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^[1], 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^[2]:

     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.”