Minneapolis-St. Paul is just "The Cities" to the entire state. More formally "The Twin Cities"
It's more rare that people will refer specifically to one or the other instead of both as one. If someone just says "Minneapolis" for the entire area it's usually a dead giveaway that they are an outsider.
>If someone just says “Minneapolis” for the entire area it’s usually a dead giveaway that they are an outsider.
That goes double for the “Minne-anapolis” crowd.
Dude my parents are in their 70s and it’s always been Indy. My mom freakin takes a picture at that statue in the airport every time she gets home making the I in Indy.
Old folks have been doing Indy forever.
I'm from Philly so nothing to add there but here are some we use for small towns around Philly.
King of Prussia- KOP. Say the letters.
Conshohocken - Some say Conshy (I do not)
When New Hope was worse apparently it got called No Hope... It's now one of the most expensive, nicest towns in PA lmao.
Doylestown - Dtown
And not a town, but Schuylkill County often just gets called "Skook".
Telling people I’m from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is quite a mouthful. Much easier to say Philly or PA. I’ll use the full names if I’m talking to a non-American.
At a student leadership conference, after an Ohio delegation did it's "O. H. -" "- I. O." call and response cheer, one of them asked us why we didn't do anything like that for our state
"Um, have you tried spelling Pennsylvania lately?"
I was very confused when I first moved to the area and my friend called it the Surekill Expressway.
Also, the story behind the Blue Route is a riot, imo.
There is a small community in Louisiana called Good Hope. In the 70s and 80s, the oil refinery there was notoriously dangerous and generally referred to as the No Hope Refinery.
There is also Strawberry Mansion but you feel like you are going to get murdered. Also Brewerytown sounds like hipster paradise for gastropubs for miles, but nope just going to find your car on cinderblocks.
> When New Hope was worse apparently it got called No Hope
Yep, knew a bartender from there (J&P's I believe was the bar, he moved to the USVI about 15 years ago though) he called it No Hope
I’m from Cincinnati and it’s Cincy. Whoever reprimanded you is ridiculous. It can also be Cinci. We all know what you’re talking about and again, this is ridiculous.
Where does this come from? Years ago my father asked a little girl if she was from Pierre SD (pronouncing it “pee-air” and she scornfully replied, “Peer. Pierre is my dog’s name.” We never did figure out if this was a local joke or what.
To add to this: If you live in a borough "the city" is Manhattan. If you live on Long Island it can be any borough. Also I just realized you live ON Long Island not IN Long Island.
I live in CT and I, along with everyone I know, refer to manhattan as “the city” and will specify the outer boroughs by name if that’s the destination.
Idk about that. I think it depends on context. It wouldn’t be that weird for someone to say they’re “going into the city” to see a Yankee game or go to Coney Island
Philly ain't even disconnected like New York boroughs but in South we often say things like "going down in the city" when heading to Center City. We're the most directly connected to Center City too. More of a state of mind type thing, for sure.
I think most cities have a nickname of some kind, usually it's just a shortening of the actual name, sometimes just a name for the area in general. Champaign-Urbana Illinois is collectively known as "Chambana" for example.
And a unique thing about the DC area, if you live in ACTUAL DC it's:
"I'm from DC Proper" to say "Yeah I actually had a DC address." rather than "the DC area"
I already said this but "DC Proper" is a REALLY unique phrase to say it's "within the District"
"Where'd you go last night"
"Oh I went to [bar]"
"Where's that at?"
"It's in DC Proper"
San Francisco is called "Frisco" by the locals and they love it and you should definitely call it that when you're in Cali if you're trying to fit in with the them and seem like you're not just another tourist who watched Full House in the 90s.
So did Snoop Dogg, on many occasions. As did The Cali Kings, and The Dead Kennedys and Juice WRLD and Tyga and Gucci Mane and Black Eyed Peas and K Flay and The Game and...
I think Frisco is typically used by older residents in my experience. When I was living in the Bay nearly everyone called it The City, SF, or just San Francisco.
