We are Vermonters. You also have New Yorkers, Pennsylvanians, Californians, Floridians, Georgians, Texans, Minnesotans, etc. For some states, though, I am not sure how the residents refer to themselves. Among these few is Massachusetts.
Several years ago, I worked with someone who had moved to Vermont from Massachusetts. While there probably is a more polite and politically correct term for them, he proudly informed me, "We're Massholes". There have been occasions where I can totally understand the nickname. A few years back, on a trip to Acadia, I noticed a fair number of drivers who sped, drove erratically, parked illegally, and who were generally annoying in the display of their driving skills. Interestingly, every single one sported a Massachusetts license plate. The trip has been known ever since then as "Massholes in Maine".
While every state has their own share of people for whom a version of the term "Masshole" may be accurate, there are also many others for whom it isn't. I am pretty sure that the Commonwealth does not officially endorse the term; I am just not sure of the correct term.
I don't want to go through life referring to all Massachusetts residents as "Massholes" so, if you happen to know what the correct term is, can you let me know? As Oscar Wilde once said, "A true gentleman is never deliberately rude."
