People's Republic Of Berkeley Edit Meaning

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(Noun) Nickname given to the University of California at Berkeley in the San Francisco bay area.

Title is a play on the official name of The People's Republic Of China, and is bestowed on Berkeley due to its students reputation for fanatical (bordering on Communist) political leanings. E.G Pro-choice,Antiwar, anti-meat,fanatical gay pride etc...

Dave:'I was up at the 'People's Republic Of Berkeley' the

other day for a potluck dinner.'

Jim: 'Food any good?'

Dave: 'Terrible. These people did to vegetables what Hitler did to Poland. And then they start ragging on me about the rubber on my shoes.'

Jim:'What?'

Dave: 'Apparently they consider chopping rubber trees murder.'

See liberal, hippie, berkley, gay, college