What are Yale students called? Yalites? Yalies?

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<p>I was just curious. What are Yale students called? Yalites? Yalies? Can anyone shed light on this?</p>

<p>haha thanks!</p>

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<p>Yalies… :)</p>

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<p>thanks!
10char</p>

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<p>“Master” or “Lord” or “Mistress” will suffice!</p>

<p>LOL</p>

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<p>[Let</a> me google that for you](<a href=“http://lmgtfy.com/?q=yale+student+nickname]Let”>http://lmgtfy.com/?q=yale+student+nickname)</p>

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<p>hahahahahha southeasttitan!!! that’s absolutely AMAZING. :smiley: didnt know you could do that w/ google…</p>

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<p>What puzzles me, is why the OP bothered to ask this question, which has a definite answer that is easy to find. Yalies, or Elis. The rest of the Ivy League – what in heck are they called? Pennsies? Harvardians? Cantabridgians? I’ve seen Cornellians and Princetonians used a few times, and maybe Bruins for Brown and Quakers for Penn, after the sports teams. I have no idea what students at Harvard, Columbia, or Dartmouth get called. “Harvard students” seems to be the most common.</p>

<p>Of course, just because they don’t have well-known existing nicknames doesn’t mean that they never will. In the spirit of innovation, I offer the following proposals:</p>

<p>Harvard – LITOMs
Princeton – Buffies and Treys
Columbia – Narcotraficantes
Brown – Twos
Penn – (I guess Quakers will do)
Cornell – Freeze-Pops
Dartmouth – Drunks</p>

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<p>I assume the cheer at Brown games is still, “what’s the color of s<strong>t?” so maybe they can be called “Sh</strong>***s.” </p>

<p>I live very near Harvard and know a lot of Harvard people and there really isn’t a common nickname. I would think “Johns” might do well … especially at night.</p>

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<p>Bulldogs.</p>

<p>It would make sense.</p>

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<p>Ok JHS, I need help with LITOMs</p>

<p>and “Drunks” made me spray coffee.</p>

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<p>Legends In Their Own Minds</p>

<p>Yeah, I should have just stayed with “Drunks” (and maybe “Narcotraficantes”). It was my original inspiration – what the heck do they call Dartmouth students? Other than “drunks”? The rest of the nicknames need work.</p>

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<p>JHs - Oh, dear! I am just covering my head waiting for the fallout… Were you in YPMB by chance???</p>

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<p>Rotfl at this thread! But what’s with JHS’s Princeton name?</p>

<p>I’m hoping it’s as funny as “legends”.</p>

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<p>That will teach me to try reading on this iPhone without magnification! Buffies, of course.</p>

<p>But surely the men are Chips?</p>

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<p>YPMB – Nope, don’t play an instrument (not that it would have mattered so much). The girl I had a crush on for years dated its drum major for awhile, though. My most significant club affiliation was with the excellent 'Brook Tang team. And a madrigal group.</p>

<p>Treys – One of my best Princeton friends is a III. I figure anyone can be a Chip, but it takes real intergenerational cooperation to produce a Trey.</p>

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<p>I knew a 7th. </p>

<p>Wouldn’t Penn people be Pennies - or maybe Coins or Pocket Change?</p>

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<p>“Pennies” isn’t bad. Unfortunately, I think “Quakers” is actually in common usage.</p>

<p>I think in olden days Dartmouth used “Indians” for its teams, and possibly for its students, too. I remember choruses of “DAAARTMOUTH! INDIANS! I-N-D-I-A-N-S! DAAARTMOUTH! INDIANS! SCALP 'EM!” That went the way of the un-PC long ago.</p>

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<p>Doesn’t anyone refer to Yale students and alums as Elis anymore? I mean besides sportswriters.</p>

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<p>JHS - re:YPMB - wouldn’t have mattered at all :)</p>

<p>Just a little rhythm and a penchant for irreverence.</p>

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<p>but along the same lines: how about “keggies”?</p>