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Old 03-16-2007, 09:08 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon View Post
I thought that was what I remembered. That BYU was the "zoo." Does anyone know the etymology? I'm just curious.
It pretty much began when Utes and Aggies were way, way totally jealous of how cool, hip and awesome BYU is and they used the terms Zoo and Zoobies as a mechanism to cope with how weak and lame they are. I think that's the universally accepted explanation.
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