Submissions Wanted
As Kevin and I drove through Indiana last week on our way to Missouri, some Indiana driver did something dumb and out of my mouth popped "What a moron. Hoop-stuffin' hick."
This got me thinking. Thinking that the residents of each and every state in the Union needed a nickname. Something general, something that would encapsulate the stereotypes of the state, and of course, something derogative.
So far I've thought of two:
Indiana = Hoop-stuffin' hicks
Missouri = Catfish-eatin' sandbaggers
Just 48 to go! I ran these by Burb and he laughed, so there's promise. However, I need suggestions to really get me rolling. Like a haiku, you have to stick with the complex format--noun-verbin' almost-proper noun. Or you can think of something better. And Utah's has to have the word "naysayers" in it. Like "Caffeine-eschewing naysayers."
I can do better.
And we definitely need a culminating name for all Americans. "Ugly Americans" "The Great Satans" . . . those are good, but we need something fresh--something that follows the format.
Dying to do this, but having trouble coming up with the first one? Work on your home state first. Or a state you really dislike. For me, that would be Texas. Those gun-totin' egomaniacs.
I can do better.
This got me thinking. Thinking that the residents of each and every state in the Union needed a nickname. Something general, something that would encapsulate the stereotypes of the state, and of course, something derogative.
So far I've thought of two:
Indiana = Hoop-stuffin' hicks
Missouri = Catfish-eatin' sandbaggers
Just 48 to go! I ran these by Burb and he laughed, so there's promise. However, I need suggestions to really get me rolling. Like a haiku, you have to stick with the complex format--noun-verbin' almost-proper noun. Or you can think of something better. And Utah's has to have the word "naysayers" in it. Like "Caffeine-eschewing naysayers."
I can do better.
And we definitely need a culminating name for all Americans. "Ugly Americans" "The Great Satans" . . . those are good, but we need something fresh--something that follows the format.
Dying to do this, but having trouble coming up with the first one? Work on your home state first. Or a state you really dislike. For me, that would be Texas. Those gun-totin' egomaniacs.
I can do better.
posted by lulu | 11:54 AM
2 Comments:
How about, for Utahns:
Jello-eatin' beekeepers.
It might carry a bit too much Mormon for the non-faithful, but isn't Jello the official food of the state, Mormon or no?
Based on my recent Arizona experiences, I'll submit:
Desert-lovin' McCainites.
I don't like it that much, especially the second half of the formula. What single noun describes Arizonians?
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