Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis or IUPUI, the acronym that inspired the not-so-flattering nickname.
Crayfish.
Italian Ice
Nickname for Atlanta that comes from the generally sticky-hot weather in the city.
A term for Detroit coined by former president Franklin Roosevelt during the second World War to describe the transition of the Ford Motor Company's production from cars to tanks.
In the early 1900s, the nickname for a group of early skyscrapers at the intersection of 20th Street and 1st Ave.
Another name for a laundromat, taken from Houston's rich "Spanglish" vernacular.
A trip to the liquor store.