tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823943.post2567778543436308661..comments2023-09-18T12:16:21.289-07:00Comments on Evolving English II: Let's (cohort) party downWordzGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04618408509448732889noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16823943.post-79756303970232943192011-10-12T22:36:11.492-07:002011-10-12T22:36:11.492-07:00I have heard and used the term "cohort" ...I have heard and used the term "cohort" quite frequently, to mean, roughly, "a group of people at the same stage of a lengthy process." Thus you can speak of cohorts graduating from school, coming of military age, completing pieces of a lab test, etc.<br /><br />I have never heard or used the term "cohort party", it doesn't sound terribly natural to me. I can definitely see it as a self-consious coinage to replace "class party" in a situation where "class" is not a good descriptor, though.<br /><br />(Being a military-history geek I have also heard the original meaning of "cohort", of course.)Django Wexlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929448983362287954noreply@blogger.com