1) A small, liberal arts college southwest of Philadelphia, founded in 1864 by the Religious Society of Friends but no longer affiliated with them officially. Swarthmore College is known for its rigorous academic program, which has prompted its students to adopt the unofficial motto "Anywhere else it would have been an A." Swarthmore students do have fun in addition to their schoolwork, but when asked, they find it easier to complain that they don't.
2) The town in which Swarthmore College is located.
2) The town in which Swarthmore College is located.
"Swarthmore is for nerds."
by EDM July 25, 2008
Get the Swarthmore mug.Small liberal arts college outside of Philadelphia, well known for its academic rigor and an eyebrow-raisingly unattractive student body. Identity politics plus social ineptitude often leads to petty dislikes morphing into accusations of racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. etc.
In short, the greatest anti-reality check you will ever meet.
In short, the greatest anti-reality check you will ever meet.
Swarthmore in the morning...
Student 1: The coffee bar is out of milk...and black coffee is kinda bitter.
Student 2, dead earnest: You know that's really racist.
Student 1: The coffee bar is out of milk...and black coffee is kinda bitter.
Student 2, dead earnest: You know that's really racist.
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If you live in swarthmore you are either 1)a pot smoking hippie
2)a weird totally left winged freak
3)a smart thespian
2)a weird totally left winged freak
3)a smart thespian
by NMV March 28, 2005
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by Mark Clemmons March 19, 2005
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Get the strathmore gangs mug.Recent graduates of elite east coast liberal arts colleges whose refined conversation and smarmy demeanor is used to elevate themselves to a plateau of masturbatory self congratulation of his or her sophisticated cultural taste and, by effect, your lack of relevant knowledge about anything that matters, in film, literature, or what have you.
That swathmorian prick thinks he knows just about everything.
SOMA is rife with all these swathmorian hipsters
SOMA is rife with all these swathmorian hipsters
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