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An infamous legal trial that took place in Phoenix in the 1960s, a complicated fiasco involving an inheritance and "scientific proof" for the existence of a human soul.

1. Tonic is the common generic term in Boston for soft drink.

2. Soda

Children's street game of bygone days, involving pink Spalding (or "spaldeen") ball and broomstick. Now sadly defunct.

"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".

Another name for a laundromat, taken from Houston's rich "Spanglish" vernacular.

A nickname for Fort Worth, Texas.

You may hear the locals refer to the Clinton Presidential Library this way. It does sort of resemble one.