So, i guess actor Tommy Flannagan has a scar from a Glasgow Smile which from what I understand is slicing the corners of your mouth and leaving a distinctive scar going up to toward your ear. I guess this is also the origin of the Joker’s grin. From the Wikipedia article, this is also know as the Chelsea Grin. It also says that the actual tear comes from beating the person up and the resulting struggle causes the tearing up to the ear. Not really sure how that comes about. I’d guess that it was just from slashing the victim’s face up to his ear.
The Cleveland Steamer is when you take a dump on someone’s chest, sit on it and then moosh it about. God knows how that term came about. I’ve never been to Cleveland, so maybe it’s a common pastime there.
So, what are some city adjective noun combinations? Not really looking for food items 'cause that’s really common and not very interesting.
Baltimore chop - a baseball term for hitting a ball into the ground near the plate, causing it to bounce high in the air and giving the runner time to get on base.
Also, known as the Pittsburgh left, but in that case it’s expected and is a curtesy the drivers give to the other driver. Very confusing if you don’t know why the other driver is waiting for you, or if you don’t know to wait a moment when the light turns green!
I was racking my brain to think of that. I knew it was a South African reference. It means sticking a tire around your neck and lighting it on fire.:eek:
Ugh, hate that.
I guess that’s the same thing as Montezuma’s revenge.
Though probably not as widely known outside of Western Washington or by youngsters who didn’t have the opportunity to experience it way back when, I give you the Tacoma Aroma. I quote from the Wikipedia article on the city;
“Beginning in the 1930s, Tacoma became known for the “Tacoma aroma”, a distinctive, acrid odor produced by paper manufacturing on the industrial tide flats. In the late 1990s, Simpson Tacoma Kraft reduced total sulfur emissions by 90%. This largely eliminated the problem; where once the aroma was ever-present, it is now only noticeable occasionally, primarily when the wind is coming from the east.”
