Vandy

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English

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Etymology

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From Vanderbilt +‎ -y.

Proper noun

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Vandy

  1. (informal) Vanderbilt University
    • 2008 January 1, Joe Buchanan, Linz Interlude, Bookwarren Publishing Servi, →ISBN, page 327:
      One of the things he missed most was that 1951 national championship season for Tennessee, although on one occasion he managed to obtain tickets for himself and Briscoe from the Vanderbilt Athletic Department for the Vandy-Tennessee game at Knoxville.
    • 2011 August 31, Kelly McKeethan, SEC FOOTBALL RELIGION OF A REGION, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 260:
      The Tennessee defense held Vandy on numerous occasions in the fourth quarter.
    • 2016 February 22, Peter Finney, Jr., The Best of Peter Finney, Legendary New Orleans Sportswriter, LSU Press, →ISBN, page 52:
      Before the season, the SEC coaches' poll tabbed Alabama, Vandy, Tennessee and Kentucky as the title contenders, and tabbed Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Florida, Auburn and Georgia as outsiders.