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okie

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Relating to the state of Oklahoma, its people or its culture

adjective
/ˈoʊki/

: oklahomense

The festival showcased delicious okie cuisine, highlighting the traditional dishes of Oklahoma.

Examples

So I'm actually going to take this Okie brush.
"Well, racism against black people is bad, but against white people is okie-dokie then, right?"

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I'm going to pour a nice Okie Shard and watch fireworks.
What's 'okie?

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009)
There was a, a Ohio Okie bar or something like it was a Ronnie Crane or something like that, Okie bar, deadlift being used.
WITH TWO OUTS, OKIE STEPS IN, HOPING TO BRING IN THE RUNNER.

Rookie of the Year (1993)
During the conference, we discussed the okie culture and its impact on American history.
The movie portrays the okie lifestyle and the struggles faced during the Dust Bowl era.

Surface Forms

okie positive

Morphology

okie = Oklahoma (semi-transparent) = Oklahoma + ie

The word is clearly based on the state name Oklahoma with a nickname-like suffix, but the demonymic formation is conventional rather than fully productive.

Etymology

The word okie is a short form of Oklahoma and was used to talk about people, places, or things from that state, so okie means 'from Oklahoma'.