The Origins Of ‘Nazi’

From Wikipedia: The term “Nazi” was in use before the rise of the NSDAP as a colloquial and derogatory word for a backwards peasant, characterizing an awkward and clumsy person. It derived from Ignaz, being a shortened version of Ignatius, a common name in Bavaria, the area from which the Nazis emerged. Opponents seized on this and shortened the first word of the party’s name, Nationalsozialistische, to the dismissive “Nazi”.