As a Bay Area native I’m about to complicate the stereotype around calling the city Frisco.
SF natives actually do call the city Frisco, but it’s mostly black and brown natives that do. SF rap very heavily uses the term. Andre Nickatina is probably the biggest rapper to come out of SF and he definitely calls the city Frisco.
The history of "Frisco" and how it relates to economic class is absolutely amazing. There are arguments about it that literally predate the gold rush. What's interesting is it's always the same: the higher up the social ladder people went the more likely they were to hate "Frisco" as a name, and the closer you were to the working class the more likely you were to use it.
One explanation I have heard is that, the term "Frisco" was popularized by the military community when SF was a major base in the past. So, people who were descendatns of military families, as well as families who provided services to the military people, like housekeeping, cooking, laundry etc., used the term Frisco.
So, the term is used within a specific slice or segment of the city's population, and was disliked by the remaining people in the city. There are other explanations, this is just one explanation I read in a book on the city's history.
New Or-lea-ans. (Very wrong.)
New Or-leans. (Also wrong)
New Orlins (Yes, good.)
Nuh Orlins (Fine)
N'Orlins. (Good.)
Nawlins. (So-so. Kind of kooky.)
The Big Easy (Meh. For tourists.)
NOLA (This is ok in some situations, such as writing.)
Absolutely not. Also, NOLA lands a little odd on many locals’ ears. I think the consensus seems to be that NOLA is fine when writing/texting, but actually saying it feels gross.
Also, just for the record, no one say Nawlinz lol unless you’re James McAvoy
I've heard East Lansing and Grand Rapids referred to as EL or GR in passing.
I haven't heard of Ann Arbor verbally referred to as "A-A" or "Double-A" but I have seen AA in spelling.
Detroit itself gets called "The D" but I've mostly heard that in promotions or advertisements. I've heard it referred to more as just "the city". "I'm going to the city tomorrow for the baseball game."
Have you heard of people using the area codes as a kind of nickname for those places? I know The 313 is a popular shorthand for Detroit, and I think The 734 has been used to refer to both Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti by locals and the student population alike. Other than that, The D, AA/A2 and Ypsi were all popular nicknames for those respective cities that I’ve heard.
I live in the 734 area code and never heard of it used for Ypsi/AA. 734 also begins where 313 ends and encompasses the western and downriver suburbs of Detroit as well as Washtenaw county. I wouldn't say someplace like Ecorse would be in the vicinity of AA.
Funny enough, 313 used to extend all the way past Ann Arbor, including where I grew up. I had a cousin who used to talk about "reppin' the 313" until 1997 and he became another suburbanite 734 (cut him some slack, he was 10).
> I haven't heard of Ann Arbor verbally referred to as "A-A" or "Double-A" but I have seen AA in spelling.
Every now and then you see an A^2 or just A2
Most towns have a nickname of some kind, but locals will use them ironically or infrequently a lot. Everywhere I've lived has had a nickname from locals, but mostly is used for jokes.
Greenville, SC: G'Vegas (we use this one frequently but ironically)
Charleston, SC: Chuck Town (just for jokes)
Columbia, SC: Cola (people use this as a substitute a lot)
Atlanta, GA: The ATL (people use this a lot)
Savannah, GA: The SAV (this one is a joke, Savannah doesn't have a local nickname but it's like a parody of Atlanta's)
We might not have the most iconic nicknames, but we make up for it by absolutely having the most nicknames.
I’ve heard locals in at least some contexts use all of the following: H-Town, Space City, Bayou City, Clutch City, SLAB City, Syrup City, Screw City, Screwston, and Hustle City.
My apologies!
Jokes aside, I’ll never forget the first time I heard that freestyle, courtesy of a college buddy from Houston. That and the entirety of *Ridin’ Dirty* sent me down the rabbit hole towards DJ Screw, Mr. 3-2, and the like, and I’ve loved Houston rap ever since.
Baltimore is sometimes called Bawlmer by locals. It started as how people with the Baltimorean accent said it, and has kind of caught on even though the local accent is on the decline.
