Flatlander Edit Meaning

1.

Used by native Vermonters to describe people from anywhere else in the country, regardless of whether or not your state has a higher elevation than Vermont. If you aren't native to Vermont, you're a flatlander, period. The term came about because of people from other states visiting the state on account of the ski resorts and the mountains.

"Those damn rich flatlanders come up here from freakin' California and buy up all our farmland and develop damn Walmarts all over the place."

"You're from Michigan? You're a damn flatlander."

"I'm a ridgerunner, not a flatlander."

See vermont, new england, flatlander, mountains, skiing

2.

a term mostly used in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshirethat describes people from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. a derogetory comment, meaning either tourists or people who move from MA, CT, or RI to any of the farther north states and try to change everything.

those damn flatlanders are coming up here and chopping down our trees to build thier 'big box' stores!

See vermont, tourists, change, massachusetts

3.

the term flatlander isn't specific to any state. It's a term that all mountain people use to describe tourist that don't have the skills/knowledge to recreate in the mountains

The search and rescue team spent all week trying to find the flatlanders that tried to bag the fourteener with half a liter of water and a candy bar.

Did you see the flatlander try and make it down the bumps? It was histerical.

See mountains, tourist, midwest, lost

4.

A term used in the mountains to describe people from lower elevations.

Driver: This guy is driving so slow; he must be a flatlander.

Passenger: Well, according to his license plate, he's a floridiot.

See floridiot, halfback, hillbilly

5.

A person from a lower elevation in the state of Pennsylvania who delights in visiting (or worse - moving to) higher elevations and ruining the culture, typically in the northcentral part of the state.

Flatlanders think that they can move to the hills, have babies, and the babies are therefore not flatlanders. If a cat crawls into your oven and has a litter, are the offspring cookies?

Go back to Philadelphia, you fucking flatlander.

6.

where i'm from, a flatlander is the worst thing to be. its kind of like in california where the locals hate the tourists that come to surf, well in northern PA we hate people from jersey, pittsburgh, and philadelphia that come up to hunt deer. a flatlander usually, though not always, has zero respect for the land, the animals they're trying to hunt, and the locals that put up with them. some of them are nice guys that have a true love for hunting, but the majority of them come up to get drunk at the hunting camp, get into fights at the bar, and for the most part make people from northern PA wary of anything that has a funny accent.

TRUE STORY. A flatlander comes up to me after a day of hunting, he was in a field that was frequented by cows. ME:did you see anything ?

FLATLANDER: no but there are sure some big deer up here. the tracks are huge!!

ME: those are tracks left by cows.

See deer, hunting, season, jersey

7.

a person who is so unaware of their surroundings they cannot even function in the world. These people are jokes in life and have no sense of style, coolness or anything of the sort.

Joe: Hey man do u wanna come over and read or something.

Kyle: Bro, are you kidding me, ur a complete flatlander

See fag, homo, joke, jerk, bitch