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1. Dan Cook: Sports guy that coined the famous saying "It ain't over till the fat lady sings."  
2. Central Distressway: Nickname for the Central Expressway (or I-75) because of its horrible congestion.  
3. People's Republic of Austin: People's Republic of Austin is a nickname for the liberal capital city of Texas. "People's Repuplic" is a namesake ...  
4. Leslie: Despite rumors over his supposed death, Leslie is recovering quite nicely from his recent fall and subsequent brain...  
5. more SoCo than thou: Phrase describing those who frequent the shops and restaurants along South Congress Avenue and are way cooler than ...  
6. Selahdor: This nickname for Dallas must be pretty deep "underground" because I have never heard anything like it for the city...  
7. Drowning Pool: Another hard rock band from Dallas, Texas that got signed to a large label. You've probably heard their song "Bodi...  
8. Driving Etiquette: Stay to the right if driving at or below the speed limit, since people in the spread-out city of Houston drive fast...  
9. NASA: NASA Johnson Space Center (think "Houston, we have a problem…") is open to visitors (bit a bit pricey-see the nearb...  
10. Keep Austin Weird: Keep Austin Weird was a slogan initiated by the Austin Small Business Alliance to help promote the city and its loc...  
11. Chopped and Screwed: A slower version of Southern hip hop that includes techniques like beat skips and record scratches, originating in ...  
12. San Antonio Local Time: A reference to the relatively laid-back pace of the city.  
13. Corpus Christians: Not based on any religious affiliation, but rather what one is called that is from Corpus Christi.  
14. Corpus Time: Refers to the laid-back atmosphere, where it is not uncommon for people to arrive 10 minutes late for meetings  
15. Dallasite: Term given to those that reside in Dallas.  
 
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Word sometimes used at the end of a Milwaukeean's sentence, often when requesting something. EXAMPLES: "Come over here once" or "Let me see that once".

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".

At In-N-Out burger, there are a couple of things that customers can say when they order to get their food cooked a certain way, even though it is not on any menu. "Protein style" means that your burger is wrapped in lettuce rather than a bun.

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On July 30th, 2009, Harvard professor Robert Louis Gates and Cambridge police officer James Crowley had a private discussion (and some beers) with Barack Obama at the White House after Gates' famous July 16th arrest.

This meeting has been called the "Beer Summit" by amused onlookers.