Anonymous
Post 08/22/2023 09:13     Subject: Most annoying college/university nicknames?
Anonymous wrote:Wisco


Very few people use this term.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2023 09:12     Subject: Most annoying college/university nicknames?
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.


There are actual human beings who use those terms without irony? I mean, there’s what—a few hundred people outside of students, alums, and family who know what Smith is?
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2023 08:41     Subject: Re:Most annoying college/university nicknames?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Vandy


YES

It sounds like you’re taking to a toddler.


I’m a Vanderbilt alum. I dislike “Vandy” (but love the university itself).
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2023 08:12     Subject: Most annoying college/university nicknames?
Anonymous wrote:Did your annoyance with "Bama" start before or after you became aware of Obama?


I'm a Midwesterner who's been vacationing in and defending Alabama since the 90's, and Bama has always annoyed me. Like, are you too illiterate to say the entire word?

- NP
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2023 08:00     Subject: Re:Most annoying college/university nicknames?
Anonymous wrote:Vandy


YES

It sounds like you’re taking to a toddler.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2023 07:57     Subject: Most annoying college/university nicknames?
“Hokie” - dumb and annoying name
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2023 07:40     Subject: Most annoying college/university nicknames?
Wisco
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2023 07:24     Subject: Re:Most annoying college/university nicknames?
Wash U
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2023 07:21     Subject: Most annoying college/university nicknames?
I attended a different ACC school and always heard Wahoo had to do with drinking like the fish.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2023 07:06     Subject: Most annoying college/university nicknames?
Anonymous wrote:I don’t get the whole OU for U of Oklahoma & CU for U of Colorado & KU for U of Kansas thing. I hope there is some fascinating story behind this practice, like they were founded by people whose native language was read right to left.

Whether the University of Utah follows this unusual approach or uses the more traditional sequencing of initials (such as University of Kentucky being called UK) will forever be a mystery. I can only imagine how many bar fights and divorces have resulted from disagreements about this unsolvable issue.


The University of Colorado went with CU in the 1920s so as not to be confused with the University of California system. The others in your list did the same thing. UK is University of Kentucky so University of Kansas went with KU. Indiana University is IU while University of Iowa is UI.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2023 06:54     Subject: Most annoying college/university nicknames?
Rock Chalk Jayhawk
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2023 06:54     Subject: Most annoying college/university nicknames?
War Eagle has to be the dumbest
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2023 06:49     Subject: Most annoying college/university nicknames?
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.


Judging from the defensive, insecure and grasping boosters on this site ..“wahoo” is pretty descriptive but I think “Dr Smiths” would be perfect

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rCVracBclHE

Anonymous
Post 08/22/2023 06:40     Subject: Re:Most annoying college/university nicknames?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Mizzou


I can’t even figure out which school this refers to.

University of Missouri.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2023 06:09     Subject: Most annoying college/university nicknames?
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.