Glossary of Texas A&M University Terms - T

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TAMC (or Texas AMC)
Refers to the university's former name the "Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas". While the institution has been renamed Texas A&M University with the initials TAMU, the initials AMC are still used in several Aggie traditions including Aggie yells and the Spirit of Aggieland."
Tea-sip (or t-sip)
A student of Texas A&M's archrival, The University of Texas at Austin.
TexAgs
An independent Texas A&M website, one of the largest collegiate independent websites in the country. "TexAgs" has been used colloquially in relationship to the use of the site's internet forum.
t.u.
What Aggies call The University of Texas at Austin, normally abbreviated UT, the main rival school to Texas A&M University. Term is intended to be derogatory. Aggies maintain that UT is "a" university in Texas not "the" university of Texas. The t.u. therefore stands for "texas university", with the lowercase letters being an added insult.

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