jayvee
8.2
Relating to a school sports team for younger or less experienced players
- adjective
- /ˈdʒeɪvi/
- Informal
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junior varsity
- During the game, the jayvee players showed great potential for the future.
Examples
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The coach decided to assign the younger players to the jayvee team to help them develop their skills.
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Logan Sanchez, you're jayvee.
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Although they lost the match, the jayvee team played with a lot of heart and determination.
Surface Forms
jayvee positive
Morphology
jayvee = junior (transparent) = J + V
The word is a phonetic spelling of the initials J.V. which stand for 'junior varsity', so the meaning is directly derived from that phrase.
Etymology
Jayvee comes from the letters J V, short for junior varsity, which are said 'jay' and 'vee', and junior means 'younger' while varsity means 'the main team'. So, used as an adjective it means 'relating to the junior team'.
