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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.

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