City Nickname(s) That Natives / Locals Despise Or Find Corny
When I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, it seemed like the only accepted nickname references for the area were:
The Bay (the greater Bay Area) The City (San Francisco) The Town (Oakland) The Land (Oakland) Naturally, people were also okay with each city being referred to by its actual name (e.g., San Francisco, Oakland, etc.). But I noticed that there were certain nicknames - most commonly used by people visiting the area from out of state - that really irked and rubbed the natives and locals I knew the wrong way, and were a clear sign of an out-of-towner. These included: San Fran Frisco Other commonly used city nicknames that I have observed locals being in strong opposition to (or not commonly using amongst their selves): The Big Apple (NYC) Beantown (Boston) San Antone (San Antonio) The Windy City (Chicago) Interestingly, it seems that most natives / locals I know refer to Washington, D.C. as "D.C.", whereas visitors are the ones who most frequently refer to the city as "Washington". What city nicknames have you heard that the natives / locals seem to despise, find corny, or infrequently use? |
Hot'lanta (Atlanta). A-Town and "The A" also wore out their welcome long ago.
ATL, Black Mecca and "City in a Forest" are all still acceptable and regularly used. Y'allywood (and Hollywood of the South) has slowly started to catch on too with the booming film industry. |
Hell (Phoenix)
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The Steel City (Pittsburgh)
N'Awlins (New Orleans) |
Toronto:
Hogtown The Big Smoke T-Dot The 6ix |
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As far as this 37 year resident of the city is concerned, you are quite correct but the last time the issue came up a couple of Californians (but , as I recall, not actually San Franciscans) wanted to disagree intensely. I really don't understand where they are coming from. I never hear people in the city call it anything other than "San Francisco" (slurring the thing together into as close to two syllables as they can (Snnnfrasco) or something or the sort or just "The City" (which used to be what every New Yorker I knew going to school with hundreds of them called their city too). Quote:
Then of course there's Washington's neighbor, Baltimore. Again, the New Yorkers with whom I was going to school there called it "Billyville" (as in hillbilly) and the locals called it Balmer. Poor Baltimore. |
For Sacramento it’s “Sacra-tomatoes” - it’s old nickname from when the city was a processing center for tomatoes. But it doesn’t make sense. I think it’s a corruption an earlier nickname - “Sack-of-Tomatoes”.
SacTown (more recent) Never heard anyone call Oakland the “Town.” They say “OakTown.” I know people hate it when Los Angeles is called “LaLa Land.” Would like to know the origin of “Beantown” (Boston). Btw any portmanteau that uses another original famous place bugs me- example Bollywood and Y’allwood. |
SF: I've never met anyone that calls anything "the Bay" or anyone that calls Oakland "the Town." But "San Fran" and "Cali" really annoy me for some reason. "Frisco" is lame when used by some people, but it's a common and perfectly legit work among blacks and bikers.
Some newcomers say "NorCal" which is mildly annoying and clear indication of not being local. "Oaktown" is very common, "Oaksterdam" really annoys. People saying "the valley" for Silicon Valley rubs any local as totally weird, but so many people down there say are so new and say it that it's getting to be normal. Saying "Sacto" which is very common outside of Sacramento really seems to annoy people up there. Sac is the preferred nomenclature, I guess. |
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I cringe at the sound of "Cali" as well. Ugh. |
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"I Got 5 On It" People in Oakland, Oakland See I'm riding higher and higher Kinda broke so ya know all I got's five, I got five [Verse 1: Yukmouth] Player, give me some brew and I might just chill But I'm the type that like to light another joint like Cypress Hill I'm-a steal doobies, spit loogies when I puff on it I got some bucks on it but it ain't enough on it Go get the S-t. I-d-e-s Nevertheless I'm hella fresh, rolling joints like a cigarette So pass it across the table like ping pong, I'm gone Beating my chest like King Kong It's on wrap my lips around a 40 And when it comes to getting another stogie fools all kick in like Shinobi No, he ain't my homie to begin with It's too many heads to be proper to let my friend hit it Unless you pull out the fat, crispy 5 dollar bill on the real before it's history Cause fools be having them vacuum lungs An if you let em hit it for free you hella dum-da-dum-dumb I come to school with the Taylor on my earlobe Avoiding all the thick teasers, skeezers, and weirdos That be blowing off the land like where the bomb at Give me two bucks, you take a puff and pass my bong back Suck up the dank like a Slurpee The serious bomb will make a niggy go delirious like Eddie Murphy I got more Growing Pains than Maggie Cause homies nag me to take the dank out of the baggie [Hook:] I got five on it Grab your 40, let's get keyed I got five on it Messing with that Indo weed I got five on it It's got me stuck and not go back I got five on it Partner lets go half on a sack [Verse 2: Numskull] I take sacks to the face whenever I can Don't need no crutch, I'm so keyed up 'till the joint be burning my hand Next time I roll it in a hampa To burn slow, so the ashes won't be burning up my hand, bro Hoochies can hit but they know they got to pitch in Then I roll a joint that's longer than your extension (hahaha) Cause I'll be damned if you get high off me for free Hell no, you better bring your own spliff, chief What's up, don't babysit that better pass the joint Stop hitting cause you know you got asthma Crack a 40 open homie And guzzle it, cause I know the weed in my system is getting lonely I gotta take a whiz test to my P-O I know I failed cause I done smoked major weed bro And every time we with Chris that fool rolling up a fatty But the Tanqueray straight had me [Hook] [Verse 3: Numskull] Hey, make this right man, stop at the light man My yester-night thing got me hung off the night train You fade, I face, so let's head to the east Hit the stroll to 9-0 so we can roll big hashish I wish I could fade the eighth, but I'm low budget Still rolling a two door Cutlass same old bucket Foggy windows, soggy Indoe I'm in the 'land getting smoked wit my kinfolk [Verse 4: Yukmouth] Been smoked, Yuk'll spray ya, lay ya down up in the O-A-K the Town Homies don't play around we down to blaze a pound Then ease up, speed up through the E-S-O Drink the V-S-O-P with a lemon squeeze up And everybody's rolled up, I'm da roller That's quick to fold a blunt out of a buncha sticky doja Hold up, suck up my weed is all you do Kick in feed, cause where I be we need half like um-foo-foo [Hook] And you were saying?:rolleyes: |
People call the Seattle area the Puget Sound, like we're a body of water. "Puget Sound area" is accurate of course.
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Also, “NorCal” is widely used and accepted amongst born and raised locals too. Especially in the context of comparing NorCal vs SoCal. |
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