If you go to college in the Lehigh Valley, you hear a lot about the other schools around. Maybe you're at Cedar Crest and you're pissed that Muhlenberg takes up all the room on Yik Yak. Maybe you're at Muhlenberg and you're sick of people introducing someone who is clearly in still in high school as "my friend from Lehigh." Maybe you're at Lehigh and... you know what, I'm not actually sure what goes on at Lehigh outside of its commendable reputations for both engineering and drinking.

So let's take a look at how the schools in the Lehigh Valley — or at least in LVAIC (the Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges) — stack up on Urban Dictionary.

Cedar Crest College

Cedar Crest didn't even show up on Urban Dictionary. Maybe it's because nobody's around to write up an entry? After all, 75 percent of the students don't actually live on campus.

Sorry, Cedar Crest — guess we won't be able to learn too much about you today.

DeSales University

At 2,400 students, DeSales is hardly the smallest school in the Lehigh Valley, although Urban Dictionary's AAAAALLLLL definitely thinks it is too small. Perhaps this has to do with the word "desalised," which seems related and makes an Urban Dictionary appearance as defined by theblueone.

Well, that's definitely not a great association to have with your school.

Lafayette College

User Frat-tastic 58 sure has mixed opinions about Lafayette College. In one Urban Dictionary entry, they have encompassed perceptions of the "chill" vs. "snobby" gender divide, the "frat-tastic" social scene and the "stellar" quality of the school. And to have accomplished this all while asserting Frat-tastic's own intelligence and wealth as a member of the community, wow!

However, not everyone feels the same way about the rivalry between Lafayette and Lehigh.

Bear202, for example, definitely disagrees — although they do so respectfully, unlike both Frat-tastic 58 and the adjective-heavy 18Leo26 below:

Lots of controversy here. Let's check in to see how Lehigh responds.

Lehigh University

As it turns out, Lehigh did not respond. None of the definitions for Lehigh University mention Lafayette at all, although they do refer to continuously to their location, drinking abilities, and strong engineering and business programs. Let's take a look at a couple of key definitions:

Lots to digest in there, mostly having to do with drinking and schoolwork — pretty typical college talk. I'd like to take a moment to talk about the last definition, though, written by Drunkasauraussrex all the way back in 2004. This entry incorporates loathing for the school, ablism, misogyny, fat shaming and downright criticism for those attending the school. Perhaps 2004 was a simpler, more hateful time, but I'm inclined to think that this sort of definition wouldn't fly these days. Unfortunately, I don't think that was the case yet in 2008 when the following entry was written by Lehigh Student:

The stories that Lehigh Student has are harrowing and only confirm the less eloquent rantings of Drunkasauraussrex. On the topic of diversity, Lehigh's website includes the following statement:

But we also recognize that we are on a journey. We know that we can do much more to foster an environment that is welcoming and collaborative. The commitment to inclusive diversity on our campus has never been stronger.

The website also says that 535 community members have participated in inclusion workshops at Lehigh — so perhaps that aspect, at least, is getting better?

There are also Lehigh-related entries under Lehigh Tolerance and Lehigh Goggles. The former refers to the already established penchant for drinking, while the latter has to do with the way that women on campus are perceived:

And that one is from 2014? Come on now, Lehigh. Objectifying women like that is not okay; it is misogyny, and it is harmful. Step it up.

Moravian College

Coming off of the less than stellar definitions of Lehigh, I was hoping for some more civil discussion in Moravian's definitions. Of course, this is the internet, so I was fairly disappointed. My biggest issue here is definitely with the writer's username, which is impertinent at best and offensive at worst. However, the point holds that Moravian probably feels a bit like a high school. After all, there are only about 1,600 students, so it's easy to see how everyone could get to knowing each other's business.

Luckily, someone just updated the definition for Moravian this year, so we have a more up-to-date picture of what the school is like:

While Foxnight makes the school sound mostly appealing, they also bring in the complicated idea of place. The school is in a city, after all, and not every block can be the safest block. The school seems fairly safe (with the exception of 11 on-campus burglary cases in 2013) according to U.S. News & World Report, but perhaps Foxnight is speaking more to what happens off campus.

Muhlenberg College

The only definition in for Muhlenberg College takes itself much more seriously than the other schools' definitions. It's hard to fault the facts listed here, though this definition leaves something to be desired as far as personality goes.

Luckily, Urban Dictionary users have also hit on a habit peculiar to Muhlenberg students, in which the school's first two syllables become a prefix for anything Muhlenberg-related.

Let's try to forgive Cardinal Argent here for not knowing the difference between prefix and suffix. The important part is that the "Muhlen" prefix leads to a whole host of other definitions. These range from some lovely nicknames for the school itself...

... To perhaps the lewdest thing written about any of these schools, a definition of "Muhlenberger," which has nothing to do with the trademark burger served in the campus' student union. All I'll say on the subject here is that the definition includes references to mayo in a way that makes me never want to ingest mayo again, but I'll let you click at your own risk.

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So that's what students at the different LVAIC schools think about their colleges. Are these definitions spot on, or are they too far off to be believed? Are many of these schools as awful as they sound, or does Urban Dictionary simply bring out the worst in people? And the biggest question of all: when is someone at Cedar Crest going to find Urban Dictionary?