# Unique local/regional names for common things

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**Created:** [July 16, 2021, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-local-regional-names-for-common-things/946610 "2021-07-16T04:45:43Z")\
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Bumper sliding in central Indiana. We also had “coon hunting cars.” This was no racial reference- it meant a car that had one of its headlights so badly misaligned that it shone into the bushes and trees along the road. The idea was the headlight would reveal the raccoons in the brush!

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