The Other Nicknames of American Greek-Letter Organizations
Abstract Greek sororities and fraternities in the United States have not one nickname, but two—the second being a sexually-embellished version of the first. These latter, “dirty”, nicknames have been created within a narrowlydefined set of sociocultural and linguistic rules, and, beyond revealing th...
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| Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
1998-06-01
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| Series: | Names |
| Online Access: | http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1514 |