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Florida's Best Kept Secret [43] [44] Florida's Most Relaxing Place [44] [45] [46] Florida's Playground [46] [47] Ocala. The Brick City [48] Horse Capital of the World (with Marion County) – the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association, obtained the trademark on behalf of Ocala and Marion
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 ...
What does "jiffy feet" mean to you? For some Floridians, it means you've been walking around barefoot for too long.
The abbreviation Floridians seem to be most confused by is “NSFW,” which is searched more than 25,000 times every month in Florida, according to Vera’s study.
AAVE has also contributed slang expressions such as cool and hip. [107] In many cases, the postulated etymologies are not recognized by linguists or the Oxford English Dictionary, such as to dig, [108] jazz, [109] tote, [109] and bad-mouth, a calque from Mandinka. [110] African American slang is formed by words and phrases that are regarded as ...
Florida 2008 – Fodor's Florida. Fodor's travel guides. Fodor's Travel. p. 473. ISBN 978-1400017966. a square grouper is the moniker for bales of marijuana dropped into the ocean off the coast during the drug-running 1970s; Victor, Terry; Dalzell, Tom (2007). The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Routledge ...
Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so-lute-ly ...
Born right smack on the cusp of millennial and Gen Z years (ahem, 1996), I grew up both enjoying the wonders of a digital-free world—collecting snail shells in my pocket and scraping knees on my ...