Log In Register. Sports Forums. Post Reply 1 of 1. Last 1. Where does sip come from? You must be a subscriber to. Joined: May 5, Posts: 4, How long do you want to ignore this user?
I know it comes from tsip, but what exacatly does it mean? Reply Quote 0. Joined: Dec 7, Posts: Reply Quote. Joined: Oct 17, Posts: 5, All of my life, my dad and uncle have referred to the longhorns as the sips. The origin is from tea sips which is an expression used to describe those from the school in Austin.
I dont know where the name started or how, but if you can imagine a weakling sipping on his tea in Austin while the ranchers were in College Station drinking coffee or another mans drink Joined: Oct 26, As previously stated, Austin elitests sipping hot tea compared to Aggies working, fighting in the wars, acomplishing something more productive.
Joined: Aug 5, The teasips served tea on independence day at an annual meeting of the texas ex's. Joined: Jun 24, Posts: 6, User Profile Private Message. Exactly as Bassetag said. It is a demeaning reference to the past when Texas was a school for those with money doing nothing productive and sipping tea while others were getting their hands dirty. Therefore, Texas was for the spoiled brats who spent their days sipping tea.
Joined: Aug 11, Posts: 9, Bassetag got it right Joined: Nov 6, Posts: 3, The hand sign at tea u. The term "teasipper" long predates it. Joined: Aug 19, Posts: 10, They come from Austin, just off 35 south of Joined: Oct 10, While the Ags were fighting wars the t.
