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1. An adjective used to describe something that is Wisconsin-like, or a noun that simply means Wisconsinite. Wisconsinites are often called "Sconnies" outside of the state. The word is now gaining traction within Wisconsin as well, largely the result of the company "Sconnie Nation" that was founded by two UW-Madison students in their Lakeshore dorm room.
    
   Posted by: madmax on Apr 04, 2008 02:37 PM (5) (3) Flag
2. Although many naysayers are correct in saying that "Sconnie" is not a term often used by real Wisconsinites, it is certainly a legitimate term, as it is used in other states in reference to Wisconsinites. In Michigan, a Sconnie is someone from Wisconsin.
    
   Posted by: terracebum on Jul 07, 2008 10:00 AM (2) (1) Flag
3. The fact that this term is allegedly used by people of other states does not make it local Madison slang. I have never heard a local use this term. And had this term not been used to sell t shirts, it would have remained in other state obscurity.
    
   Posted by: sieve on Aug 21, 2008 11:21 AM (1) (1) Flag
4. I beg to differ: my friends and I were using the term "Sconnie" during college in Madison in the 80's. I first heard it from a good friend who hailed from Oshkosh. He now lives in Seattle, and we bought some of the original Sconnie Nation sweatshirts several years ago and had a reunion, specifically to mourn the fact the WE didn't copyright the term. The Sconnie Nation owners can confirm this.
    
   Posted by: DrMom on Jul 23, 2008 07:32 AM (1) (1) Flag
5. A bogus term made up to sell t-shirts. True Wisconsinites will confirm that no one from Wisconsin uses this term to refer to each other.
    
   Posted by: madnick on Jul 03, 2008 05:14 PM (5) (5) Flag
6. Those who say it's not Madison slang--ironically enough--tend to talk about it a lot. Whether you speak of it in disparaging terms or not, it HAS made its way into local language.
    
   Posted by: Anonymous on Nov 11, 2008 06:36 PM (0) (1) Flag
7. A Wisconsinite or anything Wisconsin-like.
    
   Posted by: uwmad09 on Aug 06, 2008 10:57 AM (0) (1) Flag
8. Sconnie wasn't made up to sell t-shirts as falsely indicated below. It's a term used widely in other states to reference
   Wisconsinites, including Michigan, but ranging much farther in popularity than states Wisconsin shares a border with. If you are from Wisconsin and living in another state, and your name is Jonathan/John/Jon/Jonny/Johnny/Jonnie, or Don, Ron, anything that rhymes with these, there's a good chance you're referred to as Sconnie Johnny/Ronny/Donny.
    
   Posted by: jurbur on Jul 08, 2008 11:13 AM (1) (2) Flag
9. The term first used in the fall of 2000 while we were in Honolulu a few days before the Badgers played the Hawai'i Warriors. When we'd see a Badger fan, we'd announce, "there's a sconnie". So, it was not made up to sell T-Shirts, but I wish we had copyrighted it.
    
   Posted by: gianni on Jul 22, 2008 01:55 PM (0) (3) Flag

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