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GDI
My Dad tells me that back in the early 60's the terminology was a little different. One spoke more of Fraternity Men and Sorority Women and less of Greeks. More of Fraternity life and less of Greek life. GDI was a general, humorous, and not unfriendly term that was often used to refer to non-Fraternity members who were friends of the house, as in, "Great party last Friday, we had the whole house there, a bunch of the usual GDIs, some guys from a couple of other houses, and the the girlfriends were here in force with lots of their friends. The band was great and played past their contract time till about 2:30! Even the Dean of Men had a blast, and he stayed real late with us"
It was not seen as unfriendly or elitist. It probably started that way sixty or seventy years ago but had changed meaning by the 1960s.
My experience is similar in that GDI was used more as a joke than an insult and was not all that much used anyway. You might hear it in the context of a greek roommate to his nongreek roommate along the line of 'Hay, you get along real well with the guys and the guys think you are OK, so, when you going to quit being a GDI and rush XYZ?'
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