September 2nd
Buggy: Pittsburgh, PA
A supermarket shopping cart.
September 1st
Screwston: Houston, TX
A popular--and relatively new--nickname for the city of Houston, which refers to “chopped and screwed,” an authentically Houston style of music.
August 31st
Trailer on Stilts: Little Rock, AR
You may hear the locals refer to the Clinton Presidential Library this way. It does sort of resemble one.
August 30th
Brain Damage Island: Seattle, WA
Along with Brain Dead Island, it's a derogatory nickname for Bainbridge Island.
August 29th
Gum Bands: Pittsburgh, PA
This slang for rubber bands in Pittsburgh speak.
August 27th
Hippie Christmas: Madison, WI
This is August 15 and a few days on either side. When all the leases in the central city turn over at the same time, many students and other renters leave vast piles of unwanted belongings on the curb as they change apartments. These items are often taken home by others as the population garbage picks the piles. When someone asks where you got an item, you reply "Hippie Christmas."
