How cheeky VCE students sneak X-rated urban slang onto official school jumpers

Sneaky year 12 students are hoodwinking their unsuspecting teachers by adding urban slang — with X-rated swearwords and sexual innuendo — on their commemorative VCE tops. Here’s what’s already snuck through the gatekeepers.

Students are sneaking in X-rated slang to official school jumpers that teachers don’t understand.

Year 12 students are trying to hoodwink unsuspecting teachers with edgy and X-rated urban slang on their commemorative jumpers.

A student walked around for months this year with a top bearing the phrase DILLIGAF which stands for Do I Look Like I Give a F....

It was only when an eagle-eyed parent alerted the unnamed school in recent weeks about the phrase that the school told the student he was unable to wear the top unless the offending phrase was covered.

The special rugby tops, hoodies or bomber jumpers have become a rite of passage for senior students over the past few decades with most costing around $100.

While some schools simply list all the Year 12 students by name, others allow a bit more freedom.

Hands up if you know what DILLIGAF stands for?

Many schools have judgment panels which vet the names, slogans or nicknames to try to iron out slang or words that may have double meanings.

Some of the phrases are commonplace on social media and used by students but not so obvious to teachers.

But a few nicknames which push the envelope have gone under the radar and have only been discovered months later.

Some years ago a Wesley College student had the name Hopper on his top. Later the school realised it was in reference to its former teacher Gavin Hopper who was jailed in 2004 for having sex with a student.

Last month the DILLIGAF student shared the drama on a VCE Facebook closed page followed by 56,000 people.

“Today I got told I had to cover up my Year 12 jacket as it spells DILLIGAF. They are bringing this up after nearly six months of wearing it and getting it approved through a judgment panel,” he wrote.

“I am so proud about how long it lasted but it is pretty F…… up that I have to cover it up. Might wear it to valedictory and show the power of DILLIGAF.”

He said he was told if he did not cover it up the jacket would be confiscated.

While some students supported him, others said the school decision was correct.

Some students said they had managed to get various terms through the censors.

These included “uwu” which is a cute emoji.

Another student said he was able to get his initials B.A.D approved.

A further student boasted they had the phrase “$20 is $20” approved for their jacket.

It refers to a person performing sexual favours for someone of the same sex for $20.

One student chimed in that a school they attended approved KMS which means Kill Myself.

Another said the school refused her to have “Bread Dealer” in case it was a shady reference to drug dealing or other suspicious behaviour. She said it referred to her part-time job in a bakery.

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Uniform supplier FCW said it supplied many schools with Year 12 tops which were made in Australia.

Managing director Andrew Minter said the company visited schools to work out a design, or schools ordered online.

He said the schools checked the names and nicknames before submitting orders.

McKinnon Secondary College principal Pitsa Binnion, whose school is not involved in these cases, said it was very important to get it right.

“We go through a very strict process with our Year 12 jumpers. All names are looked at individually and we reject the ones that are not correct,” she said.

A Year 12 student said students at her school tried to sneak through some questionable nicknames but the co-ordinator was aware of them.

“Year 12 is so stressful so it was a bit of an opportunity to be angsty. But I get that the school wants to project a good image,” she said.