'Indianoplace'? That's what Hillary Clinton called us

[magical thyme]

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/behind-closed-doors/2015/10/02/hillary-clinton-indiana-basketball-indianoplace-email/73218878/

Indianapolis has done much in recent years to bolster its image — OK, create an image — with an increasingly thriving Downtown, an award-winning airport, and its penchant for hosting big-time sporting events such as, you know, that little thing they call the Super Bowl.

"Are you still in basketball-crazed Indianoplace?" Clinton wrote in an email to an aide in 2010, one of the many missives — or maybe we should call them diss-ives — recently released by the U.S. State Department in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

Then again, she also is apparently hip to Indy’s not-so-hip "noplace" and "naptown" nicknames.

How unhip? The UrbanDictionary.com says "Indianoplace" is generally regarded as a derogatory name for Indianapolis. And then adds this zinger: "Comes from the evident lack of anything to do other than get drunk and watch sports and the apparent resistance of many of its inhabitants to allow culture, change, or diversity into the mix."

I wasn't going to post this because at first I assumed they were being silly about a typo. And then I got to the urban dictionary paragraph.

[NorthCarolina]

1. Indianoplace??

I never heard that before, or ever even heard mention of that pronunciation of Indianapolis by anyone ever before in my life. Could it have been a typo?

[djean111]

2. No, it was not a typo.

And I personally feel that Hillary regards the entire 99% as "noplace", except for their votes.

[NorthCarolina]

3. Wow, never heard that slang for Indianapolis before.

So, I gather it is something "used" as a derogatory reference to the city? Completely unfamiliar with the term and the intended meaning. If it was a purposeful use of the term, then what connotation is being inferred by it's use? Guess I should probably look it up. Interesting post. Thanks.

OK, I looked it up and got a surprising number of links to a term I've simply never heard of before in my life...and I'm pretty old according to my kids. It appears to be a term used essentially by the elite, but I would guess given the size of the Clinton bank account you could consider them part of the elite?

Indianoplace n. Generally regarded as derogatory name for Indianapolis, Indiana. Comes from the evident lack of anything to do other than get drunk and watch sports and the apparent resistance of many of its inhabitants to allow culture, change, or diversity into the mix.

Helena the rich woman: "Oh, Lancelot! My heart hangs heavy! We shall never see young Chadwick again!!"

Lancelot (dropping monocle in his caviar): "No!! Has he passed on?"

Helena the rich woman: "Worse, dearest one! He has moved to... (30 second pause) INDIANOPLACE!!!!"

I suspect you'll be getting an apology over this one now that it's apparently been made public.

[jberryhill]

6. Yeah, it's used by locals

[magical thyme]

5. I just googled it (hadn't heard of it before, either). It is in Urban Dictionary...

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Indianoplace


Top Definition

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Indianoplace

n. Generally regarded as derogatory name for Indianapolis, Indiana. Comes from the evident lack of anything to do other than get drunk and watch sports and the appearant resistance of many of its inhabitants to allow culture, change, or diversity into the mix.

Helena the rich woman: "Oh, Lancelot! My heart hangs heavy! We shall never see young Chadwick again!!"

Lancelot (dropping monocle in his caviar): "No!! Has he passed on?"

Helena the rich woman: "Worse, dearest one! He has moved to... (30 second pause) INDIANOPLACE!!!!"

(Both gasp in terror. Organ music. A guy in overalls shucks corn in the distance ominously.)

[NorthCarolina]

11. Yes, I just looked it up as well

and edited my post to add the definition. Based on it clearly being something used most frequently by the elite, I am guessing that she has probably heard that many times in her life and possibly regarded it as a cutsey thing not truly understanding the background? I almost have to believe that to be the case because if the use was intentional knowing full what the actual image it imparts then that's something I believe she should be called upon to justify. I'll bet dollars to donuts she will state that she didn't really understand the meaning it conveyed when she used it.

[jberryhill]

4. Delawhere?

Oh my! To the fainting couch.

The first and only time I heard that nickname for Indianapolis was from a native thereof.

Show me the place that doesn't have a takeoff on the name or slogan.

Good golly of all the things to get worked up over... You forgot to put "Hoosier trigger alert" in the subject line.

Of course the town and the state are named after "Indians", since the natives of this continent were originally hoped to be somewhere else entirely.

It should be Nativeamericanapolis, but everyone insists on using the offensive term Indianapolis.

[magical thyme]

7. personally, I would laugh, having moved to Maine as a Masshole from Taxachusetts,

but from what I've read at least some of the locals were unhappy with it.

[jberryhill]

13. By locals, do you mean "Indians"

Anyone ever ask what Native Americans think of the correct name anyway?

[magical thyme]

16. by "locals" I mean whoever lives there at this point in time.

I don't know if anybody ever asked the Native Americans what they think of it, but I suspect they were less than thrilled.

Which has exactly what to do with Hillary's email dissing of the place?

[jberryhill]

20. So you don't care what the Native Americans think?

And you never bothered to find out. Because, well, who gives a shit that they were run out of the area that was then ironically misnamed after them.

But you insist on people using the derogatory term "Indian" to refer to things named after Native Americans?

Is that it?

Are you one of those "I don't see why the Redskins should change their name" folks too?

[magical thyme]

22. I never said I don't care what Native Americans think. And you know that.

The articles that refer to "locals" are referring to people living in the area right now. They didn't specifically ask what local Native Americans think of the renaming of their home.

Your attempt at distraction/hijacking has reached the point of annoying. Welcome to ignore.

[jberryhill]

23. Well, since you don't know, it can only be because you never cared

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. Good gawd, I would hate for folks to read and listen to my personal correspondence and interaction.

There is no racist or sexist or homophobic crap but it can be very salty and profane.

[magical thyme]

17. they specifically avoided profanity, at least in the email where Hillary asks what FUBAR means.

[DCBob]

8. Probably an inside joke started by the aide from Indianapolis.

This is so unfair to dump tens of thousands of her personal emails out to the public. Would anyone not have anything in their emails that might be considered controversial over a period of 4 years??

[jberryhill]

10. That's the whole point

[boston bean]

12. ooooooooo WHAT? Call in the calvary! nt

[BlueWaveDem]

14. Jeezus we're analyzing Hillary's spam folders now.

[magical thyme]

19. this wasn't spam. I specifically ignored the Russian phishing trips.

[JoePhilly]

15. Finally ... the smoking gun email!!!!!

We should go through all of her emails looking for typos, misspellings, bad jokes, sarcastic comments, incorrect punctuation ... because we do that with all candidates for President.

[LoveIsNow]

18. I can't believe that Indianapolitans are angry.

They've been there. They know it deserves that name.

[frazzled]

21. I grew up in Indianapolis

in the 1950s and 60s. We always called it (half endearingly, half scornfully) "Indianoplace." It's what the natives always called it. I still refer to it that way sometimes, though it's changed immensely since my days there.

[awoke_in_2003]

24. Meh...

Who of us hasn't made fun of one or more American locales?