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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.
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 ...
Getty Images Located in Broward County on South Florida's east coast, Ft. Lauderdale, like many cities, has a language its own. Here's a brief guide to some of the top Fort Lauderdale slang terms ...
The term for the dialect is rather new but the dialect itself has existed ever since the first Cuban exile to Miami in the 1950s. The dialect is a mix of the English language and Cuban idioms. [ 14 ] Use of Cubonics has become so popular in Miami that a knowledge of it is considered necessary by some Cuban Americans.
What does "jiffy feet" mean to you? For some Floridians, it means you've been walking around barefoot for too long.
The Jon M. Huntsman Center, an arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, known as the Special Events Center from 1969 to 1987 Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Special Events Center .
The Expo Center at the South Florida Fairgrounds (also known as the South Florida Fair), formerly the Americraft Expo Center, is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose venue in West Palm Beach, Florida, located at 9067 Southern Boulevard, within a few miles of Royal Palm Beach, Wellington and Loxahatchee.
(The Center Square) – The Florida Legislature responded Monday to Gov. Ron DeSantis' call for a special session by gaveling out of his and convening its own. Lawmakers will only take up an ...