A person so transfixed by gambling machines that he or she becomes virtually oblivious to the rest of the world.
You may hear the locals refer to the Clinton Presidential Library this way. It does sort of resemble one.
"Notsoberfest" takes place the last weekend of September, kicking off La Crosse's famous Oktoberfest celebration. People stand around in beer tents and down pitcher after pitcher of beer. Just about everyone there is "not sober".
Italian Ice
Another name for a laundromat, taken from Houston's rich "Spanglish" vernacular.
Bag of chips.
Reference to the CTA trains, which run elevated from the streets.
San Antonio is the only U.S. city with five Spanish missions. These historical structures served as the first foundations of the city (the Alamo is the oldest, built in 1718) along the San Antonio River.