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jayvee

American  
[jey-vee] / ˈdʒeɪˈvi /

noun

Sports.

  1. a player on a junior varsity team.

  2. junior varsity.

Etymology

Origin of jayvee

1935–40; spelling form of JV, abbreviation for junior varsity

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“The analogy we use around here sometimes, and I think it’s accurate, is if a jayvee team put on Lakers uniforms that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant,” he said.

From US News • Sep. 9, 2014

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