townie

townie

1. A permanent non-academic resident of a college town or city. The townies always start complaining when the academic term starts and college students start flooding back into the city. They're putting in several new apartment buildings to serve primarily as student accommodations, much to the chagrin of the townies in the area.
2. Someone who lives in a town or city, especially in contrast to someone who lives in a rural area. Primarily heard in UK, Ireland. It really irks me when the townies running the government try to tell us farmers how to live our lives. You can always spot the townies who come out to these country festivals.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

townie

(ˈtɑʊni)
n. a permanent (nonstudent) resident of a college town. The townies get upset when we make a lot of noise on Sundays.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • at one remove
  • remove
  • the (old) college try
  • old college try
  • old college try, the
  • give (something) the (old) college try
  • give something the old college try
  • Graystone College
  • half term
  • Joe College
References in periodicals archive
Mike Sherbekow, director of sales for Garfield Refining, said, 'We are unbelievably honoured and extremely grateful to have won the Townie Choice Award for the third year in a row.
Garfield Refining receives 2013 Townie Choice Award
"It takes many chapters for this book to work through its macho theme, but Townie is, at bottom, about what it means to become a mature man.
Townie: A Memoir
'Townie' sydd ddim yn meindio rhoi wellies ymlaen a mynd yn fudr ar y penwythnosau!" A hithau'n barod felly am wythnos yn Llanelwedd, oes yna rywbeth y bydd hi'n sicr o fynd gyda hi i'r Sioe?
O'r Cwpwrdd i'r cae Sioe; SIOE FRENHINOL CYMRU/ROYAL WELSH SHOW
If anything's led the way for the latest retro movement, it's bicycles, which are back in a big way, thanks, in part, to the efforts and creative designs of the Electra Bicycle Company, Carlsbad, Calif., manufacturers of retro-inspired cruisers, children's bikes, and Townies. Moreover, its flat-foot technology allows riders to feel stable and balanced when standing and prevents knee strain while riding.
The retro ride is back in style
Ironically, it is Townie who could provide one of the biggest threats today - and he is coming back from an even longer layoff.
Betting Bureau: Felix can take the cream for Alner; Lady Felix (nap) 12.45 Kempton 1pt win Townie 12.45 Kempton 1pt win
Is it because they know that the townie taxpayers they so despise will compensate them without question?
Greedy farmers up to their eyes in bull
Phil was rather surprised when a townie like me wrote to him about an item he wrote (I cannot remember what).
Letter: Your Say - Natural interest; In association with POST OFFICE
Rumblings of discontent at the appointment of Dudley MP Ian Pearson as Environment Minister, on the grounds that he is a townie who knows nothing about rural matters, raise some fascinating issues.
Letter: If the cap fits . .
Read more about the pros and cons of a move to the country in Out of Your Townie Mind, by Richard Craze (White Ladder Press, pounds 7.99).
Homes: Are you cut out for rural life?
However, the punters' jigsaw is not made any easier by the fact that Lady Felix has been absent since winning here 578 days ago, while Townie has been on the missing list even longer, being last seen at their Boxing Day fixture in 2000.
Kempton Briefing: 12.45 Handicap hurdle (3m f)
Although he's a "townie", several members of his family are farmers.
A humorous look at Welsh farming stereotypes
It is a place of breathtaking beauty - and a sometimes startling peace for a townie like me.
MINDMATTERS
I LIVE in the country so my fab Ducati does me just fine, but if I was a townie I'd have something like Honda's new S-Wing scooter.
Mirror MOTORING: NEWS IN BRIEFS
It's been one hell of a week for a townie to take up poultry farming.
Toon and country
In other words, the countryside is in safe, albeit townie hands
Letter: How townies save the countryside