Old Frisian missa, Middle Dutch, Dutch missen, German missen to miss, fail), from *missa- in a changed manner, hence abnormally, wrongly, from PIE root *mei- to change (root of mis- (1); see mutable). Related: Missed; missing. Meaning to fail to get what one wanted is from mid-13c.
A leading lifestyles blog has compiled the Top 10 U.S. cities for conservatives â and not surprisingly, the South rules the list. In first place is the Alabama city of Alabaster, a suburb of . . . conservatives, cities, south, top 10. 909. Friday, 26 Dec 2014 02:27 PM.
The top 10 conservative states are all red states that vote reliably Republican in national elections, all located in the nation's Southern, Midwestern, and Mountain West regions. These include (in addition to Alabama, North Dakota, and Wyoming) Mississippi, Utah, Oklahoma, Idaho, Louisiana, Nebraska, and Arkansas.