Talk:Varsity

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I think in the UK varsity means Oxford vs Cambridge. Anyone know? Secretlondon 21:18, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)

At a glance it seems that way - most of the use I've heard is for at least one and usually both (e.g. the Varsity Line between the two, the Varsity [rugby] Match, Varsity newspaper at Cambridge). However I'm not sure if it always has been just a term for Oxbridge rather than a short form of "university" - "uni" is a relatively modern (and Australian influenced) term used in the UK. The presence of a good number of other institutions listed on Varsity match as well as the Cape Town newspaper suggest that "Varsity" used to be more widely but is now generally only used in more formal or historic contextes (e.g. the Varsity Line) Timrollpickering 20:16, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is never used that way when I encounter it. Indeed Oxford and Cambridge are never mentioned in relation to sport at all, except for the rowing race and the rugby match. Even there the word varsity isn't used. -- 64.229.90.172 (talk) 22:20, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment[edit]

This is coincidental! Seattle AND Atlanta, eh? jwrosenzweig is right, IMO. Boots

— Preceding undated comment added 21:30, 31 March 2004 (UTC)

Requested move 2 July 2023[edit]

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Procedural close. This request conflicts with the one at Talk:Varsity team#Requested move 2 July 2023, so it has been combined with that request. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 14:03, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Varsity → Varsity (disambiguation) – The word "varsity" refers to sports teams, matches, or competitions relating to a university according to its dictionary definition (see Oxford, Cambridge, Dictionary.com, and Collins), with North American English generally using the word to refer to teams and British English generally using the term to refer to a match or competition. As the page "Varsity team" best addresses this definition it should be moved to "Varsity" per Wikipedia:Primary topics with respect to usage, and also because it talks about varsity outside of reference to a team. The page currently called "Varsity" is a disambiguation page and and relates to secondary, non-dictionary definitions of the word, this would be best moved to "Varsity (disambiguation)". In addition the page "Varsity match" doesn't describe, anywhere near in depth what this are, just lists them across UK and Ireland, this page should therefore be moved to "List of British and Irish varsities" in line with other list articles as it better describes the page. Mn1548 (talk) 13:25, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Move discussion in progress[edit]

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Varsity match which may be of interest to this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — 64.229.90.172 (talk) 22:15, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]