List of regional nicknames
The list of regional nicknames includes nicknames for people based on their locality of origin (birthplace, place of permanent residence, or family roots).
Nicknames based on the country (or larger geopolitical area) of origin may be found in the List of ethnic slurs.
Terms based on specific locations
- Arkie/Arky
- (U.S.) A person from Arkansas.[1] Another nonstandard demonym for people from Arkansas is Arkansawyer.[2]
- Banana bender
- (Australia) A person from Queensland (one who puts the bend in bananas).[3]
- Bluenose
- (Canada) A person from Nova Scotia; from the famous racing schooner Bluenose, or a potato with a blue protuberance, or 17th century Scots Presbyterians described as "true blue". Often used proudly. [4]
- Bonacker
- (U.S.) A working class person from the Springs neighborhood of East Hampton, New York; from neighboring Accabonac Harbor.
- Brummie
- (UK) A person from Birmingham; also the dialect spoken there; from "Brummagem", an archaic pronunciation of Birmingham.
- Carioca
- (Brazil) A person from the city of Rio de Janeiro.
- Cheesehead
- (U.S.) A person from Wisconsin, from the many dairy farms and cheese factories there.
- Chilango
- (Mexico) A person from Mexico City.
- Cohee
- (U.S.) An independent Scots-Irish small farmer from the Piedmont or Appalachian Mountains parts of Virginia.
- Flatlander
- A person from a flat plains area, to residents of adjacent hill and mountain areas.
- Geordie
- (UK) A person from Newcastle upon Tyne, and also the dialect spoken there. Not considered particularly offensive.
- Hoosier
- (U.S.) A person from Indiana.
- Jackeen
- (Ireland) In rural Ireland, a person from Dublin; possibly from Dublin's Unionist community at the start of the 1900s, or possible a reference to the term Jacobite. Derogatory.[5]
- JAFA, jafa
- (New Zealand) A person from Auckland, from Just Another Fucking Aucklander. Used by Wellingtonians, and occasionally other New Zealanders.
- Janner
- (UK) A person from Plymouth.
- Jarocho
- (Mexico) A person from Veracruz, either the city or the state.
- Mackem
- (UK) A person from Sunderland. Also spelled "Makem", "Maccam", and "Mak'em".
- Mallu
- (India) A person from the state of Kerala, whose language is Malayalam
- Monkey hanger
- (UK) A person from Hartlepool.
- Moonrakers
- Natives of the county of Wiltshire. Not considered offensive.
- Newfie, Newfier, Newf
- (Canada) A person from Newfoundland, or formerly, an Atlantic Canadian generally.[citation needed] May be used proudly. Derogatory if used by others.
- Nutmegger
- (U.S.) A person from Connecticut.
- Okie
- (U.S.) A person from Oklahoma.
- Pea soup, pea-souper
- (Canada) obsolete A Quebecer (or "French-Canadian").[6] From French Pea Soup
- Poblano
- (Mexico) A person from Puebla, either the city or the state.
- Polentone
- (Italy) A person from northern Italy; from "polenta eater".
- Porteño
- (Argentina) A person from Buenos Aires.
- Regio
- (Mexico) See "Regiomontano" below.
- Regiomontano
- (Mexico) A person from the northern city of Monterrey.
- Sandgroper
- (Australia) A person from Western Australia.[7]
- Scouser
- (UK) A person from Liverpool. Not considered particularly offensive. [1]
- Sooner
- (U.S.) A person from Oklahoma; from settlers who slipped into the territory to stake claims "sooner" than the permitted date.
- Spud Islander
- (Canada) A person from Prince Edward Island; from the potatoes or "spuds" grown there.[8]
- Taff
- (UK) A Welshman, from "Daffyd", the Welsh spelling of David, or from the River Taff.
- Tar Heel
- (U.S.) a person from North Carolina; also the nickname of the athletic teams at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and frequently used as an adjective for students or fans of that school
- Tapatío
- (Mexico) A person from Guadalajara, Jalisco.
