We've been trying in our own inimitable way to rebrand our state "Connetiquette", with very limited success — if you were to give yours a new moniker, what would you come up with Mr(s). Smarty Pants?

We got the inspiration for this from a reader who said Connetiquette was good, but she was born and bred in, and liked "Br∞klyn" even better. Ha! If you'd prefer to use a city or a town (since they're in the spirit of the thing), or even a country — "Japanned" comes to mind — then feel free.

So far, we've gotten a lot of Damn-I-wish-I-thought-of-that entries, so we thought we'd share some of the cleverness with you.

Dorothy Smith writes: "Not my idea, but right up your alley. We live in Bellingham, Washington. We are called (no kidding) — Bellinghamsters."

An anonymous email came in with this: "Not many bright people where I live - how about 'Floridumb?'" That's good, but let's change it slightly to "Floriduh?"

From the mysterious "Taxman", who sent in: "Hawaiy'all — preferred by the southern occupants of the Aloha State."

Jon Kimball chimed in with: "Well, of course, there is 'Oregonfishin' and that is what I'm going to do rather than play silly word games."

Michelle List made us chuckle with this: "I come from Babylon, Long Island, NY, and a lot of my former neighbors were 'Babblonandoners.'"

And then there's John Higgins: "I love your TEXIST t-shirt concept (says more as an identifier than Connetiquette—sorry.) But how could you resist the obvious WISCONSINNER for cheese heads? Or ILLANNOYING for that matter?"

Jamie Polichak writes in: "While attending the U of Michigan, I tried to spread the word that the normal referent 'Michiganders' should be for males, while females should be referred to as 'Michigeese'.

Rick Smith sent this beaut in:

"One must not forget us 'Idahoers'. (You can either lay back, or dig in)"

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