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Game Day Hero [4552]
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What is a "tater"
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Jan 29, 2024, 4:01 PM
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I'm not a native born Carolinian but reading between the lines it seems to be an insult to call someone a tater but it can also be a term of endearment depending on context.
Kind of like redneck..?
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Re: What is a "tater"
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Jan 29, 2024, 4:03 PM
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google Ron White tater
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Valley Legend [12979]
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Re: What is a "tater"
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Jan 29, 2024, 4:20 PM
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Coots used to refer to IPTAY as " I pick taters all year!", referencing Clemson as an Agricultural school back in the day. So they continue to call Tigers 'Taters', but they are just jealous of our success.
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Game Day Hero [4552]
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Re: What is a "tater"
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Jan 29, 2024, 4:52 PM
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Thank you, makes sense now
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Campus Hero [13635]
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Re: What is a "tater"
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Jan 30, 2024, 9:58 AM
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I pick taters all year?
Hmmmm…….so am I picking these taters from a tater bush, a tater tree or is it a tater vine?
Which raises the next question. Where in Sakerlina, do the coots believe is the best tater vineyard….or is it an orchard?
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Orange Blooded [2262]
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Re: What is a "tater"
Jan 30, 2024, 1:04 PM
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^This dumb tater doesn't even know about tater trees.....
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All-In [10484]
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You left out that they are too stupid to know you don't pick taters.***
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Jan 30, 2024, 1:00 PM
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Tiger Titan [50417]
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Its called TaterNet for a reason.***
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Jan 29, 2024, 4:21 PM
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Game Day Hero [4181]
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Re: What is a "tater"
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Jan 29, 2024, 4:25 PM
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I'd rather be a tater than a cuck🤷♂️
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Paw Master [17210]
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Better than what they are in cooterville:
Jan 30, 2024, 11:36 AM
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Coot- a foolish or crotchety person, especially one who is old! Capon - a male chicken that has been castrated or neutered, either physically or chemically, to improve the quality of its flesh for food, and in some places, fattened by force feeding!!
*So, they're all denutted, old, foolish yard birds!!*
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Game Changer [1893]
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Re: What is a "tater"
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Jan 29, 2024, 4:28 PM
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Kind of like Alabama calls Auburn fans "Barners" or "Allbarn."
Barners call Bama fans "Gumps" I assume for the Forrest Gump reference.
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Re: What is a "tater"
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Jan 29, 2024, 4:30 PM
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Taters are good fried, boiled or baked. The coots have an affection for fried taters since many of their graduates run the fry station at fast food joints.
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Orange Elite [5213]
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Re: What is a "tater"
Jan 29, 2024, 6:15 PM
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Exactly ..potater ..
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The opposite of a coot.***
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Jan 29, 2024, 4:29 PM
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Valley Legend [12979]
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Re: What is a "tater"
Jan 29, 2024, 4:33 PM
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I know some coots that love to roll and smoke fat taters too!
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Top TigerNet [29687]
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Because upstate SC is famously known for all the potato farms
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Jan 29, 2024, 4:33 PM
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And Irish immigrants. According to gamecock fans apparently
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TigerNet Elite [69736]
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It stems from Clemson's agricultural heritage...
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Jan 29, 2024, 4:36 PM
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and a lame@$$ attempt at a barb or jibe by our morally defective neighbors to the southeast.
It's also a vexatious wordplay on the acronym IPTAY (I Pick Taters All Year).
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Campus Hero [13842]
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A homerun
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Jan 29, 2024, 6:00 PM
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Just like the decision to root for the tigers!!
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Clemson Sports Icon [59190]
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Well....they like to fish....***
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Jan 29, 2024, 6:06 PM
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Re: What is a "tater"
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Jan 29, 2024, 6:10 PM
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University of SC fans call Clemson fans taters to try to make fun of our agricultural heritage. They used to refer to Clemson as a “cow college” to try to conjure up some image of a dumb farmer. If they only knew the farmers I’ve known, they would understand that dumb and farmer don’t belong in the same sentence.
So yea, kinda like those who like to refer to us country boys as rednecks, thinking that it is somehow negative.
And BTW, no native of SC (or probably NC for that matter) refers to themselves as a “Carolinian”. We are “South Carolinians”. And they are something else.
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Re: What is a "tater"
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Jan 29, 2024, 7:09 PM
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First cousin to a `cracker`!
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Paw Master [17801]
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Re: What is a "tater"
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Jan 29, 2024, 7:13 PM
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Tater, Tater, Chicken Hater
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It's a Darling of a waste of Peach***
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Jan 29, 2024, 7:15 PM
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It's the coots' version of coot for us
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Jan 30, 2024, 9:45 AM
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Even though it's much lazier and not as funny.
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Re: What is a "tater"
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Jan 30, 2024, 11:01 AM
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Imagining you asking like this.
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Re: What is a "tater"
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Jan 30, 2024, 11:32 AM
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Speaking solely for myself, I’m a sword wielding, topknot wearing, fleshy tuber adhering to the bushido code of conduct.
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Does it have a tater in its pocketssess? Nasty little hobbitsess.
Feb 2, 2024, 6:39 PM
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That was one ugly Gollum.
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Re: What is a "tater"
Jan 30, 2024, 1:10 PM
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I pick taters all year(IPTAY) is the origin according to my coot family members. And yes, they are embarrassed that one must “dig” potatoes not pick them. But not surprising, gamecock fans can’t even name their starting quarterback half the time. Another gamecock fan I know didn’t realize South Carolina had only won one championship, and he couldn’t name what it was.
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