CosMo

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A term used to refer to CambridgeUniversity students who take that first-year course known as Mathematics With Computer Science. It simultaneously reflects the way such a person is torn between being a CompSci and a MathMo, and also their frequent SpacedOut?-ness.

It does not imply any CosMo-politan nature, and should not be taken as such.

AlexChurchill invented the term during his first year at Cambridge, when he was one.

Wow, that's very impressive. I was seventeen in my first year and I thought I was precocious. --Rachael

: Ah. The two of you really do deserve each other. -- a possibly jealous SF

However, it's very possible other people have also invented it without having heard it from him, possibly before he invented it at all.

: We briefly invented it in Oct '96, but then abandoned it in embarrassment :-) -- Senji

It should be noted that being a MathMo or a CompSci is a state of mind not of course. For example, I would class myself as a CompSci studying maths more than as a MathMo. It's a funny old world -- CorkScrew

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