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Vermont

State Flag

Basics

Abbreviation: VT
Nickname: n/a
Motto: Freedom and Unity
Name for residents: Vermonters

State Seal

Numbers

Population: 623,050
Area: 9615 miles²

Taxes

Sales Tax: 6%

Insignia

Flower: Red Clover
Bird: Hermit Thrush

State Slang

Rotary
Phrase:
Rotary
Meaning:
traffic circle
Sentence:
Be careful to yield when you enter the rotary.
Dooryard
Phrase:
Dooryard
Meaning:
It's a driveway.
Sentence:
I pulled into my dooryard and hit my husband's car.
Idear
Phrase:
Idear
Meaning:
idea, pronouced as if it has ended with an 'R'
Sentence:
I had an idear about your problem
Brook
Phrase:
Brook
Meaning:
creek
Sentence:
There's a brook that flows through my backyard.
Jeezum Crow
Phrase:
Jeezum Crow
Meaning:
euphemism for "Jesus Christ"
Sentence:
Jeezum Crow, that car was about to hit you!