An original abbreviation for Massachusetts Institute of Technology instead of the popularly used MIT. 'Masstech' follows the pattern of referring to California Institute of Technology as 'Caltech' and Georgia Institute of Technology as 'Georgia Tech,' instead of CIT and GIT respectively.
Student 1: Did you hear about the group of mathematicians who broke the bank at Vegas last weekend?
Student 2: Yeah, they go to Masstech.
Student 2: Yeah, they go to Masstech.
by TeamCambridge July 9, 2014