Its very name is testament to the complete and utter pig-ignorant hillbilly stupidity of its people. When they were searching for a name, a lobbyist claimed that 'idaho' was an Amerind word meaning 'gem of the mountain,' and the Idahoans were inbred enough to take this guy at his word without any fact checking. Thus, their folly is immortalised for all of time in both the state of Idaho and their descendants, the Idahoans.
