. . . . . Nation

[In Exile]

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.

 

[Rosie]

Agreed.

100 percent.

 

[Ike Broflovski]

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.

 

[Chi City 81]

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

 

[Bubbler]

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

 

[Starman]

Automatically sets off the Retard Meter.

 

[sirvaliantbrown]

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

 

[heyabbott]

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

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

 

[playthrough]

"Red Sox Nation" was kinda cute before they won the WS, now that label is annoying and all the spinoffs are even worse.

 

[ondeadline]

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

 

[dawgpounddiehard]

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 ****ing man."

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

 

[micropolitan guy]

This thread sucks. Outlaw this, Exile!

 

[WaylonJennings]

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

Wojo wrote a book titled that.

 

[Bubbler]

Most predictable post by me ever ...

It's my happening ... and so on ...

 

[John]

 

[I Like HD]

Alt Nation is my favorite radio station

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

"This is our nation."

 

[dragonfly]

What were the original Nations? Raider Nation? Red Sox Nation? It feels like there were some original uses of the term that fit well, but then everyone started using it.

 

[slappy4428]

I, for one, can do without the whole damn Sabanation... Not Saban Nation, but Sabanation

 

[John]

I, for one, can do without the whole damn Sabanation... Not Saban Nation, but Sabanation

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