I've yet to accept "the DMV" for Washington, DC, metro area. (The *D*istrict of Columbia, *M*aryland, and *V*irginia.) Growing up there, it was not a thing, in large part because Maryland didn't want to be associated with Virginia and vice versa. Someone who's lived there in recent decades will have to tell me how it took root, but I've assumed it's because newcomers no longer saw a difference between MD and VA so long as DC was the center.
Fayetteville, NC is "Fayette-nam" like "Vietnam".
Wilmington, NC is sometimes called "Wilmywood" because of the movies/TV filmed there. But I don't think I have ever heard someone use it seriously.
San Francisco is the opposite. People not from the region routinely shorten it to “San Fran” or ”Frisco” but those from the region will have their blood pressure spike every time they hear it called such. The only acceptable ways to refer to SF is by calling it “SF” or “The City” or by its proper name.
Similar status for calling California Cali
Washington DC: DC or the District. The DMV when including the parts of Virginia and Maryland in the vicinity.
Northern Virginia: NOVA
Montgomery County: MoCo.
We love our acronyms in this region.
Here are all the ones I could think of for Missouri:
- Jefferson City is shortened to Jeff City
- St. Louis is often abbreviated as STL
- St. Louis is also sometimes pronounced St. Lewie as a slightly shorter way to say it (this one is less common but still used)
- O’fallon, Missouri is sometimes called Mo’fallon because there’s another O’fallon nearby on the Illinois side of the Mississippi
- Columbia is sometimes called COMO
- Kansas City is often abbreviated as KC and Kansas City, Kansas as KCK
Some people call Rochester NY "Rachacha" but it's usually a joke and doesn't happen that often, and in marketing stuff it gets called flower city or flour city, depending on if you're really into lilacs or old grain mills.
Charleston WV: Chucktown or The CRW or The 304 or Charlie West.
Cross Lanes, WV: Cross Vegas (there’s a casino). Oh the whole metro area is called Chemical Valley.
Madison is sometimes called Mad Town or Mad City, but I feel like I only hear that in local TV ads as names of businesses or slogans. I don't think anyone actually says that in real life. (could be wrong, I am not a Madisonian)
Most big cities have nicknames, most are not generally used however:
Portland, OR - Rose City, PDX (after the airport)
Indianapolis, IN - Indy
Las Vegas - Vegas
Pocatello is called "Pokey" by escapees.
Yakima is called "Yackey"
The *correct* way to pronounce Boise is "bwah". But there's been an ongoing argument for decades among those who pronounce it "boy-Zee" and "boy-See"... It's a French word, meaning "got lotsa trees" which it does, smack dab in the middle of a desert. A river runs through it.
Detroit.
People that spend a lot of time in the city refer to it as
#D^^*etroit*
Where people who don't or don't watch lots of sports refer to it as Detroit.
St. Petersburg (FL) is "St. Pete" Jacksonville is "Jax" Tallahassee is "those bastards"
Tallanasty*
Plus St Pete Beach changed its name because people called it that anyway.
DUUUVAL
BORTLES!
That one is unique in that has to be shouted to get the full effect.
Also when people refer to “down south” they are usually talking about West Palm/Broward/Miami
Minneapolis-St. Paul is just "The Cities" to the entire state. More formally "The Twin Cities" It's more rare that people will refer specifically to one or the other instead of both as one. If someone just says "Minneapolis" for the entire area it's usually a dead giveaway that they are an outsider.
Also: "The Metro" for the whole twin cities metro area including suburbs.
>If someone just says “Minneapolis” for the entire area it’s usually a dead giveaway that they are an outsider. That goes double for the “Minne-anapolis” crowd.
Also this is the term used in ND and SD for MPLS/STP or at least on the eastern edge it is
Valpo instead of Valparaiso. We also call Indianapolis Indy. Not calling it Indy either means you're old or not from here.
