Results for “local”

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locals
noun

Derogatory stan-Twitter term for normie mainstream users who don't get fandom culture.

#stan-twitter#fandom#gatekeeping#derogatory
Local yokel
phrase

A small-town or city cop.

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

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

#geordie#darlington#northeast#british
hotlanta
noun

Older nickname for Atlanta — now tourist-coded and locally cringe.

#atlanta#nickname#tourist
H-town
noun

Houston, said like a local.

#texas#houston#hip-hop#regional
K&B purple
noun

The unmistakable royal purple of the old NOLA drugstore chain — local shorthand for that exact shade.

#nola#color#nostalgia#local
Vieux Carré
noun

Local name for the French Quarter — literally 'old square'.

#nola#french-quarter#new-orleans#neighborhoods
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
Sac au lait
interjection

Cajun exclamation of surprise — and also the local word for crappie.

#nola#cajun#louisiana#french
Umble
proper noun

How locals say Humble, TX — the H is silent.

#texas#houston#pronunciation#suburb
Kuykendahl
proper noun

North Houston street whose 'Kirk-en-doll' pronunciation outs you as local or tourist.

#houston#texas#geography#shibboleth
Big D
proper noun

Dallas's preferred local nickname for itself — no 'the' needed.

#dallas#texas#nickname#city
puro
adjective

San Antonio identity word — pure, exclusively, unmistakably local.

#san-antonio#texas#chicano#identity
the Dot
noun

Dorchester, the sprawling Boston neighborhood locals call home.

#boston#neighborhood#regional#new-england
Yinz
pronoun

"You all" — the Pittsburgh second-person plural, a hallmark of the local dialect.

#american
Ends
noun

Your local area, neighborhood, or hood.

#uk#british#mle#london