semitrailer
shortlist ( noun and verb ) student contribution charge Not ‘ HECS liability ’
subgroup under water ( predicative adjective , such as ‘ diving under water ’), underwater ( attributive adjective , such as ‘ underwater diving ’) short term ( predicative adjective , such as ‘ in the short term ’), short-term ( attributive adjective , such as ‘ short-term goals ’)
sizeable
Social Sports
socioeconomic
somebody , someone
sometime
Southern Hemisphere
startup
state
state government
STEMM An acronym for Science , Technology , Engineering , Mathematics , Medicine . Not ‘ STEM ’.
stormwater
Student Central
student contribution band Not ‘ HECS band ’ sub-specialty
surfboat
T
targeted
The Kensington Colleges
timeline
trailblazer
U
un-Australian
uncharted waters Not ‘ unchartered ’
under Do not use in place of ‘ fewer than ’ or ‘ less than ’, except for heights ( such as ‘ under 190 centimetres tall ’)
under- Most compounds do not require a hyphen ( such as ‘ underline ’, ‘ underbid ’, ‘ underestimate ’, ‘ undervalue ’, ‘ underweight ’ and ‘ underwrite ’), but there are exceptions ( such as ‘ under-age ’ and ‘ under-secretary ’). Refer to the Macquarie Dictionary when in doubt . underway
UniMail
UniPass
unique A ‘ unique ’ thing is one of its kind ; anything that is ‘ almost unique ’ is actually ‘ rare ’
units of credit ( UOC ) Not ‘ Units of Credit ’
University Always use an uppercase initial letter when referring to UNSW . If referring to another university , only use uppercase initial letters for its full proper name , then ‘ university ’ in subsequent mentions .
UNSW Student Services Do not abbreviate to ‘ ss ’
UNSW Sydney
-up Some nouns ending in ‘ up ’ ( such as ‘ flare-up ’, ‘ check-up ’) take a hyphen , but others ( such as ‘ buildup ’, ‘ breakup ’) do not . Refer to the Macquarie Dictionary when in doubt .
upside down
V
verandah undergraduate vice versa
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