#regional

Boston for very far away.

Midwest reflex 'oops' when you bump into someone.

Dunkin' — the coffee, the chain, the entire Boston food group.

Car keys — but only in a Boston accent.

Tiny single-serve ice cream cup; also dated slur for a teen girl.

The Rio Grande Valley — deep South Texas along the Mexico border.

Massachusetts shorthand for a liquor store.

Dorchester, the sprawling Boston neighborhood locals call home.

Mildly mocking term for a Dubliner.

Boston's subway and bus system — the MBTA, minus the syllables.

The chair you leave in your shoveled parking spot — and woe betide whoever moves it.

A hot sub sandwich, New England style.

Boston oath — I'm dead serious, on my dead friends.

Boston nickname for the Prudential Tower.

Worcester, MA — its own affectionate, gritty nickname.

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

Midwest party snack — Chex coated in chocolate, peanut butter, powdered sugar.

When a too-tall U-Haul gets its roof peeled off by a Storrow Drive bridge.

Wisconsin/Michigan slur for a Chicago tourist.

The TV remote control — what people in Michigan and New England call the thing that changes channels.

South Boston, or someone from it.

Northern Michigan slang for a tourist, especially one buying fudge on Mackinac Island.

Dublin word for a culchie — anyone from the countryside.

Boston for making a U-turn.

Lowland Scots word for a Highlander or anyone from the rural sticks.

UMass Amherst, nodding to its party-school legend.

Midwest word for any fizzy soft drink.

Emphatic Boston 'no way!' — answered with 'ya suh!'

New England for 'in the basement' — said 'down sullah.'

East Boston, the neighborhood across the harbor.

Reclaimed slur for a Massachusetts driver or resident.

Michigan word for a sliding glass patio door.

A resident of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Boston-ese for something excellent, usually preceded by 'wicked'.

Old-school Boston word for any fizzy soft drink.

The Massachusetts Turnpike — I-90 to the rest of the country.

Old-school putdown for Somerville, MA — back when it was rough.

Someone from the Rio Grande Valley of deep South Texas.

Boston word for a sub sandwich, from the Italian roll it's served on.

Houston, said like a local.

Drinking fountain, in Boston and Wisconsin.

Paradox Boston-speak for 'so do I' — somehow agreeing by negating.

Massachusetts for a roundabout.

Brummie nickname for someone from the Black Country.