A little town in Western Mass with as many college students as "townies". Amherst is a suburb of the University of Massachusetts main campus, because there is nothing else around! Residents still manage to have that holier-than-thou attiude, despite the fact that their financial existence relies on the University.
No. It's not Am-HERST. It's pronounced Am-ERST. No 'H'.
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Amherst High School is a low budget school made for people who drop out before they are even a Sophomore. Vape in the bathroom is the most popular thing, everyone will ask you for dip as soon as you mention anything about Copenhagen or god forbid Grizzly. Everyone is either a complete thot, drug abuser, nerd, band nerd, emo, or a fuck boy. Amherst High School is a 2/10 wouldn't get gum cancer again.
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Get the Amherst High School mug.A small, self-professed liberal town in Western Massachusetts. Amherst has a population of about 35,000 and a median age of 21.8, thanks to UMass, Amherst College, and Hampshire College. A town that prides itself on believing strongly in diversity, 76.7% of the population is white, with only 6.2% hispanic and 5.1% Black. The government is a town meeting with select board members, which are overwhelmingly white.
The residents and parents in Amherst are so concerned about political correctness that they petitioned to prevent the high school from performing West Side Story, because the play portrayed Puerto Rico and hispanics in a negative light. Instead, the high school put on a production of Guys and Dolls, which is one of the most sexist musicals ever written.
If you attend a choral performance in Amherst, each of the following will probably be on the bill:
-at least one song from Africa
-at least one song in a different language, probably more than that, probably one in Yiddish (most of the performers will have no clue what they are singing)
-at least one song about loving each other and/or peace, and will most likely be related to diversity
-none of the songs will be overtly christian, in order to include everyone
Amherst once had a MaDonald's, but it went out of business, in part because it was next to Antonio's (which sells pizza by the slice until about 1:30am, with ANYTHING you could ever think of for a topping).
The residents and parents in Amherst are so concerned about political correctness that they petitioned to prevent the high school from performing West Side Story, because the play portrayed Puerto Rico and hispanics in a negative light. Instead, the high school put on a production of Guys and Dolls, which is one of the most sexist musicals ever written.
If you attend a choral performance in Amherst, each of the following will probably be on the bill:
-at least one song from Africa
-at least one song in a different language, probably more than that, probably one in Yiddish (most of the performers will have no clue what they are singing)
-at least one song about loving each other and/or peace, and will most likely be related to diversity
-none of the songs will be overtly christian, in order to include everyone
Amherst once had a MaDonald's, but it went out of business, in part because it was next to Antonio's (which sells pizza by the slice until about 1:30am, with ANYTHING you could ever think of for a topping).
Amherst is a suburb of itself. Leave the city limits, and you find yourself surrounded by cornfields, cow farms, and tiny hill towns.
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Get the Amherst, MA mug.Formerly the Sandstone Capital off the world, Amherst, Ohio is the home of the Amherst Comets. Like many sprawling suburban communities, Amherst, Ohio continues to be transformed into a safe, growing, commercial, residential community that still has a great small town feel near the central business district. Where else but in a small, quaint suburban community can you still shop at a Ben Franklin's five & dime, buy a small pet at Neptune's Cellar, have dinner at Ziggys, Angelo's, Hot Dog Heaven, the list goes on.... Oh, and don't forget the close proximity to several of Lorain County's MetroParks including Mill Hollow where there is a place to stop and see where the Underground Railroad passed through and the annual Potato Festival... great place to live, work, or visit.
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Get the Amherst Steamer mug.A school full of fake people. Most girls are orange, has small tits, no ass, and is just as much a whore as any girl they've talked shit about. Most guys are douchebags, going to eventually dropout, has huge gauges, does any kind of drug they can get their hand on, and probably will never get a decent, respectable job. Despite the epic fail for a football team, people are still proud of it, and players talk like their shit doesn't stink. A place where drugs fly around about as much as rumors do. If you like to jump on the Fucktard Bandwagon, Amherst High School is the place for you.
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