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“My friend was in a quiz and phoned me, ‘What’s the second largest state in the USA?’” (5/3)
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“Say what you will about the south, but no one retires and moves up north” (5/1)
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“I love Mexican food them chicken case of ideas be so good fr” (3/25)
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“Me: Is it gonna be hot or cold today? Texas: Yeah” (3/23)
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“Texas weather and Texas women, pretty much the same thing” (3/23)
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This site is edited by Barry Popik.
The Lone Star State. An etymological dictionary investigating the origins of Texas words, names, quotations and phrases, specializing in modern slang, nicknames, slogans, proverbs, adages and aphorisms. A web site by Barry Popik.
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Sport Pepper (1/29)
Sports Capital of Texas (Round Rock slogan) (3/28)
Spring Break for Nerds (SXSW nickname) (5/1)
Spur Capital of Texas (Gatesville nickname) (12/24)
Square Dance Capital of the World (McAllen nickname) (12/11)
Stacked Enchiladas (Enchiladas Chatas) or Mounted Enchiladas (Enchiladas Montadas) (2/6)
Star of the Texas Hill Country (Comfort slogan) (1/28)
Steak Fingers (Steakfingers) (10/11)
Step Into The Real Texas (Amarillo motto) (1/5)
Stinkadena (Pasadena nickname) (12/18)
Stone Belt (Kidney Stone Belt) (7/17)
Storyfest Capital of Texas (George West) (12/11)
Strap Buckner and the Devil (9/28)
Strawberry Capital of Texas (Poteet nickname) (12/8)
Stronghorns (Longhorns + Charlie Strong) (2/4)
Strudel (State Pastry) (12/22)
Stupid Test Acknowledged As Ridiculous (“STAAR” backronym) (10/16)
Sugar Lander (inhabitant of Sugar Land) (1/1)
Suicide Alley (I-35 lower deck in Austin) (2/16)
Suicide Circuit (rodeo) (10/30)
Suicide Soda (Suicide Coke; Graveyard Soda; Swamp Water; Shipwreck; Hurricane; Tornado) (6/9)
Summer Camp for Geeks (SXSW Interactive nickname) (5/1)
Sun Belt (or Sunbelt) (1/5)
Sun City (El Paso nickname) (9/7)
Sun, Salsa and Soldiers (Fort Bliss/El Paso slogan) (6/18)
Sundance Eggs (6/10)
Sundown Town (12/23)
Sunflower Capital of Texas & Crossroads of Texas (Hearne nickname) (12/24)
Sunny San Leon (San Leon nickname) (9/28)
Sunset Capital of Texas (Oasis restaurant on Lake Travis, Austin) (2/23)
Super Drum or Superdrum (Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Special Events Center, UT-Austin) (5/22)
Surfboard Pizza (4/16)
Swamp Pie (5/13)
Swankienda (swanky + hacienda) (2/11)
Sweet Potato Fries (11/13)
Sweetest Town in Texas (Honey Grove nickname) (1/27)
Swiss Enchiladas (11/2)
SXSW (3/10)
SXSW (Somebody buy Some Whataburger) (3/14)
Ta-kill-ya (tequila) (9/2)
Taco (11/26)
Taco Breath (Burrito Breath; Enchilada Breath; Jalapeño Breath) (3/7)
Taco Guts (12/26)
Taco Polaco or Polaco Taco (Polish Taco) (10/25)
Taco Salad (11/26)
Taco Short of a Combination Plate (“not all there”) (2/24)
Taco Tech (1/13)
Taco Truck (Taco Trailer) (12/27)
Tacos Ahogados (drowned tacos or drowning tacos) (5/8)
Tacos de Trompo (Tacos Arabes) (12/3)
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