# Common phrases with city names in them **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-phrases-with-city-names-in-them/685378 "2014-04-04T23:35:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-phrases-with-city-names-in-them/685378/61 "2014-04-10T19:55:33Z")
Chrissie Hynde taught me that _Detroit leaning_ was a way one drives a car. Also, you can do the Harlem shake ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-phrases-with-city-names-in-them/685378/62 "2014-04-10T22:55:02Z")
In Japan they have the “Yokota Wave” or “Misawa Wave”, named for two of the bigger American military installations in Japan. It’s when you get mixed up in a right-hand-drive car and try to signal a turn with your windshield wipers. A “Yokota Driver” or “Misawa Driver” is similarly a clueless American who inadvertently does various stupid things, like driving on the wrong side of the road (mostly only happens on base where traffic is relatively light. Once you get off base with the constant flow of heavy traffic everywhere, it’s pretty clear which way you are supposed to go). ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-phrases-with-city-names-in-them/685378/63 "2014-04-11T03:05:57Z")
“Getting off at Paisley.” I’m not Scottish but I understand that means coitus interruptus. Any confirmation from actual Scots? ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-phrases-with-city-names-in-them/685378/64 "2014-04-11T03:22:59Z")
Tulsa time:clock in bar set ahead to dissuade lingering at last call. Kansas City bankroll:Rolled newspaper with a few bills on outside. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-phrases-with-city-names-in-them/685378/65 "2014-04-11T03:48:17Z")
[Locust Valley lockjaw](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust_Valley_lockjaw) ---
**Author:** ![JWT\_Kottekoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@JWT\_Kottekoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JWT_Kottekoe)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-phrases-with-city-names-in-them/685378/66 "2014-04-11T05:59:20Z")
Second prize is two trips to Philadelphia. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-phrases-with-city-names-in-them/685378/67 "2014-04-13T05:30:15Z")
Glasgow grin. ---
**Author:** ![MsJinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@MsJinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsJinx)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-phrases-with-city-names-in-them/685378/68 "2014-04-13T05:36:34Z")
I’m from Missouri - you’ll have to show me (Missouri - the Show Me state) i.e. prove it/cite ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-phrases-with-city-names-in-them/685378/69 "2014-04-13T10:17:43Z")
Washington gridlock Horse racing: The road to Louisville" Baseball: A Baltimore chop ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-phrases-with-city-names-in-them/685378/70 "2014-04-13T15:47:04Z")
> [@MsJinx](#): > > I’m from Missouri - you’ll have to show me > (Missouri - the Show Me state) > i.e. prove it/cite I looked that up. All this time I thought it was a HST quote :smack: ---
**Author:** ![vontsira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-phrases-with-city-names-in-them/685378/71 "2014-04-13T17:58:24Z")
Not actually a city, but a small town – a little way inside Scotland – in the border country between England and Scotland, for a long time wild and lawless. Jedburgh, alias Jethart: “Jethart justice” = lynch law. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-phrases-with-city-names-in-them/685378/72 "2014-04-13T18:51:51Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > Glasgow grin. I had mentioned “Glasgow kiss” earlier. So I was intrigued how many other Glaswegian terms there were. Off to Urban Dictionary. “Glasgow Shower”: Bathing using deodorant. “Glasgow Bikini Wax”: using alcohol/fire to remove hair (apparently mentioned on _The Simpsons_). “Glasgow Briefcase”: a plastic bag. And several more, mostly relating to sex acts and/or drinking, of course. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-phrases-with-city-names-in-them/685378.md?page=3)