minnesota nice
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A style of pleasantness, courtesy, cooperation, and helpfulness associated with Minnesota culture; a form of Northern Plains charm.
American usage; Uncountable
adj
Pleasant, courteous, cooperative, and helpful (as associated with Minnesota culture).
American usage
Example Sentences
- "Dr. Gibson called me in part because she knew I like to provoke, tickle, and prod. She knew I would respond yes, with Minnesota Nice, but what she really was after was my [...] New Yorker attitude..."
- "Having lived in the open land of southwest Minnesota for more than thirty years, I have learned the limits of Minnesota nice."
- "Minge (pronounced with a hard G) is close to a personification of "Minnesota nice," the quiet cheerfulness and pleasantness which permeates much of life in […] much of its politics."
- "each moment draining sweat that pools around in a tradition of politeness— disturbed here now by swarms of gnats—some natives call "minnesota nice""
- "The natives joked about Minnesota Nice, and outsiders called it conformity, but civility was in fact the norm and any rip in its fabric a vice."
- "People who like one another often go along with one another's ideas to keep everyone happy. In Minnesota, people often call this "Minnesota nice." The intent is not to hurt anyone's feelings."
Etymology
Usage
- American usage
- Uncountable