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This page collects local '''slang terms''' used (verifiably) in the media. This list will never be comprehensive, but it may someday be useful enough to become a real article: | This page collects local '''slang terms''' used (verifiably) in the media. This list will never be comprehensive, but it may someday be useful enough to become a real article: | ||
* '''B. W. H. P.''', used on invitations during [[Prohibition]] to indicate "bring whisky in hip pocket". | |||
* '''Brooky'''/'''Brookie''': A resident of [[Mountain Brook]] | * '''Brooky'''/'''Brookie''': A resident of [[Mountain Brook]] | ||
* '''Building with Balls''': irreverent description of the [[Regions-Harbert Plaza]] | * '''Building with Balls''': irreverent description of the [[Regions-Harbert Plaza]] | ||
Revision as of 17:39, 10 January 2011
This page collects local slang terms used (verifiably) in the media. This list will never be comprehensive, but it may someday be useful enough to become a real article:
- B. W. H. P., used on invitations during Prohibition to indicate "bring whisky in hip pocket".
- Brooky/Brookie: A resident of Mountain Brook
- Building with Balls: irreverent description of the Regions-Harbert Plaza
- Buns of Iron/Buns of Steel or Moon over Homewood: the nude posterior of Vulcan
- The Curve: The Curve, a formerly curved intersection in downtown Homewood straightened in the 1990s.
- Dead Man's Curve: Intersection of I-20 West and I-59 South; also called "Six Flags Over Death" because of the proximity of Forest Hill Cemetery to the junction
- LaLa, Crazy Larry, Leapin' Larry: nicknames for Larry Langford
- Operation New White People: criticism against Operation New Birmingham, coined by John Rogers
- Shitty Stages: criticism for City Stages
- Strutinate: variant of "scrutinize", coined by Antwon Womack
- Tiny Kingdom: pejorative name for Mountain Brook
- Tank Farm: The Pelham Exit 242 on I-65, recognizable by large gas storage tanks owned by Colonial Pipeline Company.
Forced possessives
- It has been observed that Birminghamians tend to add an apostrophe-s to the names of businesses even when there is no reason for it. (Wal-Mart's, Rojo's, etc.). Documented by Bob Carlton (January 31, 2010) "Za Za Trattoria is now Trattoria Centrale." Birmingham News.