Nicknames for different kinds of boots:
This question is new; it was not asked in the 1965–70 survey.
| SHIT-KICKERS | 11 |
| COWBOY BOOTS | 9 |
| HIKING BOOTS | 9 |
| RAIN BOOTS | 9 |
| GALOSHES | 7 |
| RUBBERS | 6 |
| RUBBER BOOTS | 5 |
| MUD BOOTS | 3 |
| STEEL TOES | 3 |
| COMBAT BOOTS | 2 |
| DRESS BOOTS | 2 |
| HIKERS | 2 |
| MUCK BOOTS | 2 |
| OVERSHOES | 2 |
| SNOW BOOTS | 2 |
| SORELS | 2 |
| WINTER BOOTS | 2 |
| WORK BOOTS | 2 |
| BEATLE BOOTS | 1 |
| CHORE BOOTS | 1 |
| COWBOY | 1 |
| “COWBOY, HIGHTOPS, SORELS, UGG” | 1 |
| DUSTY BUCS | 1 |
| FISHING BOOTS | 1 |
| GOLASCHES | 1 |
| GREBS | 1 |
| KICKERS | 1 |
| MUDDIES | 1 |
| PACKS | 1 |
| RAIN | 1 |
| RED WINGS | 1 |
| RIDING BOOTS | 1 |
| SKI | 1 |
| SNOW | 1 |
| SORREL BOOTS (BRAND NAME) | 1 |
| SORRELS | 1 |
| WAFFLE STOMPERS | 1 |
| WELLIES | 1 |
| WELLINGTONS | 1 |
| WORK | 1 |
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