Or Tennessee, really. Nashville is nothing if not proud of its home state. We’ve found ten words and phrases that are commonly thrown about the city, up one way and down the other, that you may just need a Music City-bound dictionary to understand. So we made one up for you…
- Joint
waferboard - Flickr A restaurant, most commonly referred to as a, “bbq joint.”
- East Nasty
Rebecca - Flickr It’s East Nashville, y’all.
- Vandy
Jimmy Emerson, DVM - Flickr It’s Vanderbilt University to you, out-of-towners.
- NashVegas
Shawn Ide - Flickr A fun nickname for the city, we get it for our bright lights and good time. We do have the southern hospitality aspect over Vegas, though. (AKA we’re better. That’s all.)
- Gurm
las- Initially - Flickr Another word for a band, “groupie.”
- Bus Call
Patrick Buechner - Flickr We have a lot of friends heading out on tour, and “bus call” refers to the time they have to report to the tour bus.
- Holler and Swaller
Kinolamp - Flickr A common bar term, you’ll hear this most often on your birthday or during a bachelorette party - aka, take the shot!
- You done good
Petras Gagilas - Flickr As in, you’ve done well. If someone says this to you, you’re having a good day.
- Iced Tea
Christina B Castro - FLickr This means sweet tea- every. single. time. Some restaurants don’t even carry the unsweetened kind, so keep that in the back of your mind.
- Ice-pocalypse
Rex Hammock - FLickr The ice storm of 2015 - never forget, Nashville. Never forget.
What a beautiful place, don’t you think? What a beautiful, quirky place. Now that you know a couple of different vocabulary words, whaddya say you try ’em out?
waferboard - Flickr
A restaurant, most commonly referred to as a, “bbq joint.”
Rebecca - Flickr
It’s East Nashville, y’all.
Jimmy Emerson, DVM - Flickr
It’s Vanderbilt University to you, out-of-towners.
Shawn Ide - Flickr
A fun nickname for the city, we get it for our bright lights and good time. We do have the southern hospitality aspect over Vegas, though. (AKA we’re better. That’s all.)
las- Initially - Flickr
Another word for a band, “groupie.”
Patrick Buechner - Flickr
We have a lot of friends heading out on tour, and “bus call” refers to the time they have to report to the tour bus.
Kinolamp - Flickr
A common bar term, you’ll hear this most often on your birthday or during a bachelorette party - aka, take the shot!
Petras Gagilas - Flickr
As in, you’ve done well. If someone says this to you, you’re having a good day.
Christina B Castro - FLickr
This means sweet tea- every. single. time. Some restaurants don’t even carry the unsweetened kind, so keep that in the back of your mind.
Rex Hammock - FLickr
The ice storm of 2015 - never forget, Nashville. Never forget.
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