[Ads-l] Why "Orangemen" ?

[Shapiro, Fred]

In this thread I have been thinking in terms of nicknames of athletic teams.  I now recognize that "Yalie" is in a different, broader category.  The OED seems to be more hospitable to the broader category than to athletic nicknames like "Fighting Irish."

Fred Shapiro

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Subject: Re: Why "Orangemen" ?

Here are some Ivy League entries.
Princetonian, yes. Harvardian, yes. Yalie, yes. Brunonian, yes.
Columbian, there is an entry, the sense is broad; the 1903 citation
seems to refer to students at Columbia University
Cornellian, no entry.
Big Green, no entry.

[Begin OED excerpt]
Princetonian, n. & adj.
A student at or graduate of Princeton University (formerly the College
of New Jersey). (First citation 1807)
[End OED excerpt]

[Begin OED excerpt]
Brunonians, in Brunonian, adj. & n.
U.S. Of or relating to Brown University or its members. (First citation 1781)
[End OED excerpt]

On Sun, May 12, 2024 at 5:00 PM ADSGarson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Fred Shapiro
> > The only other U.S. college nickname I have found in the OED
> > pertains to my own employer: "Yalie."  This may have gotten in
> > because of the popularity of Erich Segal's book _Love Story_.
>
> [Begin OED excerpt]
> Harvardian Noun
> A student or graduate of Harvard University. (First citation 1702)
> [End OED excerpt]
>
> Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, and Yale are worthy.
> Garson

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