Recent entries:
“Mild salsa is like non-alcoholic beer. Pointless” (3/17)
“Mild salsa is like decaf coffee. Pointless” (3/17)
“Mild salsa tastes like tomato sauce” (3/17)
“Mild salsa tastes like cold tomato soup” (3/17)
“Mild salsa tastes like tomato paste” (3/17)
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The Lone Star State. An etymological dictionary investigating the origins of Texas words, names, quotations and phrases, specializing in modern slang, nicknames, slogans, proverbs, adages and aphorisms. A web site by Barry Popik.


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Tejano (3/31)
Tejolote (stone pestle) (2/10)
Telecom Corridor (Richardson nickname) (3/6)
Telera (Mexican flat bread) (1/26)
Ten Gallon Hat (8/7)
Tenderfoot (or Tender Foot) (1/3)
Tenny Runners (or Tennie Runners) (9/22)
Tequila Chicken or Tequila Lime Chicken (Chicken Tequila) (2/22)
Tequila Daisy (cocktail) (2/15)
Tequila Mockingbird (cocktail) (12/26)
Tequila Salty Dog (Perro Salado) (9/2)
Tequila Shrimp (Margarita Shrimp Skewers) (12/26)
Tequila Sour (cocktail) (10/4)
Tequila Sunrise (cocktail) (12/26)
Tex Appeal (2/13)
Tex-Mex (cuisine) (8/2)
Tex-Mex Mile or Mexican Food Mile or Taco Row (South First Street, Austin) (2/24)
Texaholic (Texas + -aholic) (7/5)
Texana or Texiana or Texicana (“all things Texas”) (3/29)
Texaplex (4/24)
Texarkanian (inhabitant of Texarkana) (12/31)
Texartini (cocktail) (3/12)
Texas 1015 Onion & Texas SpringSweet Onion (3/18)
Texas Adultery Law (lawyer joke) (10/10)
Texas Apple Delight (cocktail) (9/29)
Texas Basement (an attic) (9/1)
Texas BBQ Trail (5/25)
Texas Bean Dip (12/5)
Texas Bilingual Lawyer (lawyer joke) (10/17)
Texas Bird of Paradise (Flycatcher; Road-Runner or Roadrunner; Paisano; Clown of the Desert) (11/10)
Texas Blessing (12/6)
Texas Bloody Mary (cocktail) (10/27)
Texas Bowl (12/21)
Texas Breakfast (3/22)
Texas Bruschetta (10/28)
Texas Brush Popper (2/18)
Texas Bubble Gum Machine (police car) (9/10)
Texas Bumper (9/9)
Texas Burger (with pastrami) (4/7)
Texas Butter (8/5)
Texas Cadillac (pickup truck or Chevy Suburban) (8/5)
Texas Caesar Salad (8/24)
Texas Cake (1/19)
Texas Cakewalk (a hanging) (10/9)
Texas Cannonballs (black stuffed olives) (2/3)
Texas Caviar (black-eyed peas) (8/2)
Texas Celery (cardoon) (9/25)
Texas Champagne (hot sauce) (8/24)
Texas Chicken (Church’s Chicken in Mideast) (9/8)
Texas Chicken (ship-passing maneuver) (7/1)
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