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Oct 10th, 2002, 06:23 AM

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Indiana city nicknames

Indianapolis = Circle city, Naptown
Evansville = E-ville
Gary = Steel City

Oct 10th, 2002, 07:15 AM

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Not exactly a city nickname, but...

New Hampshire natives call people from Massachusetts:

Massholes

Oct 10th, 2002, 07:22 AM

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Hey GC, more than just people from NH call people from Massachusetts "massholes"

All others in New England also get to call them massholes!

Fall River, Mass =
FOUL RIVER, Mass

Lynn, Mass =
Lynn Lynn, City of Sin

South End neighborhood of Boston =
Rear End

Bay Village neighborhood of Boston =
Gay Village

Oct 10th, 2002, 07:28 AM

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Berkeley, California = Berserkley...

Las Vegas, Nevada - Lost Wages

Fort Worth, Texas - Cowtown

Oct 10th, 2002, 07:37 AM

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I never understood "Oz" for Australia when the real wonders are in New Zealand.

Philly for Philadelphia has always been close to me heart!

Oct 10th, 2002, 07:46 AM

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Morgan City, Louisiana is "Morgan Shitty".

I call the state of Illinois "Ill" (as in sick).

Oct 10th, 2002, 07:52 AM

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Kansas City is NOT cowtown..Ft. Worth is. KC is the red headed step child of St. Louis.

Can't believe no one posted this:

Chi-town for Chicago.
Chicagoland for the whole metropolitan area.

Dallas- metroplex.

Oct 10th, 2002, 08:03 AM

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Calli,

Dallas is not the Metroplex. Dallas AND Fort Worth together make up the Metroplex.

Oct 10th, 2002, 08:13 AM

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Portland, OR is sometimes affectionately called Stumptown.

Oct 10th, 2002, 08:19 AM

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YOU...you are correct....DFW is called the metroplex..sorry!
Guess I was thrown off track by all the other Dallas posts above.

Oct 10th, 2002, 08:28 AM

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Calli: Kansas City calls itself Cowtown (despite the derogatory intent). It's all over from a local T-shirt store named "Cowtown T's", to websites, to columns in the newspaper about "Cowtown Information", etc.

"Something": the name "Oz" for Australia has nothing to do with the Wizard of Oz. It's a phonetic nickname. Australia is abbreviated AUS, and with an accent it sounds like "Ozz". Australians are called Aussies, which to the ears of Americans sounds like "Ozzies".

Oct 10th, 2002, 10:32 AM

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How could I forget... Los Angeles - Tinseltown

Oct 10th, 2002, 10:39 AM

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The Big Apple
The Big Enchilada
Chitown
DC
Philly
Beantown
The Motor City
Big D
Hotlanta
City by the Golden Gate
SoBe
Twin Cities
KC
Balmer

But what about Houston? Anybody?