hallway monitor

Student passage patrol

A hallway monitor is a student assigned to patrol school corridors during class time, watching for tardy students, unauthorized wanderers, or rule violations.

The role carries minor authority and a whiff of officiousness.

Figuratively, calling someone a hallway monitor suggests they're overly invested in enforcing petty rules: Nobody asked you to be the hallway monitor.

Related

guardian · school · school discipline · corridor · stairwell · authority · tattletale · armband · security · enforcer · regulation · oversight · student · bathroom pass · watchman · crossing guard · guidance counselor · leader

Opposites
authority/rule-enforcement role

hallway monitortroublemaker

One who creates discord

truant · class clown · delinquent · rebel · mischief-maker

scope of authority

hallway monitorprincipal

Chief school administrator

headmaster · superintendent · dean · teacher · school administrator

CULTURAL CONNOTATION (petty authority figure)

hallway monitorcool kid

Socially admired young person

free spirit · nonconformist · slacker · rebel without a cause · libertine

Family

hallway, monitor, hall, halls, hallways, monitors, monitored, monitoring, monitory

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G