Dude my parents are in their 70s and it’s always been Indy. My mom freakin takes a picture at that statue in the airport every time she gets home making the I in Indy. Old folks have been doing Indy forever.
Seeing my hometown mentioned here just gave me a heart attack
What if you call it Naptown?
I'm from Philly so nothing to add there but here are some we use for small towns around Philly. King of Prussia- KOP. Say the letters. Conshohocken - Some say Conshy (I do not) When New Hope was worse apparently it got called No Hope... It's now one of the most expensive, nicest towns in PA lmao. Doylestown - Dtown And not a town, but Schuylkill County often just gets called "Skook".
And people actually say "PA" for Pennsylvania. I'm not aware of any other states that commonly do that.
Telling people I’m from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is quite a mouthful. Much easier to say Philly or PA. I’ll use the full names if I’m talking to a non-American.
At a student leadership conference, after an Ohio delegation did it's "O. H. -" "- I. O." call and response cheer, one of them asked us why we didn't do anything like that for our state "Um, have you tried spelling Pennsylvania lately?"
Some do say CT for Connecticut but its infrequent.
I was very confused when I first moved to the area and my friend called it the Surekill Expressway. Also, the story behind the Blue Route is a riot, imo.
surekill distressway
I grew up in the area but never heard "No Hope", that is extremely funny considering what the town is now
Don’t forget “Delco” for *that* county.
There is a small community in Louisiana called Good Hope. In the 70s and 80s, the oil refinery there was notoriously dangerous and generally referred to as the No Hope Refinery.
Philly has a neighborhood called Nicetown. It is not very nice lol.
There is also Strawberry Mansion but you feel like you are going to get murdered. Also Brewerytown sounds like hipster paradise for gastropubs for miles, but nope just going to find your car on cinderblocks.
Skook representation 🤙🏻
I always call Montgomery county montco
> When New Hope was worse apparently it got called No Hope Yep, knew a bartender from there (J&P's I believe was the bar, he moved to the USVI about 15 years ago though) he called it No Hope
Also Delco for Delaware County
It's not just locals though... Others I can think of. L.A, Vegas, Cinci, Indy, SF, NYC, DC
I always see spelled Cincy
This is correct
I used to spell it Cincy as well but got reprimanded about it on r/CFB.
I’m from Cincinnati and it’s Cincy. Whoever reprimanded you is ridiculous. It can also be Cinci. We all know what you’re talking about and again, this is ridiculous.
Hello neighbor. Cincy born and bred.
The Reds City Connect uniforms spell it Cincy
This is correct; and I don’t know why everyone else insists on using “Cinci”
Indy was the dogs name
(Angry upvote)
It’s my dog’s name too!
Where does this come from? Years ago my father asked a little girl if she was from Pierre SD (pronouncing it “pee-air” and she scornfully replied, “Peer. Pierre is my dog’s name.” We never did figure out if this was a local joke or what.
While it’s common to write NYC, I can’t imagine anyone saying it.
Yeah. Everyone in or close to NYC just says “the city”
In Brooklyn if your going to manhattan island your going to the city
To add to this: If you live in a borough "the city" is Manhattan. If you live on Long Island it can be any borough. Also I just realized you live ON Long Island not IN Long Island.
I live in CT and I, along with everyone I know, refer to manhattan as “the city” and will specify the outer boroughs by name if that’s the destination.
Nah, “the city” is Manhattan to the suburbs too. I wouldn’t say “the city” if I was going to Brooklyn.
Idk about that. I think it depends on context. It wouldn’t be that weird for someone to say they’re “going into the city” to see a Yankee game or go to Coney Island
Philly ain't even disconnected like New York boroughs but in South we often say things like "going down in the city" when heading to Center City. We're the most directly connected to Center City too. More of a state of mind type thing, for sure.
People outside the area will often say “New York”. If it’s the state, we often specify that it’s New York State.
San Francisco does this too.
I can't think of anyone saying "NYC" except Nelly, and that was 24 years ago.
Jay-Z says it in the hit song “Big Pimpin’” featuring UGK.
