Chusette

Chusette: noun. A chusette is the female equivalent of a chuser, an archaic version of the modern word "chooser" - someone who has the power to choose or someone who unnecessarily prolongs the process of choosing. According to new historical evidence, the name Massachusetts derives from a very unlikely but possible sequence of events related to this word. When John Smith was saved by Pocahontas from being killed in 1607, one of Smith's comrades built a memorial bearing the words "To Pocahontas, the massive chusette" in reference to Pocahontas' unclear affections towards men and her race in general. However, during the 1608 flood in the area of Virginia, part of the stone with the engraving "massive chusette" was carried by torrents of water all the way to Plymouth where it was found in 1620 by an unknown pilgrim and mistakenly taken to be the name of the area. The pilgrims, religious as they were, did not question the origins of the writing, as they were convinced that God himself gave them the land and decided to name it "Massive Chusette" in his everlasting wisdom.