- Terrone
- (Italy) A person from southern Italy. Formed from "terra" (earth), the term is meant to invoke the ignorance and lack of "class" implied by American English terms like "yokel," "hayseed," "hillbilly," etc.
- Tuckahoe
- (U.S.) A person of the wealthy slaveholding class from the Tidewater region of Virginia.
- Tyke
- (U.K) A native of Yorkshire. Not considered offensive.
- Vaalie
- (South Africa) Term used by people at the coast to describe someone from the old Transvaal province)
- Weegie
- (UK) A person from Glasgow.
- Yat
- (U.S.) A person from New Orleans, from the phrase "Where y'at?" ("How are you?" or "What's up?")
- Yellowbelly (Copthorne)
- Yellowbelly (Lincolnshire)
- (UK) A person from the county of Lincolnshire. Not considered offensive and of debated etymology.
- Yinzer
- (U.S.) A person from Pittsburgh, from the use of terms like yinz, stillers, dawntawn.
- Yooper
- (U.S.) A person from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (the "U.P.").
Terms for unsophisticated people from rural, remote, etc. areas
- Cohee
- (U.S.) originally (mid-18th century) -- a Scots-Irish settler into the Virginia Piedmont; later (late 18th century) -- a term for "poor white trash"; still later (early 19th century) -- a term indicating independent small farmer in the Virginia/Carolina/Tennessee/Kentucky area.
- Culchie, someone from rural Ireland
- Hayseed
- an unsophisticated, gullible person from a rural farming area
- Goober
- (U.S.) a rural person with a "glorious lack of sophistication" (from the slang term for "peanut")
- Hillbilly
- (U.S.) a rural white person, esp. one from Appalachia or the Ozarks.
- Hoosier
- (St. Louis area of Missouri and Illinois) a lower class, uneducated white person. Anywhere else, a non-offensive term for a native of Indiana.
- Jatt
- (India & UK) a low-class rural person, who farms in North West India, and usually lacks manners or education. Usually used as a term of abuse to describe someone who is very stupid or does not understand things easily.
- Masshole
- (Massachusetts, US) a name for a person residing from the states of Massachusetts involving the attitude of people from Boston
- Ossi
- (anglicized as "Ostie") refers to a person from the former German Democratic Republic, and implies a lack of sophistication, assets, or both.
- Redneck
- (U.S.) a rural white person, typically of Scots-Irish descent. There are varying possible etymologies for this term. Primarily used to denote lower-class rural whites.
- Swamp Yankee
- (U.S.:New England) refers to rural white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant farmers in New England, particularly in Rhode Island and western Connecticut.[9]
- Teuchter
- (Scotland) a person from rural parts of Scotland, for example the Gàidhealtachd, Northern Scotland, Galloway and the Borders.
- Westie/Westy
- (Aus/NZ) A person from the western suburbs of Auckland or Sydney, the slur implying lower class
- Xiang-ba-lao
- (China) a person of rural upbringing who's ignorant of anything outside countryside.
- Yokel
- (U.S./Canada) an unrefined white person, implicitly rural and "hick" (not necessarily "white trash" but inclusive of same).[10]
- Yooper
- (U.S./Canada) a person from the Michigan Upper Peninsula (U.P.). Yoopers talk with an accent similar to that of North Dakota or Wisconsin. They are usually simple folk who enjoy hunting and fishing.
See also
References
- ^ Green, p. 27.
- ^ Arkansawyer definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
- ^ The Australian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd edition. Ed. Bruce Moore. (Oxford University Press, 2004) [Accessed 6 May 2006].
- ^ The Canadian Oxford Dictionary. Katherine Barber. (Oxford University Press: 2004) [Accessed 8 May 2006]
- ^ Share, op. cit. p. 168.
- ^ Barber, "pea soup", op. cit. [Accessed 7 May 2006]
- ^ "sandgroper" Moore, op. cit. [Accessed 6 May 2006].
- ^ Barber, "Spud Island", op. cit. [Accessed 7 May 2006].
- ^ Swamp Yankee
- ^ AskOxford: yokel