Im so into Orangutans! Naptown. IndiaNAPolis. NAPTown. Indianapolis is boring. We take lots of naps.

In the late '60s and early '70s, the terms Naptown and India-NO-place were self-deprecating terms for Indy.

A local FM rock station also called itself WNAP. (In a time when Top 40 riled (sic), it was the only station to play the long version of the Doors' "Light My Fire," the album version of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" and the complete "Woodstock" album (I swear I heard the "Fish Cheer" for the first time this way, though I might be mistaken.) It was the only local station that played Hendrix.

During the '80s, one of the University of Louisville basketball teams had a team contending for the Final Four , which was being played in Indy. The team's slogan: "The Ville is going to the Nap."

Far better explanation to the one I offered up.

That was an excellent explanation! Can we get you to ALSO explain this whole Hoosier thing too. When I meet someone online and I tell them where I'm from, they'll ask me 3 things:

1) Do I know John Mellencamp? 2) Can I play basketball or football (NO!)? 3) What the hell is a Hoosier?

I'm told it's an Indian term. Could be worse, we could be called the show me state. I ain't showing squat!

musicjunky: No one really knows, though several theories abound (one of 'em might even be true).

The most fanciful legend states that when Indiana was a backwoods territory (no jokes, please; I've heard them all), it was common for pioneer settlers to let loose on Saturday nights and engage in some good-natured scuffles. After one of these affairs would break up, someone would casually pick something off the floor ask "Whose ear?" which would evolve into the rough-and-tumble-sounding name "Hoosier."

I like this explanation, even though I doubt it's true. I leave it to others to give the probable, and perhaps boring, origin of the word "Hoosier."

By the way, I once heard that a St. Louis radio station used the term "Hoosier rock" in a marketing campaign. Someone from the Show Me State told me it was a derisive description, implying redneck or yahoo.

Ok, that sounds like a great answer. Yeah, we get unfairly labeled as having our fair share of rednecks and it's not really fair. Rednecks are EVERYWHERE!!! Scary world, huh?

I still like to think it's because we're known for naps.

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NAST A$$ people

OH SNAP TOWN

Indy-town didn't stick.