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the south's nickname, wrapped in nostalgia and drenched in contested history.
means an informal term for the southern united states, especially the states that seceded to form the confederacy.
from murky on purpose: some trace it to ten-dollar notes labeled dix (french for ten) issued by a louisiana bank, others to the mason-dixon line, others to a minstrel song written by a northerner in 1859 that the confederacy later adopted as its anthem.
song ironydixie the anthem was written by an ohio man
lincoln loved ithe requested the song after the war ended
cup unrelateddixie cups are named after a founder, not the south