Cram is obsolete? I don't think it is in the US I use it all the time. Like, "I have to do some hardcore cramming for the qualifier." I have never heard the word mugging (or tooling) used in that context.
Tool/tooling is an interesting word. I am not even exactly sure what it means. People about 1-3 years younger than I am tend to use it for just about everything. "He is such a tool," which I think means loser in that context, "I am just tooling around," which I think means I am wasting time.
Has anyone else heard the word tool in that fashion, or is that just a thing people say at Case? My students (who would be around 21-23) use it all the time, bur I've never heard it anywhere else.
- Laura
