1. A derogatory term for a person born and raised in the city of Troy, New York. The more proper term would be "Trojan."
2. A derogatory name for the city of Troy itself, likening it to a toilet.
A person so transfixed by gambling machines that he or she becomes virtually oblivious to the rest of the world.
Hamburger meat/ground beef
1. Tonic is the common generic term in Boston for soft drink.
2. Soda
The boundary between Detroit and Detroit's northern suburbs in Oakland and Macomb Counties. Also known as 8 mile, it has served as cultural dividing line between the predominantly poor African-American city and its wealthier, predominantly white northern suburbs.
Dragonfly
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.
Referring to something that was damaged or destroyed during Hurricane Hugo in 1989. The hurricane made landfall as a category 4 storm and did extensive damage to downtown Charleston as well as the northern suburbs of Mount Pleasant, Sullivan's Island, and Isle of Palms.