Results for “Chuco Town”

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Chuco Town
proper noun

Nickname for El Paso, Texas — the birthplace of pachuco culture.

#texas#el-paso#chicano#calo
chuco
noun

Short for pachuco — also a nickname for El Paso.

#texas#la#calo#chicano
a-town
noun

Insider nickname for Atlanta.

#atlanta#hip-hop#crunk#nickname
Chi-Town
proper noun

Chicago — the long-running nickname that drill rappers inherited and never let go.

#chicago#hip-hop#drill#nickname
V-Town
noun

Vallejo, CA — Mac Dre's home turf.

#bay-area#vallejo#hip-hop#hyphy
Oaktown
noun

Oakland, California — the Bay's grittier twin to San Francisco.

#la#bay-area#hip-hop#oakland
H-town
noun

Houston, said like a local.

#texas#houston#hip-hop#regional
back o' town
noun

Historic Black NOLA neighborhood near the old New Basin Canal.

#nola#jazz#history#southern
Backatown
noun

The back-of-town New Orleans neighborhoods, inland from the river toward North Claiborne.

#nola#geography#tremé#southern-us
Uptown side / downtown side / lakeside / riverside
phrase

NOLA's cardinal directions — locals don't use N/S/E/W because the river bends.

#nola#geography#new-orleans#directions
El Chuco
proper noun

Caló name for El Paso — the root of the word 'pachuco.'

#el-paso#texas#chicano#calo
Wormtown
noun

Worcester, MA — its own affectionate, gritty nickname.

#worcester#massachusetts#regional#nickname
Hit The Town
phrase

To go out partying — to hit bars, clubs, and nightlife for the night.

#american#british#2000s
TP
noun

Town Portal Scroll — teleport to a friendly building or back to base.

#dota2#moba#items#mobility
wool
noun

A non-Scouser from the towns surrounding Liverpool.

#scouse#liverpool#identity#british
Jarra
noun

Geordie shorthand for Jarrow, the Tyneside town famous for the 1936 march.

#geordie#jarrow#northeast#british
Darlo
noun

Darlington — the County Durham town, shortened the way locals actually say it.

#geordie#darlington#northeast#british
upsuh
adverb

Out of town, away from the ends.

#mle#london#road#patois
toonser
noun

Doric for a townie — said by country folk about city-dwellers, usually with a side-eye.

#scottish#doric#aberdeenshire#scotland
buckhead
noun

Atlanta's uptown — money, nightlife, drip.

#atlanta#hip-hop#geography#nightlife
OT
phrase

Out of town — usually meaning trapping drugs away from home.

#nyc-drill#uk-drill#hip-hop#trap
Cunch
noun

Out-of-town spot where city dealers go to push drugs.

#uk-drill#london#drugs#county-lines
Chi-City
proper noun

Chicago — drill-era variant of Chi-Town.

#chicago#drill#hip-hop#nickname
calcos
noun

Pachuco Caló for shoes — especially shined-up dress shoes.

#la#calo#pachuco#chicano
tacuche
noun

Pachuco Caló for a fancy fit — the zoot suit itself.

#la#calo#pachuco#chicano
Screwston
noun

Houston's hometown nickname, in tribute to DJ Screw.

#texas#houston#hip-hop#dj-screw
Dine-tine
noun

'Downtown' in Houston drawl.

#houston#texas#pronunciation#geography
the Tunnels
proper noun

Underground pedestrian network beneath downtown Dallas.

#dallas#texas#downtown#infrastructure
Faygo
noun

Detroit's hometown soda brand and a regional point of pride.

#detroit#michigan#soda#icp
citiot
noun

A city dweller who shows up to a small town clueless about how things work.

#midwest#michigan#rural#insult
go country
phrase

Leave London to deal drugs in a smaller town.

#uk-drill#london#drugs#county-lines
Local yokel
phrase

A small-town or city cop.

#trucker#cb-radio#police#municipal
Bacan
noun

A well-off, well-dressed man about town, the tango's classic flush gentleman.

#lunfardo#spanish#argentine#tango