Most annoying college/university nicknames?

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Anonymous wrote:Wisco

This wasn't a thing when I went to school there. I truly hate it.

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Anonymous wrote:“Meanwhile, Texas has it’s Aggies. While mocking them is standard practice, it’s done with affection and underlying respect.“

So, kinda like when Democrats say stuff about Trump?

Let's go Brandon says what?

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Anonymous wrote:“Meanwhile, Texas has it’s Aggies. While mocking them is standard practice, it’s done with affection and underlying respect.“

So, kinda like when Democrats say stuff about Trump?

Nope! More like sitting around the family dinner table telling dumb blond jokes to your blond mom and blond sister - the rocket scientist and the neurosurgeon. We respect the school and its students. Most people have friends and/or family who went there. We love them, but we love teasing them, too. Generally, they’re good sports and may even join in. I still remember my ES teacher using an Aggie joke to teach us the 9s times table, and I’m pretty sure she was an Aggie.

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Anonymous wrote:Sort of different, but I hate demonyms (not sure if that's the right word). There is nothing more cringeworthy than identifying as a "Smithie" or a "Yalie." Even worse is when it's a parent referring to "my Smithie" or "my daughter is a Yalie"...gah.

I think these are actually cute…I would have killed to be a Yalie

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Yale>>Yalie
Smith>>Smithie
Ohio State>>Jerk

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vandy

Nails on chalkboard for me! And SMUG social climber to boot.

I feel a reaction to someone using Vandy as I do when local families with girls at Visitation call is Visi
I will smile politely to your face, but it provides me with an insight to who you really are

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People People People - we are NOT talking about the mascots. Get with the topic please.

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Anonymous wrote:My spouse comes from a country where rice is a major part of the diet. When we were exploring options for our kids’ colleges, spouse wasted no time in vetoing Rice University due to its name. Penn was also off the list due to sounding too phallic in spouse’s native language. Bucknell was yet another that generated negative vibes due to its name. I would imagine there are languages in which “Tufts” sounds even stranger than it does to Anglophone ears.

I always wondered how tired Haverford grads must get of explaining that they didn’t go to Harvard, & how Washington U (St. Louis) alumni can stay calm when explaining to forgetful Uncle Cyrus for the sixth time where they went to school.

That's not a nickname, of course, but it seems like a misunderstanding that would be kind of beneficial. It's better than Pomona College, which is confused for Cal Poly Pomona by local residents, Colgate, which is confused for the toothpaste or a dental school, or Mary Hardin-Baylor, which could be confused with Baylor.

A common nickname that seems like it's almost designed to confuse is "Conn" for Connecticut College, which seems like it would suggest that the kid goes to the more well known (at least nationally) "UConn".

As far as official nicknames used for sports purposes, I don't love the schools that have different ones for the men's and women's teams, especially where there is nothing about the original nickname that was necessarily gendered and required a different version for the women. Check out these from DII and III schools

DII

Rams and Rambelles (Angelo State)
Wonder Boys and Golden Suns (Arkansas Tech)
Boll Weevils and Cotton Blossoms (University of Arkansas at Monticello)
Big Blues and Lady Blues (Bluefield State)
Buccaneers and Lady Buccaneers (Christian Brothers)
Statesmen and Lady Statesmen (Delta State)
Broncos and Lady Broncos (Fayetteville State)
Bisons and Lady Bisons (Harding)
Thorobreds and Thorobrettes (Kentucky State)
Chaparelles and Lady Chaps (Lubbock Christian)
Cowboys and Cowgirls (New Mexico Highlands)
Eagles and Lady Eagles (Oklahoma Christian)

DIII

Stags and Athenas (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps)
Gents and Ladies (Centenary of Louisiana)
Yellow Jackets and Lady Jackets (Defiance)
Cowboys and Cowgirls (Hardin-Simmons)
Blueboys and Lady Blues (Illinois College)
Majors and Lady Majors (Millsaps)
Lumberjacks and Lumberjills (Northalnd)
Yeomen and Yeowomen (Oberlin)

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My spouse comes from a country where rice is a major part of the diet. When we were exploring options for our kids’ colleges, spouse wasted no time in vetoing Rice University due to its name. Penn was also off the list due to sounding too phallic in spouse’s native language. Bucknell was yet another that generated negative vibes due to its name. I would imagine there are languages in which “Tufts” sounds even stranger than it does to Anglophone ears.

I always wondered how tired Haverford grads must get of explaining that they didn’t go to Harvard, & how Washington U (St. Louis) alumni can stay calm when explaining to forgetful Uncle Cyrus for the sixth time where they went to school.

That's not a nickname, of course, but it seems like a misunderstanding that would be kind of beneficial. It's better than Pomona College, which is confused for Cal Poly Pomona by local residents, Colgate, which is confused for the toothpaste or a dental school, or Mary Hardin-Baylor, which could be confused with Baylor.

A common nickname that seems like it's almost designed to confuse is "Conn" for Connecticut College, which seems like it would suggest that the kid goes to the more well known (at least nationally) "UConn".

As far as official nicknames used for sports purposes, I don't love the schools that have different ones for the men's and women's teams, especially where there is nothing about the original nickname that was necessarily gendered and required a different version for the women. Check out these from DII and III schools

DII

Rams and Rambelles (Angelo State)
Wonder Boys and Golden Suns (Arkansas Tech)
Boll Weevils and Cotton Blossoms (University of Arkansas at Monticello)
Big Blues and Lady Blues (Bluefield State)
Buccaneers and Lady Buccaneers (Christian Brothers)
Statesmen and Lady Statesmen (Delta State)
Broncos and Lady Broncos (Fayetteville State)
Bisons and Lady Bisons (Harding)
Thorobreds and Thorobrettes (Kentucky State)
Chaparelles and Lady Chaps (Lubbock Christian)
Cowboys and Cowgirls (New Mexico Highlands)
Eagles and Lady Eagles (Oklahoma Christian)

DIII

Stags and Athenas (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps)
Gents and Ladies (Centenary of Louisiana)
Yellow Jackets and Lady Jackets (Defiance)
Cowboys and Cowgirls (Hardin-Simmons)
Blueboys and Lady Blues (Illinois College)
Majors and Lady Majors (Millsaps)
Lumberjacks and Lumberjills (Northalnd)
Yeomen and Yeowomen (Oberlin)

I've heard of the womens teams at U of South Carolina referred to as the "lady cocks."

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Anonymous wrote:Ok, my daughter is at UVA, but I don’t like wahoo. They have a perfectly nice mascot with the cavaliers. Why do they have to undermine it with that dumb nickname.

Read and learn - from Wiki page on Wahoo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahoos#:~:text=Official%20University%20of%20Virginia%20sports,sing%20%22wa%2Dhoo%2Dwa

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"Oxy" for Occidental

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“I've heard of the womens teams at U of South Carolina referred to as the "lady cocks."


No, that’s the Penn swim team.

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Anonymous wrote:Yale>>Yalie
Smith>>Smithie
Ohio State>>Jerk

Rude. If you went to *ichigan, then you know your nickname.

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Anyone care to explain why Georgia Tech is both the Yellow Jackets AND the Rambling Wreck?

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I hate it when people say 'Princely' but the worst is 'Em-style' for Emory.