Poppy McFoppy's definitions

Stony

A miner who works in the limestone quarries of southern Indiana. This is especially used by college students at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, to reference the "local people" (whether or not they actually work in the quarries) to differentiate them from the college student population. They are also called "cutters" (for limestone cutters). Use of this term can be heard in John Mellencamp's song "I Need a Lover".

"Electricity runs through the video
And I watch it from this hole I call home
And all them stonies are dancin' to the radio
And I got the world callin' me up free tonight on the phone" -- John Mellencamp, "I Need a Lover"

Here, "stonies" is the plural of "stony".

by Poppy McFoppy February 17, 2015