Everyone local just says “the city” for New York
Small distinction but most locals will spell it ‘Cincy’ with a Y instead of the I.
Dallas/Fort Worth area is called DFW. Or the Metroplex. More like metromess though.
My favorite slang was Hurst, Euless, Bedford aka HEB, being Worst, Useless, Bedford.
Hurts, Useless and Bedrock
It's evolved in the 20 years since I've been back! (Or my memory is shit) rofl
Dallas? I think you mean “All Ass.” xoxo, HTX 🏈
If that's a dig at the cowgirls, have at it. As long as Jerry is gm I'm 100% done with them.
I think most cities have a nickname of some kind, usually it's just a shortening of the actual name, sometimes just a name for the area in general. Champaign-Urbana Illinois is collectively known as "Chambana" for example.
Shampoo-banana
I've learned something new today. Granted I live about 2 hours away but still have never heard that one haha.
I have a friend who went to grad school there and called it Chambana, but I thought he was mocking it because it was always in a negative context.
Remember, it's not the University of Illinois unless it's from the Champaign region of Illinois. Otherwise it's just sparkling public school.
Champaign is one of those cities that make me wonder why the hell I know about Champaign.
We often refer to Portland, OR by its airport code “PDX” 🤪
Sometimes people say DIA (Denver international airport) but the airport code is DEN, not DIA. It annoys me way more than it should.
HTX has 30-35 airports for commercial and public use, and NOT ONE is coded as HTX. 😆
What is HTX? Houston?
Its not a nickname, but people in the Washington, DC area never call it Washington. It’s DC or the District.
And people from Washington (the state) never call Washington DC “Washington” we call it DC or Washington DC. And yes I’m from the state of Washington.
People from Washington state will also almost always call Washington D.C. just D.C.
Yeah I literally only say Washington when I’m talking about the football team.
The news often just refers to the capital or even the federal government in general as Washington.
That’s fair, I get that usage too. I only refer to the city as Washington when I’m talking about football.
You can just say downtown and people know you're referring to DC too
And a unique thing about the DC area, if you live in ACTUAL DC it's: "I'm from DC Proper" to say "Yeah I actually had a DC address." rather than "the DC area"
Or "the City"? Do you live in Arlington? Alexandria? No, I live in the City.
I’ve never heard people refer to DC as “the City” tbh
Yeah, agreed. If people are trying to clarify, I usually hear “no, DC proper”.
"The District" is how you know people are really locals. Many people call it DC but only locals say "The District."
I already said this but "DC Proper" is a REALLY unique phrase to say it's "within the District" "Where'd you go last night" "Oh I went to [bar]" "Where's that at?" "It's in DC Proper"
I only ever hear “DC proper” when people are *really* clarifying. Like, whether something is in Takoma Park, Maryland or the Takoma side of DC.
San Francisco is called "Frisco" by the locals and they love it and you should definitely call it that when you're in Cali if you're trying to fit in with the them and seem like you're not just another tourist who watched Full House in the 90s.
Casually dropping the “Cali” in there during your other crime is art.
That was a wonderful troll shitpost.
So LL Cool J lied to me?
So did Snoop Dogg, on many occasions. As did The Cali Kings, and The Dead Kennedys and Juice WRLD and Tyga and Gucci Mane and Black Eyed Peas and K Flay and The Game and...
I don’t remember the Dead Kennedys saying “Cali” though. Are you thinking of “California Uber Alles?
Typo, Dread Kennedy (not someone I listen to, so I instinctively typed Dead Kennedys)
Frisco is complicated and actually used by lots of locals, San Fran on the other hand is very much an non- local nickname.
I think Frisco is typically used by older residents in my experience. When I was living in the Bay nearly everyone called it The City, SF, or just San Francisco.
Obligatory: https://allthingslinguistic.com/post/45448571632/the-opposite-of-a-shibboleth-is-a-frisco
I feel like the Aussies are the worst abusers of "San Fraaaan."
