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This partial list of city nicknames in Florida compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in Florida are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to local people, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.
Resident Nell King told Charlie Carlson of the book "Weird Florida" that there was a theory that someone once dropped two eggs in the road. All the locals know is that people keep stealing the sign.
What does "jiffy feet" mean to you? For some Floridians, it means you've been walking around barefoot for too long.
The term cracker was in use during the Elizabethan era to describe braggarts and blowhards. The original root of this is the Middle English word crack, meaning "entertaining conversation" (which survives as a verb, as in "to crack a joke"); the noun in the Gaelicized spelling craic also retains currency in Ireland and to some extent in Scotland and Northern England, in a sense of 'fun' or ...
A city in Florida, whose indigenous-derived early name of Ahapopka means "potato-eating place". Arab: A city in Marshall County, Alabama, pronounced AY-rabb, just as in a popular 1962 American novelty song... Arcade, Italy: A town in Veneto, Italy that has nothing to do with arcade game. Arcade, New York: A village in Wyoming County, New York.
This is Florida, after all, in all its weird and fascinating glory. “Florida is jam packed with weird and unusual attractions,” Roadside America co-founder Doug Kirby said in March from ...
From celebrities moving to the Sunshine State to hurricanes relocating flamingos, modern-day leprosy, and clams featured on Saturday Night Live, we curated a list of 10 "weird" Florida news from 2023.
Reno, Nevada proudly displays its nickname as "The Biggest Little City in the World" on a large sign above a downtown street.. This partial list of city nicknames in the United States compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards ...