terps

abreviation of the university of maryland college park mascot. (terrapin).

fear the turtle!
lets go terps, kick duke’s -ss!
1. short for terrapin — the species of the university of maryland in college park’s mascot: testudo

2. an athlete who is a member of one of the univeristy of maryland in college park’s 27 division i sports teams. the terps have won national championships in several sports including football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, women’s lacrosse, men’s lacrosse, field hockey, men’s soccer, and compet-tive cheerleading.

3.a fan of university of maryland sports. ranked #1 college sports fans in the country in 2005 by princeton review. notorious for wearing red, being loud, rubbing testudo’s nose, starting riots, and chanting “f-ck you jj” during basketball games, which brought them national attention in 2004.
those terps sure are looking good this year.

those terps fans sure are brutal
can be subst-tuted for any action or adjective, especially dirty ones.
“that girl is terping hot!”
“ya, i’d terp it from behind.”
a turtle who is a pimp.
man look at the bling on that turtle, he is a t-e-r-p.
sign language interpreter
i’m a terp because i can translate asl.
way of insulting someone’s intelligence, like “dur.”
“oh man, i forgot to turn off my toaster, and my house burned down!”

“terp.”
v. 1) to complain about the officiating of a sporting event so as to explain away the loss of one’s favorite team 2) to lay blame elsewhere for one’s own misfortunes or shortcomings
in the post-game press conference, gary terped the whole time, expressing his belief that everyone was against his team and wanted them to lose.