Law of the Playground

Etymologically obscure. Div status is easily conferred by a stupid act, but does not attach to individuals, unless they act divvy really often. Even then, it isn’t particularly harsh. Appropriate overlap with Co-Op Dividend Cards; especially because everyone who shops in Co-Op is divvy.

Paul

You can imagine my disbelief when it was revealed to me at high school that classes were now referred to as ‘divs’ (apparently short for ‘divisions’), and the confusion in my playground-savvy brain as successful dodging of questions such as, “which div are you?” only led to the discovery that it was, in fact, a legitimate enquiry. It was a trying time.

[anon]