. . . . . Nation

Following up on the "Penultimate" thread, can we designate anything "..... Nation" to the dust bin? Apart from the fascist connotation, it is way overused and tired.

Red Sox Nation, Patriots Nation, Kids Nation, Cardinals Nation, Cubs Nation, Trojan Nation, Idiot Nation, Aryan Nation, Cliche Nation, Lazy Nation, Lemming Nation, Illiterate Nation.

All of it, please. Make it go away.

 

Agreed.

100 percent.

 

You forgot Uri Nation.

I can't tell you how much I agree with you, In_Exile. It's trite and lazy. I've actually e-mailed a sportswriter acquaintance of mine who uses this all the time to tell him to stop. He hasn't.

 

I also agree, but I've never heard Cubs Nation.

 

C'mon Doc, I hear it all the time. I also hear Packers Nation and it makes me want to puke.

 

Automatically sets off the Retard Meter.

 

The "Who Dey Nation"...and the cutest thing of the month.

 

She'll be dancing on a pole before the decade is out.

 

I hate it and always edit it out of copy unless it's in a column or in a quote.

 

At Deadspin.com, some guy has a running blog of his Sunday spent at a sports bar. Among others, he had this funny observation.

"In the second installment under 'interesting Bengals attire,' there's another guy wearing an orange t- shirt that reads, 'I AM BENGALS NATION.' If that shirt was purchased anytime before 2002, then this guy is the fucking man."

http://deadspin.com/sports/the-mjd-smorgasbord/spending-sunday-with--chris-henry-300494.php

 

This thread sucks. Outlaw this, Exile!