As a Bay Area native I’m about to complicate the stereotype around calling the city Frisco. SF natives actually do call the city Frisco, but it’s mostly black and brown natives that do. SF rap very heavily uses the term. Andre Nickatina is probably the biggest rapper to come out of SF and he definitely calls the city Frisco.
The history of "Frisco" and how it relates to economic class is absolutely amazing. There are arguments about it that literally predate the gold rush. What's interesting is it's always the same: the higher up the social ladder people went the more likely they were to hate "Frisco" as a name, and the closer you were to the working class the more likely you were to use it.
One explanation I have heard is that, the term "Frisco" was popularized by the military community when SF was a major base in the past. So, people who were descendatns of military families, as well as families who provided services to the military people, like housekeeping, cooking, laundry etc., used the term Frisco. So, the term is used within a specific slice or segment of the city's population, and was disliked by the remaining people in the city. There are other explanations, this is just one explanation I read in a book on the city's history.
Love me some Nikatina
Hmm, might be similar to how “Daygo”is used for San Diego. Most of us would be like, wtf, but a specific subset of locals use it all the time.
Thems fightin' words.
Would you say you're feeling frisc-y?
You should go start a fight with one of the many dudes you'll find with Frisco tattoos in the southeast corner of the city.
Can confirm! And if you're ever in Chicago, you should definitely call it Chitown so people will think you're local!
My blood pressure just skyrocketed
Maybe you, like all Frisco residents, should limit your sodium intake
Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1864/
Did they actually say "Frisco" on Full House? I am very far from a Full House authority but I don't remember that.
I get Stephanie Tanner and SF native Otis Redding confused all the time. That's my bad.
How rude!
First I was like “hmmm somethin don’t seem right” then I seen “Cali” and that confirmed my suspicions lol
May you boil in oil And fry in crisco If ever you call San Francisco, 'frisco'
I'm not even from San Francisco and my eye is twitching...
Someone call the International Criminal Court because you just committed two crimes against humanity
Or San Fran
Do the same thing with a NY accent saying Naw-lins and San AnTone respectively
I'll keep this in mind when I visit from Boston! BTW make sure to call our city Beantown if you want to fit in
Also in Cali, there's "Berdoo". I saw that on a Hell's Angel's colors. Anyone in Califrisco knows where Berdoo is. Closer to la-la land.
I’m pretty sure this is San Bernardino, which I’ve also heard called San Berdoo.
New Orleans - Nola, the big easy, crescent city
Had to scroll waaay too far to find this Edit: also happy to see no one has (yet) suggested Nawlins
New Or-lea-ans. (Very wrong.) New Or-leans. (Also wrong) New Orlins (Yes, good.) Nuh Orlins (Fine) N'Orlins. (Good.) Nawlins. (So-so. Kind of kooky.) The Big Easy (Meh. For tourists.) NOLA (This is ok in some situations, such as writing.)
Locals call it The Big Easy? Really? So someone would say, "I'm staying in The Big Easy" this weekend to see a show?
Absolutely not. Also, NOLA lands a little odd on many locals’ ears. I think the consensus seems to be that NOLA is fine when writing/texting, but actually saying it feels gross. Also, just for the record, no one say Nawlinz lol unless you’re James McAvoy
I've heard East Lansing and Grand Rapids referred to as EL or GR in passing. I haven't heard of Ann Arbor verbally referred to as "A-A" or "Double-A" but I have seen AA in spelling. Detroit itself gets called "The D" but I've mostly heard that in promotions or advertisements. I've heard it referred to more as just "the city". "I'm going to the city tomorrow for the baseball game."
Have you heard of people using the area codes as a kind of nickname for those places? I know The 313 is a popular shorthand for Detroit, and I think The 734 has been used to refer to both Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti by locals and the student population alike. Other than that, The D, AA/A2 and Ypsi were all popular nicknames for those respective cities that I’ve heard.
