Page 168 of the book "The University of Mississippi: A Sesquicentennial History".

Excerpt: "The term "Ole Miss" was a title domestic slaves in the Old South used to distinguish the mistress of the plantation house from the young misses of the family."

Page 144 of "Ever is a long time: a journey into Mississippi's dark past, a memoir".

Excerpt: "Even the name Ole Miss has it roots in that era of bondage. "Ole Miss" comes from the shortened version of "Ole Missy", the name slaves would have called the wife of the planation owner. The daughter of the plantaion owner was the "young miss", the wife the "ole miss.""

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Posted by DCRebel

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Posted on 1/31/13 at 4:17 pm to spacecataz

I'm not going to read this thread, because I'm pretty certain it's fricking stupid.

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Posted by MaroonNation

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Posted on 1/31/13 at 4:47 pm to spacecataz

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Excerpt: "Even the name Ole Miss has it roots in that era of bondage. "Ole Miss" comes from the shortened version of "Ole Missy", the name slaves would have called the wife of the planation owner. The daughter of the plantaion owner was the "young miss", the wife the "ole miss.""

My step-mom has a daughter named Stacey and a daughter-in-law named Stacey. One is slender and younger (daughter), the other is big-boned and older (son's wife). She calls thin Stacey "Little Stacey" and she calls the big-boned one "Big Stacey"