“What does a Chinese cowboy say?”/“Ni-haody.”
An American cowboy might say things like "Howdy!" and "Yeehaw!" What would a Chinese cowboy say? "Ni hao" is Chinese for "hello." "What does a Chinese…
“What does the Chinese cowboy say?”/“Yeehao.”
An American cowboy might say things like "Howdy!" and "Yeehaw!" What would a Chinese cowboy say? "Ni hao" is Chinese for "hello." "What does a Chinese…
“What has six balls and screws Texans? The Texas Lottery!” (Kinky Friedman)
"What has six balls and screws Texans? The Texas Lottery!" declared Kinky Friedman in 2006, during his unsuccessful campaign for governor of Texas. It's an old line. Other state…
“What is a Texas chicken’s favorite beer?”/“Shiner Bock Bock Bock!”
Chickens go "bock bock bock." A riddle has been cited in print since at least 2006: Q: What is a chicken's favorite beer?A: Bock. A Texas riddle (about Shiner Bock from a brewery in…
“What is the definition of ‘derange’?”/“De place where de cowboys ride.”
A cowboy riddle is: Q: What is the definition of "derange"?A: De place where de cowboys ride. The "derange"/"the range" pun has been cited in print since at least…
“What it do”
"What it do" means the same as "What's up?" Both San Francisco/Oakland and Houston claim the origin of this hip hop phrase, although African-American slang has used similar…
“What Starts Here Changes the World” (University of Texas)
"What starts here changes the world" is the theme of promotional television spots that the University of Texas produced in 2004. The ads -- aired during televised athletic events -- show…
“What Texas Makes, Makes Texas”
"What Texas Makes, Makes Texas" is a slogan Texas businesses have used since a 1926 promotional campaign. Texas businesses also used the slogan independently of the campaign for many…
“What were the Aggie’s last words?” / “Hey y’all, watch this!”(joke)
A common joke has it that a Southerner/Redneck/Aggie/Texan utters these famous last words:"Hey y'all, watch this!" (Or, "Hold my beer and watch this!")The implication is…
“What’s in the well comes up in the bucket” (proverb)
"What's in the well comes up in the bucket" is a metaphor meaning that what's in someone's heart will come out of the mouth. "What is in the well will be in the…
“What’s the fastest way to the hospital?”/“Just say something bad about Texas!” (joke)
Don't say something bad about Texas to a Texan. There's a joke that this is "the fastest way to get to the hospital." 30 June 1954, Mexia (TX) Daily News, "The Way It Seems…
“What’s a cowboy’s favorite holiday?”/“Y’alloween.” (y’all + Halloween)
"Y'alloween" ("y'all" + "Halloween") is something that might be said in a jocular version of the holiday in the South. "Y'alloween" was…
“Whatever trips your trigger”
"Whatever trips your trigger" means "whatever makes you happy" or "whatever's your choice/desire" or "whatever turns you on" or "whatever floats…
“When a southern person betrays you: betray’all”
"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…
“When anyone says he’s a country boy, you better put your hand on your wallet”
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) is supposed to have said: "When anyone says he's a country boy, put your hand on your wallet." The saying means that the "country boy" holds…
“When every other land rejects us, this is the soil that freely takes us” (“Texas” folk etymology)
"When every other land rejects us, this is the soil that freely takes us" is a rhyme concocted by the Cincinnati Republican in 1839, humorously asserting that "Texas" derives…
“When school districts start firing assistant football coaches, that’s a lean budget”
Texas State Senator Dan Patrick said in February 2011, “As the old saying goes, when I start seeing districts firing assistant football coaches, then I’ll really know that they’ll have a lean…
“When thunder roars, go indoors”
"You see, whenever thunder roars, most everybody runs indoors" was cited in print in 1933 and has been long-known advice, on Tornado Alley and elsewhere. The U.S. National Weather Service…
“When you die, you go to Willie Nelson’s house” (Austin musician saying)
Austin prides itself as the "Live Music Capital of the World." When a rock 'n' roll legend dies, he or she might go to "rock 'n' roll heaven." In Austin, if…
“When you get to the end zone, act like you’ve been there before”
Entry in progress -- B.P. Google News Archive2 February 1984, The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), "Banquet attracts 900 stars" by John Blanchette, pg. 21, col. 4:On any player who spikes…