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Missouri

State Flag

Basics

Abbreviation: MO
Nickname: n/a
Motto: Salus populi suprema lex esto (Latin, "The Welfare of the People is the Highest Law")
Name for residents: Missourians

State Seal

Numbers

Population: 5,800,310
Area: 69709 miles²

Taxes

Sales Tax: 4.225%

Insignia

Flower: Hawthorn
Bird: Eastern Bluebird

State Recipes

Apple Cake

State Slang

tomcattin'
Phrase:
tomcattin'
Meaning:
Ususally describes a faithless/prolific male.
Sentence:
He's out tomcattin' around again
fair ta middlin'
Phrase:
fair ta middlin'
Meaning:
somewhere between ok and alright
Sentence:
"How are you?" "Oh, fair ta middlin'"
worsh
Phrase:
worsh
Meaning:
wash
Sentence:
I'm going to worsh some clothes later
Fair to middlin'
Phrase:
Fair-to-middlin'
Meaning:
not so bad, but not so great either
Sentence:
"How are you?" "Oh, fair-to-middlin."
Crick
Phrase:
Crick
Meaning:
A creek
Sentence:
I'm headed down to the crick to go fishin'.
iffn'yunto
Phrase:
iffn'yunto
Meaning:
if you want to
Sentence:
We can go to the store later iffn'yunto. My grandma used this way before Jeff Foxworthy ever did!

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