Tabs
Denizens of The Other Place (q.v.). "Shoe the Tabs!" is a commonly heard cry at Varsity matches or other occasions where Oxford students come into competitive contact with students of The Other Place.
The Other Place
Cambridge University.
The Bird and Baby
The Eagle and Child pub on St Giles which was once the meeting place for the Inklings, a writing society whose members included JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis.
The High
The High Street.
Torpids
Rowing races which take place in February. The term ‘torpid’ originally referred to a college’s second VIII. The races, while still fiercely contended, are less prestigious than the Summer Eights.
Trinity term
Summer term, running from April to July. See also: Michaelmas term, Hilary term.
Tute
Tutorial. In Oxford, this refers to a small, weekly class of one to four students. Where possible, tutorials are held in a student's own College and taken by a lecturer or Fellow of that College, who is known as the student's Tutor and with whom the student will hopefully develop a close working relationship (for example, AJP Taylor was Tutor in History to several generations of students at Magdalen College). Exceptions are made in cases where a student is studying a subject in which no academics in his or her College teach.