[MeekOneGOP]

Many of the people who live in that state call themselves ‘Coon Asses’.

A lady I used to work with was born and raised in Port Arthur, Texas to Cagin' parents. She used to refer to herself as being a Coon-Ass. I've never heard it explained where those monikers came from (Coon-Ass and Cagin). Do you know?

[TxBec]

ya mean Cajun? I know they call themselves CA's a lot. don't know why though

[Cicero]

Cagin' sounds like Cajun to me--i.e., N'orleans French.

[Dakmar]

I think cajun is a corruption of Acadian, the French Canadians who settled the area.

[fnord]

Cajun is short and slang for 'Arcadian', an area of Canada where the early settlers in Lousiana came from. Don't know about 'coon ass', but can't wait to hear.