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  2. List of demonyms for US states and territories - Wikipedia

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    Bay Stater (official term used by state government) and Citizen of the Commonwealth (identifier used in state law) [31] Massachusettsian, [32] Massachusite, [33] [34] Masshole (derogatory [35] as an exonym; however, it can be affectionate when applied as an endonym [36]) Michigan: Michiganian

  3. Benny (slang) - Wikipedia

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    The term shoobie is used by residents of resort communities in the southern New Jersey Shore, from Long Beach Island to Cape May. The term shoobie was originally used to describe day-trippers who took the train to the shore. The train offered pre-packed lunches that came in shoe boxes; [6] hence the term shoobie. However, over time the meaning ...

  4. Piney (Pine Barrens resident) - Wikipedia

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    Piney is a historically derogatory exonym for the inhabitants of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, but it is now also sometimes used as an endonym by them, humorously or otherwise. The Pine Barrens have sandy, acidic soil considered unsuitable for traditional farming by early settlers, who called the land "barren". The area is forested mainly with ...

  5. Slang Words Only People in Your State Know - AOL

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    New Jersey: 'Benny' A somewhat pejorative term for tourists from certain cities who visit Jersey beaches. It stands for Bayonne, Elizabeth, Newark, and New York.

  6. Yankee - Wikipedia

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    The term Yankee and its contracted form Yank have several interrelated meanings, all referring to people from the United States. Their various meanings depend on the context, and may refer to New Englanders, the Northeastern United States, the Northern United States, or to people from the US in general.

  7. Whoopi Goldberg has apologized for her use Wednesday on The View of an offensive term derived from an outdated and derogatory term for the Romani people. The word is a once-commonly used synonym ...

  8. The real meaning behind the word "spinster" and the secret ...

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    How the word spinster is used today. The 17th century might, understandably, seem like a long, long time ago, but it wasn't until 2005 that the terms "spinster" and "bachelor" stopped being used ...

  9. List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations

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    A country demonym denotes the people or the inhabitants of or from there; for example, "Germans" are people of or from Germany. Demonyms are given in plural forms. Singular forms simply remove the final s or, in the case of -ese endings, are the same as the plural forms. The ending -men has feminine equivalent -women (e.g. Irishman, Scotswoman).