From the religious (‘The Holly and the ivy’) to the secular (‘The Chipmunk Song’), my top 20.
In Confessions of an ivy League Frat Boy, the self-induced, self-absorbed Greek tragedy of Andrew Lohse.
Ironically enough this madrassa is run mostly by ivy League-educated Jews.
Dear White People takes place on the predominantly white campus of a fictional college with an ivy League-leaning legacy.
The ivy League and other top schools are producing no more than ‘excellent sheep,’ says William Deresiewicz.
The ivy heard them, and she loved the oak-tree more and more.
Since then the ivy has grown over them to hide their nakedness.
There it is, see—that grey building yonder, with its windows all smothered in ivy.'
This kind of garland is made also of ivy, with small red balls.
ivy's face is all puckered, as if she were on the point of tears.
Old English ifig, from West Germanic *ibakhs (cf. Middle Low German iflof, Dutch eiloof, Old High German ebahewi, German Efeu), of unknown origin; the second element in the Old High German word might be "hay."
Ivy bush as a sign of a tavern where wine is served is attested from mid-15c. Ivy League, inspired by the notion of old, ivy-coated walls, dates to 1933 (perhaps originally in reference to football; it consists of Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale).
