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terms such as Nutmeggers and Hoosiers are called "nicknames" and the others such as Mancunians and Texans are called "sobriquets".
I think we need something more specific. Since nobody has come up with anything, why don't we coin the expression "adjectival toponyms" for them? I did think of toponymic adjectives but decided that would probably be adjectives used in place names such as High Wycombe and New Zealand .
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apologies, tsuwm, I read your post in another thread before seeing your post in this thread which answers my question about Taswegians. Life can get complicated sometimes, especially just before midnight!
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>I think we need something more specific. hey! you didn't quote my wink, indicating that it was "just a joke", from which it could be inferred that I actually don't know this one! 
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>>Life can get complicated sometimes, especially just before midnight!
paulb,
it gets better after midnight.
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not for me, william -- after midnight my mouse turns into a pumpkin!
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>after midnight my mouse turns into a pumpkin!
Then there's the modern day Cinderella. At midnight she turns into a motel.
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<At midnight she turns into a motel.>
And a whole host of foot-fetishists keep knocking on her door with transparent [or fur, if you pre-fur!] slippers!
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>> <At midnight she turns into a motel.>>> And a whole host of foot-fetishists keep knocking on her door with transparent [or fur, if you pre-fur!] slippers!Yep--heading straight for the gutter again! 
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Well, it's never far from your feet, is it?
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we're all of us lying in the gutter ....but are some of us are looking at the stars
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