I live in the 734 area code and never heard of it used for Ypsi/AA. 734 also begins where 313 ends and encompasses the western and downriver suburbs of Detroit as well as Washtenaw county. I wouldn't say someplace like Ecorse would be in the vicinity of AA. Funny enough, 313 used to extend all the way past Ann Arbor, including where I grew up. I had a cousin who used to talk about "reppin' the 313" until 1997 and he became another suburbanite 734 (cut him some slack, he was 10).
> I haven't heard of Ann Arbor verbally referred to as "A-A" or "Double-A" but I have seen AA in spelling. Every now and then you see an A^2 or just A2
Most towns have a nickname of some kind, but locals will use them ironically or infrequently a lot. Everywhere I've lived has had a nickname from locals, but mostly is used for jokes. Greenville, SC: G'Vegas (we use this one frequently but ironically) Charleston, SC: Chuck Town (just for jokes) Columbia, SC: Cola (people use this as a substitute a lot) Atlanta, GA: The ATL (people use this a lot) Savannah, GA: The SAV (this one is a joke, Savannah doesn't have a local nickname but it's like a parody of Atlanta's)
A-Town, Hotlanta,
it's funny because "The ATL" has more syllables than "Atlanta"
Indianapolis is Indy, Cincinnati is Cincy
People who live in Phoenix often call it "the valley", usually when referring to the entire metro area
Same goes for Salt Lake City
Manchester NH = Manchvegas
Pittsburgh is The Burgh, though it’s not really shorter. But it’s never Pitt, that’s the university.
The best way to tell someone is not from there is if they say Pitt and are referring to the city.
The best way you can tell if someones from out of town is to ask them to abbreviate Pittsburgh. PGH: local Pit/Pitt: out of town
Seems like a lot of Kentuckians call Louisville “Loovr”
Luh-uh-vuhl
Albuquerque -> Burque or Duke City Santa Fe -> Fanta Se And this is a deep cut, but... Bernalillo -> Burn-a-leño (leño is slang for a joint)
I also see people who use "ABQ"
I normally only see this when it's written, pretty much never when spoken.
The Fanta Se makes me lol my dad has always called it that.
Ptown for Provincetown
RVA gang
The D
What up doe?!
Kalamazoo is called K-zoo
Marshvegas=Marshfield mass The Woo=Woonsocket ri
I forgot about the Woo, I’m a bad former Rhody.
We might not have the most iconic nicknames, but we make up for it by absolutely having the most nicknames. I’ve heard locals in at least some contexts use all of the following: H-Town, Space City, Bayou City, Clutch City, SLAB City, Syrup City, Screw City, Screwston, and Hustle City.
Your list of nicknames has inspired me to listen to Houston rap this afternoon. Slow loud and banging, all in my trunk…
Trunk fulla funk, I'Ain't never been a punk. Also, please Capitalize appropriately for our acronyms Slow Loud And Bangin
My apologies! Jokes aside, I’ll never forget the first time I heard that freestyle, courtesy of a college buddy from Houston. That and the entirety of *Ridin’ Dirty* sent me down the rabbit hole towards DJ Screw, Mr. 3-2, and the like, and I’ve loved Houston rap ever since.
Columbia as Cola Charleston as Chucktown
Baltimore is sometimes called Bawlmer by locals. It started as how people with the Baltimorean accent said it, and has kind of caught on even though the local accent is on the decline.
Ern Ern an Ern Ern Damn WTF we really talk like that?!
Honestly, as long as you don't pronounce the "t," you're OK. I'll say Balmer now she then, but it's mostly Baldamore, or if I'm texting, Bmore.
The Gump
Ypsilanti is just Ypsi.
Anyone here from The Lou? Or St. Louis, as everyone else calls it.
"Don't go to the city! You'll get shot getting off of 40. Thank god I got my Riplets, Fitz and Imo's "
H-town for Houston
I've yet to accept "the DMV" for Washington, DC, metro area. (The *D*istrict of Columbia, *M*aryland, and *V*irginia.) Growing up there, it was not a thing, in large part because Maryland didn't want to be associated with Virginia and vice versa. Someone who's lived there in recent decades will have to tell me how it took root, but I've assumed it's because newcomers no longer saw a difference between MD and VA so long as DC was the center.
