evacuee’s Memoir: An Account from the Writer's Own Recollection, Toronto, Ont.: Pro Familia Publishing, →ISBN, page 48

    We publish Skule-related news ranging from personal topics to community-wide issues, as you will come across later on during your year at Skule.

    2015 October, Dominic Hong, edited by Edgar Wang, The Cannon, volume XXXVIII, number 2, Toronto, Ont.: University of Toronto Engineering Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2

Origin

From skule, a deliberate misspelling of school that was used by the students during its founding years.

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