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To: Madame Dufarge

The term ‘masshole’ was in use in the 70-80’s in New Hampshire. It referred to skiers coming up and flooding the slopes in the winter.


16 posted on 06/26/2015 10:28:42 AM PDT by originalbuckeye (Not my circus, not my monkeys.......)
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To: originalbuckeye
1989 did seem a little too recent.

Being a Massachusetts native myself, it just didn't seem possible that the term hadn't been in use since at least the 1700's.

18 posted on 06/26/2015 10:40:27 AM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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