baywop

English

Etymology

From bay +‎ wop.

Noun

baywop (plural baywops)

1. (Newfoundland, slang, derogatory) A rural Newfoundlander.
   • 1987, Nigel Rapport, Talking Violence, page 16:

     Furthermore, there was the important distinction on the island between townies and baymen, or baywops.

   • 1992, Cabot Martin, No Fish and Our Lives: Some Survival Notes for Newfoundland:

     How Memorial has changed since then! Back then, the townies may have owned the very few cars that were on the go, may have dominated the best tables in the cafe and certainly didn't need coaching in putting the baywops in their preordained place, […]