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Hoosier

hoo·sier

UK/ˈhuːʒə/ US/ˈhʊu̯ʒə/ uncommon slang us

noun

1.

a resident of Indiana

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Origin

Uncertain. See Wikipedia's article on the subject for theories. Popularized by the 1830 John Finley poem “The Hoosier’s Nest”.

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