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I'm from New England and I've never heard of it too.

According to urbandictionary.com
Chusetts: Found in the State of Massachuetss (mass-of-chusetts). Little boys who make shitty boyfriends and turn into heartless monsters after about a year and a half.

I know in NH we call Massachuetss drivers Mass-Holes, but I've never heard of Chusetts.

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'Chusetts is referring to Massachusetts. They are probably referring to the sports teams. I was confused too but that's the only reasonable answer I can come up with. "New York or Boston?" would make more sense.

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from boston and never heard of it either... massholes i've definitely heard :)

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Found this on another site: Newyorkachusetts? Connecticut.(the dividing line between the Red Sox and the Yankees).
Never heard the term before though.

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I'm from Connecticut and I live in Boston but I've never heard the name. It does make sense though in the context of sports. In Connecticut (at least when I lived in Litchfield, not so much when I moved to Fairfield), there is a big divide when it comes to Red Sox and Yankees.

In Fairfield (southern CT, about an hour from NYC) it's very pro-Yankee with the odd Mets fan. Not the best environment for a Red Sox fan like me. :P

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There is a common joke that Connecticut is half New York sports fans and half Boston sports fans. This is somewhat true, since the western half of the state gets the YES network (Yankees TV), and the eastern half of the state gets the NESN network (Red Sox TV).

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From Connecticut with lots of friends in Mass and never heard "Chusetts" either. I have heard people from Maine called "Maine-iacs" though.

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I know the guy in the picture, I'll ask him what it means.

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Here's the commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFbxpWFs2jA

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Like others, I've never heard the term. My best guess is that it's a Red Sox / Yankees reference, as if New England was divided down the middle between the two. He's being questioned on his loyalties. The guy picks neutral ground with Connecticut. But that's not a "quiz" question like the others are, with a right or wrong answer. I mean, we *know* that they're called jimmies, that's not really subject to interpretation.

But then again ... You don't know about the sports loyalties of guy-with-coffee, so there is most certainly a wrong answer to that question that will not get you coffee. So the guy plays it safe.

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Actually I've just discovered that if you spell it "New Yorkachusetts", two words no hyphen, you get lots of hits - such as people listing it as a home location on forum profiles.

So maybe it's more popular than we think.

Other theories out there state that it's an insult to Connecticut, basically a way of referring to it as a New York suburb. Or that it has no personality/heritage of its own, and is just the space between the two.

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ah, yeah being able to see it helped... still havent heard the phrase before, but he's saying "new yorkachusetts", not "or". and the answer is CT. makes sense now.

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What is wrong with you folks. Obviously, he is asking him where is from New York or Massachusetts. Then he says Connecticut.

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That commercial brings me back (ahhh). I'm originally from Boston and a lot of those terms aren't used around the country. Try asking for "jimmies" at an ice cream place outside of New England and the quizzical looks you'll receive are priceless. By the way, I think the question is Newyorkachusetts which infers to the belief that half of Connecticut subscribes to the New york culture while the other half subscribes to the Massachusetts culture. Once a New Englander always a new englander. Go Pats, Sox, B's, and C's

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i think he was saying NewYorkaChussets as in refering to CT. I live here, and always felt like we are the dividing line between New England and NY, we're a bit schizophrenic with our ways down here. New Haven and F airfield Counties have a very NY flavor to them, and to me dont feel how most people picture New England. New London, and Tolland Counties do 'feel' like New England. I cant quantify what i mean by "feel like New England" but if anyone has spent enough time in CT they might understand.

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