Talk:101 (slang)

Caps?
There are no examples of the term in use. What is the convention with capitalisation? Is it "she took Medicine 101" or "she took medicine 101"? Ericoides (talk) 07:48, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

1984's Room 101
Did George Orwell choose the room's number with this convention in mind? 2003:EC:9F43:4300:1C6E:1C34:3389:8D2 (talk) 12:44, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Orwell named Room 101 after a conference room at Broadcasting House where he used to sit through tedious meetings. DancesWithGrues (talk) 11:56, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Why zero?
Wherever I read this, it says that “second digit corresponded to a particular subject or to a department”. So, why zero is the second digit in “101”? No subject/department? Subject/Department #0? --Stansult (talk) 03:15, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

I believe the second number refers to a specific topic within the subject, so that English 101, 111, 121 would be introductory courses to different fields of English study. The 101 course will presumably provide a general overview of the entire subject. DancesWithGrues (talk) 11:50, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Should be in Wikitionary, not here
The intended topic of this article is an American English slang expression. It is not the purpose of Wikipedia to document words or expressions. This article belongs in the Wiktionary or some similar project. In fact, there is already an entry there with most of the contents of this article--Jorge Stolfi (talk) 23:19, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

I agree 178.120.67.129 (talk) 18:54, 5 February 2023 (UTC)


 * I am in agreement as well, so as per WP:BOLD and WP:MERGE, I am merging this page into the appropriate section at 101 (number) and converting this page into a section redirect. Indigopari (talk) 19:14, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The merge is complete. Indigopari (talk) 20:32, 5 April 2023 (UTC)