<p>**“I think people on CC say, “My kid goes to an Ivy” because they don’t want to disclose where their kids go to school. But I think in real life, most people just say, “My kid goes to school X.”” **</p>
<p>Absolutely. I understand that 100% and totally agree with you (and with the thought process behind that.) And I do think (and hope) that most people in “real life” would just say school X.</p>
<p>What I was responding to was more of the OP’s original query about why some people might refer to obviously non-Ivy schools as “Ivies” and other posts where people referred to the generic answer of “an Ivy” rather than a specific school (happening in “real life,” not here on CC.)</p>
<p>It’s certainly not a big deal, but just like emeraldkity4, I too like “accuracy in language.”</p>