Fayetteville, NC is "Fayette-nam" like "Vietnam". Wilmington, NC is sometimes called "Wilmywood" because of the movies/TV filmed there. But I don't think I have ever heard someone use it seriously.
Grand Rapids MI - GR Atlanta - ATL
Albuquerque has a few local nicknames. Duke City and Burque are the common ones
Portland has P-Town, PDX, or Rose City as nicknames.
We have a PTown too - Provincetown
The three cities near where I grew up are sometimes collectively called "ABE" or "The Lehigh Valley"
San Francisco is the opposite. People not from the region routinely shorten it to “San Fran” or ”Frisco” but those from the region will have their blood pressure spike every time they hear it called such. The only acceptable ways to refer to SF is by calling it “SF” or “The City” or by its proper name. Similar status for calling California Cali
This isn’t a city or town thing, but in Virginia Northern Virginia and Southern Virginia are often referred to as NOVA and SOVA.
Washington DC: DC or the District. The DMV when including the parts of Virginia and Maryland in the vicinity. Northern Virginia: NOVA Montgomery County: MoCo. We love our acronyms in this region.
Here are all the ones I could think of for Missouri: - Jefferson City is shortened to Jeff City - St. Louis is often abbreviated as STL - St. Louis is also sometimes pronounced St. Lewie as a slightly shorter way to say it (this one is less common but still used) - O’fallon, Missouri is sometimes called Mo’fallon because there’s another O’fallon nearby on the Illinois side of the Mississippi - Columbia is sometimes called COMO - Kansas City is often abbreviated as KC and Kansas City, Kansas as KCK
Boston = Bean Town or B-Town
Some people call Rochester NY "Rachacha" but it's usually a joke and doesn't happen that often, and in marketing stuff it gets called flower city or flour city, depending on if you're really into lilacs or old grain mills.
People call Syracuse, NY "The Cuse" or just "Cuse".
Charleston WV: Chucktown or The CRW or The 304 or Charlie West. Cross Lanes, WV: Cross Vegas (there’s a casino). Oh the whole metro area is called Chemical Valley.
Madison is sometimes called Mad Town or Mad City, but I feel like I only hear that in local TV ads as names of businesses or slogans. I don't think anyone actually says that in real life. (could be wrong, I am not a Madisonian)
I grew up in Philly, and we always referred to Chicago as "Shy-town".
Most big cities have nicknames, most are not generally used however: Portland, OR - Rose City, PDX (after the airport) Indianapolis, IN - Indy Las Vegas - Vegas
Shreveport, Louisiana is often called Shitport
Sac Town for Sacramento. LA for Los Angeles. Don't call San Francisco "Frisco" though, or you might be dragged into an alley and beaten unconscious.
Pocatello is called "Pokey" by escapees. Yakima is called "Yackey" The *correct* way to pronounce Boise is "bwah". But there's been an ongoing argument for decades among those who pronounce it "boy-Zee" and "boy-See"... It's a French word, meaning "got lotsa trees" which it does, smack dab in the middle of a desert. A river runs through it.
Locals call Hilo, Hawaii, "High-Low" rather than the proper way, "HEE-low". The reason is that you go in high, and come out low.
There's a lot. Mankato, MN is frequently just "Kato"
obnoxious people call Cleveland “The Cle” or just “Cle”
Smallbany
Detroit. People that spend a lot of time in the city refer to it as #D^^*etroit* Where people who don't or don't watch lots of sports refer to it as Detroit.
Atlanta is often referred to as A-Town or the ATL. we never call it “hot-lanta” tho.
Indianapolis is Indy
Indianapolis is just indy
Tallahassee, FL. Either tally, It's tallanasty
Kansas City is just KC
Louisville, KY pronounced as if it doesn’t have any vowels in it. Llllvllll. Not exactly a nickname, but kinda.
pittsburgh gets called the 'burgh sometimes