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==Usage Poll==
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== Pronunciation ==

[tee ay]

== Part of Speech ==

Noun

== Description ==

An abbreviation for "teaching assistant" which refers to a graduate student who aids a professor in teaching a course, with responsibilities such as grading papers, conducting discussion sections, and holding office hours.

== Usage ==

Anyone can use this term.

== Example Sentence ==

The professor for that class wasn't great, but the ''TA'' was super helpful.

== Why It's Wild ==

This word is wild because it refers to something that most Northwestern students will encounter in their time here, and WildWords recognizes that although this term can be found at most universities, not every student will have heard it before attending Northwestern.

[[User:CaptainKirk|CaptainKirk]] ([[User talk:CaptainKirk|talk]]) 17:02, 5 June 2017 (CDT)