Nicknames for Colleges or Students at Particular Schools

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Babsonites: Babson College (Babson Park, MA)
Bardie: Bard College (Annandale on Hudson, NY)
Batesies: Bates College (Lewiston, ME)
Bennies: Bennington College (Bennington, VT)
Mawrters: Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA)
Cal Poly/SLO: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA)
Carls: Carleton College (Northfield, MN)
Clarkies: Clark University (Worcester, MA)
'Gate: Colgate University (Hamilton, NY)
Conn: Connecticut College (New London, CT)
Drewids: Drew University (Madison, NJ)

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Dukies: Duke University (Durham, NC)

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Earlhamites: Earlham College (Richmond, IN)
Emeroids: Emory University (Atlanta, GA)
Fam-You: Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (Tallahassee, FL)
Fummers: Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, PA)
Gusties: Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, MN)
Hampsders: Hampden–Sydney College (Hampden-Sydney, VA)
The Wick: Hartwick College (Oneonta, NY)
Mudders: Harvey Mudd College (Claremont, CA)
The Ford: Haverford College (Haverford, PA)

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The Berg: Heidelberg University (Tiffin, OH)
known simply as "K": Kalamazoo College (Kalamazoo, MI)
Foresters: Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, IL)
LC: Lewis and Clark College (Portland, OR)
The Tute: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
The W: Mississippi University for Women (Columbus, MS)
The House: Morehouse College (Atlanta, GA)
The Berg: Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA)
Obie/Oberliners: Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH)
Oxy: Occidental College (Los Angeles, CA)
Pitzies: Pitzer College (Claremont, CA)
Reedies: Reed College (Portland, OR)

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Rizdee: Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI)
St. Mike's: Saint Michael's College (Colchester, VT)
Scrippsies: Scripps College (Claremont, CA)
Skiddies: Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, NY)
Smithies: Smith College (Northampton, MA)
Johnnies: St. John's College (Annapolis, MD)
Johnnies: St. John's College (Santa Fe, NM)
Johnnies: St. John's University (Collegeville, MN)

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Larries: St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY)
Woodsies: St. Mary–of–the–Woods College (St.Mary-of-the-Woods, IN)
Ole: St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN)
Swatties: Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA)
Greeners: The Evergreen State College (Olympia, WA)
Sewanee: The University of the South (Sewanee, TN)
Transy: Transylvania University (Lexington, KY)

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Coasties: United States Coast Guard Academy (New London, CT)
West Point: United States Military Academy (West Point, NY)
Annapolis: United States Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD)
Cal: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Mizzou: University of Missouri—Columbia (Columbia, MO)
Carolina: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
Pitt: University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Carolina: University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
U-Dub: University of Washington, Seattle (Seattle, WA)
Valpo: Valparaiso University (Valparaiso, IN)
Vandy: Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
Nova: Villanova University (Villanova, PA)

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Wallies: Wabash College (Crawfordsville, IN)
Wah-sue: Washington State University (Pullman, WA)

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Wheaties: Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL)
Wheaties: Wheaton College (Norton, MA)

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Whitties: Whitman College (Walla Walla, WA)
Ephs (shortened first name of the college founder): Williams College (Williamstown, MA)
Witt: Wittenberg University (Springfield, OH)
Whoopies: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, MA)

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Yalies/Elis (shortened first name of the college founder): Yale University (New Haven, CT)

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