citiot

[ sit-ee-uht ]

noun

, Slang.

1. a city dweller who, when visiting or vacationing in the country, is perceived as being condescending to the locals and generally ill-equipped to be in a suburban or rural setting: applied especially in upstate New York to a tourist from New York City:

   These citiots come up here to enjoy the peaceful pace of country life and then go ballistic if they get stuck behind a hay wagon for a few minutes.

   I may have a Ph.D. in agronomy, but I know what it’s like to have some citiot speak to me very slowly as if I’m an illiterate hick fathered by my cousin.

Word History and Origins

Origin of citiot¹

First recorded in 2000–05; cit(y) ( def ) + idiot ( def )