# Your local regionalisms for institutions and places **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 14, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-local-regionalisms-for-institutions-and-places/1030068 "2026-05-14T15:42:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-local-regionalisms-for-institutions-and-places/1030068/61 "2026-05-19T20:55:28Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > This spa, by the way, is where I also learned in New England that some local shops shut down for all of August while the owners go on vacation. I’ve lived in the Boston area for over 50 years and have never heard of this. Sounds more like the South of France. When I first came here, I found the terms “shitfaced” and “bullshit” confusing. (The first means “drunk” and the second means “angry.” ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-local-regionalisms-for-institutions-and-places/1030068/62 "2026-05-19T21:44:59Z")
> [@Jaycat.again](#): > > “bullshit”… means “angry.” That is not how it usually interpreted, though, is it? Perhaps you mean “pissed off” versus simply “pissed”? ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-local-regionalisms-for-institutions-and-places/1030068/63 "2026-05-19T22:16:59Z")
> [@Jaycat.again](#): > > “shitfaced” and “bullshit” confusing. (The first means “drunk” and the second means “angry.” Yes to “shitfaced” meaning drunk. No to “bullshit” meaning angry, “bullshit” means untrue or bad. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-local-regionalisms-for-institutions-and-places/1030068/64 "2026-05-19T23:47:07Z")
Maybe they mean ripshit? Anyway, OP here, noting that many of these are delightfully interesting and exactly what I was looking for, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-local-regionalisms-for-institutions-and-places/1030068/65 "2026-05-19T23:52:04Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Maybe they mean ripshit? Or apeshit? ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-local-regionalisms-for-institutions-and-places/1030068/66 "2026-05-20T00:11:59Z")
Both way less common. Apeshit yes, mad, pissed off, or wildly out of control. Ripshit? From my experience, it’s very rare, but it would usually mean drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-local-regionalisms-for-institutions-and-places/1030068/67 "2026-05-20T00:35:49Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Ripshit? From my experience, it’s very rare, but it would usually mean drunk. Definitely never heard that. Here’s what I’m more familiar with > **[Ripshit bonkers](https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2017/05/19/ripshit-bonkers/)** > > Ah, the joys of live television. MSNBC unexpectedly aired a fine example of unexpurgated profanity when political strategist Rick Wilson appeared on “The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donne… ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-local-regionalisms-for-institutions-and-places/1030068/68 "2026-05-20T10:40:04Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > In Texas, maybe just South Texas, we call a convenience store an ice house or ice station. IME [an ice house is an open air beer joint](https://texashighways.com/travel/what-the-heck-is-an-authentic-texas-icehouse/). Never heard a convenience store called that, but my exposure to ice houses has been mostly on the coast - Beaumont to Corpus, and one in Dallas. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-local-regionalisms-for-institutions-and-places/1030068/69 "2026-05-20T11:03:16Z")
Like I said, this might just be South Central Texas. I have a friend who grew up in Houston who never heard the term, so who knows? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-local-regionalisms-for-institutions-and-places/1030068/70 "2026-05-20T14:35:49Z")
Definitely not something I heard growing up in Dallas, but you folks in Central Texas are a mystery to all of us. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-local-regionalisms-for-institutions-and-places/1030068/71 "2026-05-20T15:05:56Z")
“It’s like a whole 'nother country!” 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-local-regionalisms-for-institutions-and-places/1030068/72 "2026-05-20T16:43:31Z")
Ice House is legit. A convenience store with the big ice bag coolers outside for a BBQ or cooler filling. I’ve heard the term even up in Iowa/Illinois. ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-local-regionalisms-for-institutions-and-places/1030068/73 "2026-05-21T08:49:15Z")
When I lived in Houston from 1992 to 1995 I’d hang out at the [The Dam Ice House](https://thedamicehouse.blogspot.com/). It was a converted Jiffy-lube that became a really welcoming biker bar. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-local-regionalisms-for-institutions-and-places/1030068/74 "2026-05-21T13:14:35Z")
> [@Jaycat.again](#): > > I’ve lived in the Boston area for over 50 years and have never heard of this. There are fewer of them around now, but they still exist. Check the older neighborhoods in Boston or the surrounding downs (Cambridge, Somerville). ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-local-regionalisms-for-institutions-and-places/1030068/75 "2026-05-21T14:14:38Z")
I think that might be something a little different than what the OP is talking about - the Dan Ryan is a particular highway, right? So it’s not really a local term for “freeway” , it’s the name of a particular one. On the other hand, where I live, we don’t have “freeways” - we have highways, which are divided into parkways and expressways (which have different rules) or we refer to them by their individual name or number so if you were here and asked for directions to the freeway, we wouldn’t know what you were talking about. Because first, we don’t call them “freeways” and second , which one are you looking for ? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-local-regionalisms-for-institutions-and-places/1030068.md?page=3)