A Texas poem was posted on X/Twitter by Texas Humor on January 15, 2016: "BBQ is good Blueberries are tart If you don't like Texas Well bless your heart." "BBQ is tasty..."…
"Be always sure you're right -- then go ahead!" was the motto of Alamo hero David (Davy) Crockett. It appeared on the cover of his 1834 book and was widely quoted in the 19th…
"Beat like a rented mule" sounds like it's a Texas phrase. It appears on lists of Texas phrases, and Texas speakers recently have used the phrase. The meaning of the phrase is to…
A joke from the drought of the 1950s (cited in print since at least 1953 in Reader's Digest) has it that a man bet his neighbors that it would never rain again. After a few years, he was paid…
"Betray'all" (betrayal + y'all) is a jocular term. "mizutawave: when a southern person betrays u: betray’all http://tmblr.co/ZZ1XLy1MkqxqB" was posted on Twitter by…
"Between 11 and 3 stay under a tree" (or "11 to 3, stay under a tree") is a rhyme about when it's best to avoid the midday sun. Australia's Cancer Council issued a…
The city of Pflugerville is near the cities of Austin (whose famous slogan is "Keep Austin Weird") and Round Rock. In 2007, t-shirts were printed in Pflugerville with the slogan…
"Between hay and grass" is said of the seasons, it being neither winter nor summer. It's also said of a young person, not a boy (or a girl) and not yet a man (or a woman). Old West…
The University of Texas Longhorns have a mascot named "Bevo." In 1992, the Cattleman's Beef Board ran a series of promotions with the slogan: "Beef. It's what's for…
"Big as all hell and half of Texas" is mighty big, indeed. The phrase "...and half of Texas" was used in a circus advertisement in 1900. "Hell and half of Georgia" was…
"Big hat and no cattle" (or "all hat and no cattle") means someone who boasts a lot ("talks out of one's hat"), but doesn't have the means to back it up.…
Dallas is big. Houston, however, is the most populous city in Texas. Dallas has long been nicknamed "Big D." The phrase "bigger than Dallas" ("bigger 'n Dallas")…
"Black as midnight under a skillet" is very dark, indeed. The phrase is probably cowboy talk; skillets were put to good use, and Texas midnights can be very dark. The phrase appears on…
"Bonjour, Y'all" has been cited in print since at least 1966, in an editorial that described how the hot new Paris fashion was clothing from the American West. The city Paris, Texas,…
Businessman and investor Elon Musk announced in 2024 his intention of moving his companies X (formerly called Twitter) and SpaceX to Texas. "Excuse me -- both X and SpaceX are moving to Texas…
"A bottle of Pearl, please!" has been part of Pearl Beer's advertising since 1937. Another famous Pearl Beer slogan is "From the country of 1100 springs." The Pearl Brewery…
"Boy, hidy!" (or "Boy, howdy!") is now regarded as usually a Texas expression. "Boy, howdy!" was popular in 1918, during World War I. The origin or the phrase is…
"Bring it on!" is so common that no definitive origin can be traced. On the American Dialect Society list, word researcher Grant Barrett wrote: "I've checked the usual places,…
"Bubba likes it" is the slogan of the Lone Star Cafe (websites: http://www.lonestarcafetexas.com or http://www.bubbalikesit.com). The Lone Star originated in 1980 and the slogan was first…
"Bugled to Jesus" is another term for "to die" or "to go to heaven." The term was first used by writer Larry L. King (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), but has been…