The Show-Me State. The northern half of the state tends to be flat and fits in culturally with the Midwest. Northern Missourians say "Miz-zur-ree". The southern half of the state is defined by the Ozark Mountains and tends to identify with the South, rather than the Midwest. Southern Missourians say "Mizz-zur-rah" keeping in tradition with the original French pronunciation of the Indian word that was used as the basis for the state's name. Southern Missourians in the Ozarks tend to speak iwith an accent similiar to Tennessee.
Home to President Harry S. Truman, Walt Disney, and famed Generals John "Black Jack" Pershing and Omar Bradley.
Home to President Harry S. Truman, Walt Disney, and famed Generals John "Black Jack" Pershing and Omar Bradley.
Abe: "I can run faster than that black bear coming towards us."
Paul: "Oh yeah? I'm from Missouri - show me."
Paul: "Oh yeah? I'm from Missouri - show me."
by Anonymous February 18, 2005
A "kiss ass", "brown noser". A person who is trying to impress someone by following them around...closely.
by Anonymous August 26, 2003
by anonymous March 16, 2004