FIB FIB Fucking Illinois Bastard isn t a racial slur but rather a regional one Should it be removed In Southern Cal the word became synomynous to mean a newcomer from another state like okie yankee and snowbird In other US states Californian move ins are refered to as greek lifers and prune pickers and share the same New York Liberal stereotype not everyone here is gay Jewish yuppies or movie stars FIB is another Midwest term not well known to most American linguists It s like some Iowans Kansans and Nebraskans call themselves in a comical way Hogs The term was supposedly to make fun of Midwesterners as fat or corn fed then the word changed to a sign of regional pride Imagine one says Hey Iowa is a first prize blue ribbon hog one way to fight back an insult and make it appear like so what it s how we are prune picker