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An ongoing translation of the Pacific Northwest slang used throughout the series. |
Brands: Marb- Marlboro Hundred/regular- Extra long cigarette/regular length 99/regular- same as above Rainier and Olympia- Cheap regional beers Luckies- Lucky Strike cigarettes General Slang: Hella- Very (very frequently used in the Northwest) Eh/ay- (used less frequently than in Canada) Ye/yee- Yeah Hipster- Usually very derisive Dank- Great (often applied to quality marijuana or good food) Pass out- Sleep Bitches- Women (not necessarily meant to be offensive) Places- The Sound- Puget Sound (near Seattle) Olympics- The Olympic Mountains/peninsula Western- Western Washington University U-dub/UW- The University of Washington The U of O- The University of Oregon Wazu- Washington State University Oregon State- Oregon State University Cap Hill/Pill Hill- Think the Castro District with more hipsters TaCompton- Tacoma (high murder rate, nuclear facilities, smelly paper mill) Seatown- Seattle Dick's- A well-known Seattle burger chain Rainier Avenue- A supposedly dangerous street in Seattle Central District- A clever rephrasing of Seattle's inner city Ivars- A popular clam chowder chain Pacific Pride- A gas station chain located throughout the Northwest Coffee shop- Usually independent, urban Northwesterners hate Starbuck's The East- The East Coast or, more commonly, the conservative agricultural/desert regions of Eastern Washington and Oregon Eugene- A town with a large Anarchist population (location of the University of Oregon) Sports: Timbers- The Portland FC Sounders- The Seattle FC T-birds- The Seattle Hockey Team Drug Slang: '40- A 40 oz. bottle of alcohol Bud- Weed Piece- Anything that you can smoke marijuana out of Dispensary- Shop for "medical" marijuana Smoke shop- Marijuana pipe and tobacco store Rocks- Crack Oxy- OxyCodon (opiate pill) Hydro- HydroCodon (same as above) Brew- Beer/alcohol Faded- Drunk and stoned Buzzed- Slightly drunk Tweaker- Crackhead/methhead Sneak-a-toke- A fake cigarette used to smoke marijuana Dime- $10 bag of marijuana Dub- $20 bag of marijuana Ounce- An ounce of Marijuana Cheifin- Smoking large amounts of marijuana with multiple people Peace- To share a joint or cigarette Hit- A drag of marijuana Publications: The Stranger- The Seattle Stranger, Seattle's alternative newspaper The Mercury- The Portland Mercury, Portland's alternative newspaper |