Yalie

English

Etymology

Yale +‎ -ie

Noun

Yalie (plural Yalies)

  1. (informal) A student at Yale University; a Yale University graduate.
    Synonym: Eli
    • 2009 October 23, Claire Gordon, “The decade that never dies”, in Yale Daily News‎, archived from the original on 2010-02-13:
      The neons and spandex of the “Safety Dance” lend Yalies a fleeting escape from their normal selves, the self who un-tags Facebook photos that may hurt their future electability.
    • 2020 August 7, Kurt Andersen, “College-Educated Professionals Are Capitalism’s Useful Idiots”, in The Atlantic‎:
      Hart, on the other hand, was a cool young Yalie whose 1974 Senate campaign stump speech was actually called “The End of the New Deal.”
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