GO ORIOLES!
Nothing like a little regional humor. I got the following from Slanguage.com. If you've been to Baltimore, Maryland, you may have heard these terms:
- Wooder Street - Local pronunciation of H2O Street
- Swan Road - Shawan Road
- Poison Ivory - Plant that gives you itchy skin
- Bulled Egg - An egg cooked in water
- Star Phone - Most say styrofoam
- Avalanche - Takes you to the hospital
- Syringe - Red light on top of ambulance
- Simonize Hospital - Sinai hospital
- Chest Peak - A large body of water
- Accent - When 2 cars collide
- Ass X - Eastern suburb city of Essex
- Ball Mer - How to truly pronounce our city
- Merlin - Our state
- Farn Gins - Red trucks that put out fires
- Beero - Bureau (as in FBI)
- Downey Owe Shin - Summertime destination
- Looney Yum Fool - Aluminum foil
- Eggle - Our national bird
- Dug - It bit the cat
- Hi Hon - How we always say hello
- Pockeybook - Purse to most
- Elfin - Large pachyderm at zoo
- Nap Lis - State of Merlin capital
- Balled Ham - Boiled ham
- Moral Stadium - Memorial Stadium
- Balmorese - What we're speaking
- Hollandtown - Highland Town
- Old Bay - What our crabs taste like
- Jayf X - Route 83 or the Jones Falls Expressway
- Share - Hot water that cleans you in the morning
- West Minister - Nearby city of Westminster
- Droodle Pork - Druid Hill Park
- Chimley - Where Santa comes down
- The Oreos - Not a cookie, but our baseball team
- Natie Bow - Our preferred beer
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