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SIU

SIU

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A public university in southern Illinois in the United States
  • proper noun
  • Jargon
: Universidad del Sur de Illinois
  • Way up at comment #29, the town that I spent my college years in, Carbondale (SIU!), is mentioned.

All sorts of, while film was big at SIU, part of the speech communications, if I remember right.

Examples

  • Half the SIU will be coming in here, and they will cooperate.

    Prince of the City (1981)

  • Did you know Detective Carey in SIU?

    Prince of the City (1981)

  • If anybody knows anything, SIU should.

    Prince of the City (1981)

  • I went to our wonderful SIU library, which I didn't realize just how great it was at the time as a research library.

  • Meanwhile, I'm here, SIU is doing quite well against Ole Miss today.

  • He's just like this super guy and he was named as SIU's basketball coach last week.

  • Creighton (15-3-2) earned its 20th NCAA Tournament appearance in the last 21 years by virtue of Sunday's 2-1 win over SIU Edwardsville in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Tournament final.

    Blog text (22)

  • The engineering department at SIU offers numerous resources for students pursuing their degrees.

  • In the fall, many prospective students visit SIU to explore the campus and meet faculty.

  • After graduating from SIU, she got a job at a leading tech company in Illinois.

Surface Forms

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Morphology

SIU = S + I + U

This is an initialism (letters stand for 'Southern Illinois University'); the letters do not function as English morphemes and the meaning cannot be derived by knowing English roots alone.

Etymology

SIU is an abbreviation of Southern Illinois University, made from the first letters 'Southern', 'Illinois', and 'University', so SIU is used as the school's short name on letters, websites, and sports shirts.