The Lucky Cigarette: PNW Translation

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