snowbilly

English

Etymology

Blend of snow +‎ hillbilly

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Noun

snowbilly (plural snowbillies)

1. (derogatory, slang) A person from rural areas of northern North America. Is used to mainly describe rural white Canadians, Alaskans or Upper Midwesterners, where the temperatures in the winter dip below freezing.
   • 1959, Ernest H. Groth, Official Proceedings of the National Ice Association‎^[1], page 76:

     The "damnyankees" can't agree with the Georgia Crackers, and they won't have any truck with the "snowbillies" or the Eskimos.

   • 1994 March 18, Leslie Nielsen, quotee, “Nielsen Is a Closet Comedian Come to Life”, in Lexington Herald-Leader‎^[2]:

     I'm just a bowlegged snowbilly from Canada.

   • 2008 November 4, “Our Morning Roundup: Election Edition”, in Washington City Paper‎^[3]:

     Wonkette describes Sarah Palin as a “doomed loser snowbilly.”