What’s a phrase/word only people in your city would understand?

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  6. Hoosier.

    Most people know it as slang for someone from Indiana. But in St. Louis, it’s a derogatory term meaning redneck, hick, white trash, or similar.

  8. Using “hoosier” as the word for “hillbilly.”

    Apparently only St Louisans do that. I have no idea why.

  10. I think most people understand the word fiesta.

    But, Fiesta in San Antonio refers to a specific event, or maybe series of events. It’s a traditional multi day festival here.

  12. From my days in Pittsburgh – Yunz

    Edit Others have said it is “Yinz “ I’ve hear it both ways, but their way is probably more popular.

  14. I went out to get a hoagie for lunch since we were out of chipped ham, but the sidewalks were slippy and I fell in some jagger bushes right on my dupa. These kids started laughing at me so I said “Yinz are a bunch of jagoffs”. One of the shot a gumband at me so I threw a monkey ball at him. When I was almost home a nebby guy pushing a buggy told me Kennywood’s open. My gutchies n’at were all muddy from falling so I turned on the spicket to clean up before I went in the house.

  20. This might actually be common in my state and a few neighboring ones, but we call cigarettes bogies (bow-geez), and statewide we say “brick” to mean when it’s so fucking cold that the slightest breeze almost hurts.

  24. Regional really… “The Mountain is out”, or “The Mountain isn’t out.”

    (Explanation: Mount Rainier dominates the skyline of the south and central Puget Sound area… “Out” refers to it being visible, which it isn’t always given our climate.)

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