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Sometime after the last winter nor’easter but before the first warm days of late spring, we New Englanders have to grit our teeth and get through the soggy mud season. The official “vulgar slang” definition? “A contemptuous term for a native or inhabitant of the state of Massachusetts.” Mud Season
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We weren’t going to include this colorful derogatory term for certain residents of Massachusetts (almost always applied to careless drivers or tourists behaving badly), but since the word was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2015, it seemed only fair to give it a mention. Learn more in Yankee’s humorous “Guide to New England Leaf Peepers.” Ma**hole They also keep local inns, B&Bs, and restaurants humming, so we gladly welcome them back. Leaf peepers are the tourists who visit New England each year to eat their weight in cider doughnuts and gawk (often while driving well below the speed limit) at the beautiful autumn foliage. Not to be confused with Johnny Appleseed (he hailed from Leominster, Massachusetts) or Rhode Island cornmeal johnnycakes, a johnny is a hospital gown, especially in Boston. It’s believed the term came from the gown’s open back, designed to provide easy access to the toilet, aka the john. (Want to show your regional pride with every cone? Learn more about New England’s favorite ice cream flavors.) Johnny Some say there are chocolate jimmies and rainbow sprinkles, but I grew up saying “rainbow jimmies,” so I think this one is a matter of family preference. The colorful candies that are sprinkled over ice cream or a birthday cake are jimmies, not sprinkles.