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Little-Known State Nicknames You Didn't Know Until, Like, 3 Seconds From Now




Minnesota - "The 4 Millionth State"

Mississippi - "Land of That Letter That Looks Like A More Curvy 5"

North Carolina - "Northern South Carolina"

Connecticut - "The 24 Seasons 1-3 State"

Tennessee - "The Standing-on-Your-Head-is-Not-Gymnastics State"

Virginia - "Uncle Sam's Stash of Grown Up Magazines"

South Dakota - "The South and the Dakota"

California - "The Devil's Ashtray That His Son Made For Him In His Elementary School Art Class"

Louisiana - "We Thought We Had Until the End of the Week to Submit A Nickname"

Missouri - "The You-Show-Me-Yours-I-Show-You-Mine State"

Nebraska - "The Land of Grass and Rivers, of Copper Pots and Golden Plates; of Blinding Sun and Glowing Moon, This is My Home, My State. I Was Born Here, and I'll Die Here Too, It's My Guardian, My Master. I'll Never Love Another, Hear, My Dearest Sweet Michigan. I Mean Nebraska."

North Dakota - "2 South 2 Dakota"

Alaska - "Canada's Tumor"

Idaho - "The 24 Seasons 4-6 (Including 24: Redemption) State"

Utah - "The Land of Hamburger Buns But No Hamburgers"

Oregon - "The Twitter.Com/Not_Spam_ State"

Hawaii - "The 'You Up?' State"

Montana - "The Typo Stat"

Massachusetts - "The Bank of America State"

Texas - "The Easy There Big Fella' State"

Rhode Island - "The Land of 7,000,000 Used Dunkin Donuts Cups"

Illinois - "Benedict Arnold's Left Nipple is Buried Here Somewhere"

Florida - "The Sunshine (2007 Film) State"

New Jersey - "Ethay Igpay Atinlay Aitstay"

Arizona - "The 24 Seasons 7-9 (AKA 24: Live Another Day) State

Kansas - "THE HOW DO I TURN OFF THE CAPS LOCK Oh Never Mind State"

Iowa - "South Dakota: Tokyo Drift"

Ohio - "Colorado" 

Wisconsin - "The 'Stop Calling Me, Kyle' State"

New Mexico - "The 'Stop Calling Me Kyle' State"

Georgia - "Birthplace of Betsy Ross's New Cyborg Body"
 
New York - "Nuyique Yew Nork"
 

Indiana - "South & Dakota"

Alabama - "Ich Werde Hier Warten, Bis Sie Zurückkehren, Große Führer"

South Carolina - "Southern Northern South Carolina"

West Virginia - "South Five"

Delaware - "The: Punctuation, State?"
 
Nevada - "The Pre-Chewed Bubblegum State"
 
Maine - "Paul Bunyan's Wart "


Vermont - "Paul Wort's Bunion"

New Hampshire - "Paul Blart's Warty Bunion"

Arkansas - "South & Dakota 6"

Maryland - "The Second Best Season of the Wire After the One With the Kids"

 Pennsylvania - "William Penn's Authentic Handmade Hats and Headpieces, Inc."
 
Wyoming - "Glenn"


Oklahoma - "The Accordion Player's Nightmare (Literally All the Good Ones Were Taken)"

Colorado - "Ohio"

Michigan - "The Black Eyed Pea (Not The Band) State

Washington - "Dakota 7"

Kentucky - "The Second Largest State that Begins with Kent and Ends in Ucky"

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