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| | Hoosiers, Macaroni, Pariahizing (sic), Roasting vs. Baking, Flying Spatchcocks, and a Ride on the Turnip Truck. |
 | | By the mid-19th century, the word had mutated to "hoosier," and, in a curious turnabout, had come to be a popular synonym for "hick" or "rube." Since the turn of the century, "hoosier" has lost both of its former connotations and been a neutral, if somewhat mysterious, term for anyone from Indiana. |
 | | Dear Evan: In the February 5 issue of the New Republic, a reader writes in and says, "We have no evidence that the persistent patterns of pariahizing African- Americans -- marginalizing and victimizing their life chances -- will be better understood and thus altered by not naming them for what they are: racist". |
 | | Chances are that whoever thought it up was casting about for a metaphor for rural life, and the humorous image (as well as the alliteration) of "turnip truck" filled the bill. |
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