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"Incoming" or "newcomers" referring to those who have moved here with no research whatsoever. Sometimes you see them right here on CD, asking where a 24 hour restaurant is (doesn't exist) or if there's a good place to get tapas/sushi/vegan latte/whatever specialty food they're used to (doesn't exist), or complaining about the county plow trucks blocking their driveway with snow. The terms may appear innocuous but there's usually a bit of venom or sarcasm used when saying it.
"The Golden Horde" - referring to newcomers with big money who simply buy their way in rather than work for it, disrupting the local economy and evicting local residents in the process. 'Golden' especially referring to Californians (The Golden State).
Yankees - the people that are turning the South into the North but hot
We had Yankees who would come down, stay a while, and go back, and DAMN Yankees who would come down and stay. It was accepted that which Yankee it was could dictate how curt your interactions could be lol.
Hoosiers for people living just across the river from Kentucky in Indiana...The story I was told being there were big military bases during WW1 in Ky and the Indy girls were .... patriotic?. After the war all the little kids did was ask each other ...Who's Yours. Anyway, that is what my uncle told me long ago .
Hoosiers is just a nickname for people from Indiana. Most people in Indiana even refer to themselves as Hoosiers.
Hoosiers is just a nickname for people from Indiana. Most people in Indiana even refer to themselves as Hoosiers.
Hoosier was/is a derogatory name for uncouth country people where I grew up in St. Louis. It was likely to start a fight in some cases. It had nothing to do with Indiana but always brought a (private joke) chuckle when someone from there proudly referred to themselves as a Hoosier.
Here in New Mexico, I have heard some folks from Colorado (urban or not) called "Granola Eaters".
Hoosier was/is a derogatory name for uncouth country people where I grew up in St. Louis. It was likely to start a fight in some cases. It had nothing to do with Indiana but always brought a (private joke) chuckle when someone from there proudly referred to themselves as a Hoosier.
Here in New Mexico, I have heard some folks from Colorado (urban or not) called "Granola Eaters".
I'm familiar with Hoosier being derogatory in STL, its one of those regional quirks. I personally think Hoosier is a dumb word and I never refer to myself as such, but its a unique part of Indiana's identity for sure.
I'm familiar with Hoosier being derogatory in STL, its one of those regional quirks. I personally think Hoosier is a dumb word and I never refer to myself as such, but its a unique part of Indiana's identity for sure.
Like when you ask someone where they live in Michigan. Only works on lower Michigan.
Yeah, I heard that a very old term for a Missourian was a “Puke” but I have no idea of the origin. I think they were braggarts in the early days but then Texas became a state and the term died out.
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