from away

from away

1. (Maine, derogatory, idiomatic) Someone who is not a native Mainer, especially one that has moved to Maine and is trying to change things or has romantic ideas about the state

   Those people from away are making housing unaffordable.

   • 2024 July 15, Heidi Julavits, “I Put Up a Fence in Maine. Why Did It Cause Such a Fuss?”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     It was the most From Away thing I could have done; it was also the most Maine thing I could have done.

• flatlander

• “from away” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.