Why is Christ's college students called syrups?

Oh, dude, that's a good one! So, like, the students at Christ's College are called "syrups" because back in the day, they used to have to wear these long, flowing gowns that supposedly looked like syrup bottles. I mean, who wouldn't want to be known as a syrup, am I right? So, yeah, that's the deal with the whole syrup thing at Christ's College.