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Named after Detroit's area code, 313, this nickname symbolizes local pride and has been popularized in media such as the film 8 Mile (2002). [5] D-Town A casual and widely used nickname that represents Detroit's urban identity. Renaissance City A nod to Detroit's efforts in urban revitalization and the Renaissance Center complex. Hockeytown
City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its nickname; promote civic pride; and build community unity. [1] Nicknames and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth" [2] are also believed to have economic value. [1]
Getty Images Detroit slang is an ever-evolving dictionary of words and phrases with roots in regional Michigan, the Motown music scene, African-American communities and drug culture, among others.
This is an incomplete list of U.S. college nicknames. If two nicknames are given, the first is for men's teams and the second for women's teams, unless otherwise noted.
Or they will say, ‘I didn’t know girls could be firefighters.’ This is why I designed the female firefighter plush dolls.” Guiler launched her small business, Triple F (for Fierce Female ...
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The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) on Wednesday added 43 names of firefighters who died from 9/11-related illnesses to the department’s World Trade Center Memorial Wall ahead of next week ...
The following is a list of people from Detroit, Michigan. ... Gore Gore Girls [445] The Gories [446] Josh Gracin [447] Troy Gregory [448] Tee Grizzley [449] Jeff Gutt ...