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a group of eight universities in the northeastern united states that are regarded to be the best colleges in the country (or even the world). coined by sports writer caswell adams in 1937 as a term for the then-powerful eastern football league, it originally included army and navy as well.

since then, it is the aspiration of many high school students (and their parents) to get an “ivy league education”
brown, columbia, cornell, dartmouth, harvard, pennsylvania, princeton, and yale are the colleges of the ivy league.
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original origin comes from the plant ‘ivy’, in which these plants usually tend to creep upon the walls of buildings. as ivy plants grow extensively for years, these buildings may still remain, giving these buildings a good reputation of their existence.
universities such as harvard and yale are ivy league because they have been in existence for a long period of time because the ivy plants that grow on the walls of their buildings signify of how long the buildings were there.
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when a male gets poison ivy on his d-ck and then s-xually penetrates him/her with his ivy d-ck
“hey man did you f-ck that girl yesterday”

“yeah man, she is now in the ivy league; she will be itching for weeks”
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over a century ago, an interscholastic athletic league was formed by harvard, yale, columbia and princeton. it was officially known as the “four league.” the roman numeral “iv” was often used instead of the word four and the term “iv league” came into use. when spoken, the iv was spelled out and sounded like “ivy league.” brown, dartmouth, cornell and pennsylvania were the major opponents of the iv league, and in the early 1900’s were members of the league.
iv is pr-nounced ivey
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a collegiate sports conference that places academics first and athletics seconds, the ivy league is the only division i athletic conference that refuses to grant athletic scholarships. all schools also refuse to grant athletic scholarships, or any financial aid of any kind that isn’t directly need-based.

people like to -ssociate ivy league with any extremely prestigious american university, but that is incorrect. some schools, like stanford, mit, and duke are academically on-par with schools in the ivy league, but they are not ivy league schools.

some public schools brag that they are public ivy schools, referencing a book written years ago. it probably just means they have a misguided superiority complex.
the ivy league consists of harvard, university of pennsylvania, yale, columbia, brown, dartmouth, and princeton.
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a group of eight of the supposed most prestigious schools in the united states.

an athletically superior conference a century ago that has faded into obscurity as state schools nation-wide have bolstered their athletic programs.

similar to athletics, other schools are slowly catching up academically.

at present, the term “ivy league” has a negative connotation, and insinuates old money sn-bbishness or antisocial behavior.
the applicant attended brown university of the ivy league, so naturally he got the job over the better-qualified uconn grad.

ted: “man, i didn’t get into harvard. no ivy league for me…”
bill: “who cares. go to bu across the river, experience their diversity, and get a better education.”

will: “want to go to the princeton-yale football game? cl-ssic ivy league matchup…”
tommy: “are you kidding? if i wanted to be bored to death by a three-to-nothing game i’d watch soccer on tv.”

francis: “i had a 4.0 gpa, was the student body president of my cl-ss, and hoped to go ivy league, but i still didn’t get into columbia…”
sean: “obviously you didn’t. your last name isn’t kennedy.”

the unabomber earned his undergraduate degree from harvard in 1962.

jack: “look at that sociopath over there talking to himself about philosophical dilemmas.”
jill: “i guess there’s a reason why cornell has the highest suicide rate in the nation…”
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reffering to all strains of marijuana, mostly those of high quality

schools for sn-bby rich c-mchuggers
“yo man, i gots sum sh-t from da ivy league, this sh-t, one hit, have you choking all night, ready to vomit.”

“i’m harrison william terry rutheford the sixtyith cuz my family cant come up with original names, i paid my way through school and got to the ivy league schools, where theres a bunch of drug addicts because there not prepared for it cuz they have had everything done for them.”