Neat article about nicknames that stick...


Yooper is official!

I'm curious if other nicknames are already in the dictionary and how much of a fight there was to finally get it included? (Sooners?, Cheeseheads? What would nickname be for other states like MN, OH, PA, etc?)

Indiana = Hoosiers

Looks like Indiana already is in the dictionary

Hoo·sier noun \ˈhü-zhər\
: a native or resident of Indiana —used as a nickname
— Hoosier adjective

Now I just wonder if they'll add "troll." Those who live in the lower peninsula are often referred to trolls since they live below the bridge.

Based on this great news I may just have to break out some of my Yooper's albums to impress my friends.

Illinois has a nickname too, per my Wisconsin cousins...

FIB's..

Might have to look it up on urban dictionary though..

I know a retired school teacher and taxidermist in West Virginia that uses the word "Hoopies" to describe his fellow West Virginians.

Missourians are mules

That is an old one, I used that one in the 70s growing up in Wisconsin and look where I ended up.

Arkansas is hillbillies or razorbacks lol

I believe New Hampshire residents call Massachusetts residents Mass*oles. Kind of funny as a lot of people in that state are Massachusetts transplants.