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"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".

A Purdue University student or alumni, or an alcoholic drink invented by Pittsburgh steelworkers consisting of some combination of beer and whiskey.

Nickname for Atlanta that comes from the generally sticky-hot weather in the city.

You'd better not do that.

A nickname for New York City. Gotham City is a fictional city used in DC Comics, but it is said to be modeled after NYC.

Reference to the CTA trains, which run elevated from the streets.

Term used to describe going out for fish dinner, usually on a Friday night. As in "are you going out for fish lunch tonight?"

In the midst of the debate over the Iraq war, a few US congressmen exercised their freedom to slight the French by renaming french fries and french toast in the congressional cafeteria. Enter "Freedom Fries".