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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Texas Rose (onion appetizer) (2/11)
Texas Sausage Trail (5/25)
Texas Schmexas (Texas Shmexas) (7/8)
Texas Scramble (golf) (10/12)
Texas Scramble (scrambled egg and other dishes) (10/12)
Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy (3/9)
Texas Sheath Cake (12/22)
Texas Sheet Cake (9/9)
Texas Shootout or Texas Showdown (buy/sell agreement) (9/19)
Texas Shuffle (jury selection) (7/27)
Texas Spaghetti (or Mexican Spaghetti) (11/9)
Texas Stop (8/7)
Texas Stop Sign (Dairy Queen) (8/7)
Texas Strangers (Texas Rangers baseball team unofficial nickname) (6/2)
Texas Strategy (Paul Krugman NY Times column) (1/22)
Texas Straw Hat (similar to Frito pie) (9/9)
Texas Strawberries (beans; jalapenos; shelled corn) (10/8)
Texas Strong (2/3)
Texas Sunrise (Big Red + tequila) (9/16)
Texas Sunshine (citrus-ade) (8/26)
Texas Sweat (cocktail) (9/29)
Texas Sweet Onion (8/4)
Texas Switch (11/18)
Texas T-Bone Corridor (high-speed rail) (8/13)
Texas T-Shirt (disposable toilet seat cover) (9/3)
Texas Tacks (thorns) (8/8)
Texas Taffy (beef jerky for dogs) (9/8)
Texas Tapenade (9/22)
Texas Tarragon (Mexican Mint Marigold) (10/13)
Texas Tea (oil, alcoholic drink, iced tea, et al.) (8/5)
Texas Tender (8/26)
Texas Three-Kick Rule (lawyer joke) (9/3)
Texas Three-Step (Dallas, Houston, San Antonio) (2/28)
Texas Timex (gold Rolex watch) (9/8)
Texas Toast (7/27)
Texas Tommy (dance) (11/12)
Texas Tommy (ice-box cookies; hot dogs) (11/12)
Texas Tonion (LongHorn Steakhouse) (9/17)
Texas Toothpick (onion and jalapeƱo strips) (8/28)
Texas Tornado Cake (9/9)
Texas Torpedo (stuffed jalapeƱos) (8/25)
Texas Tough (Texas criminal justice) (2/8)
Texas Tower (a radar tower) (10/8)
Texas Trash (Chex mix dish) (8/3)
Texas Trash (chocolate-covered candy) (2/13)
Texas Treasure Chest (Texas Facilities Commission store) (1/11)
Texas Triangle (Dallas, Houston, San Antonio) (2/27)
Texas Trifecta (Dallas, Houston, San Antonio/Austin) (12/14)
Texas Trinity (brisket/ribs/sausage; mustard/mayo/pickles) (8/30)
Texas Trio (steak, chicken, shrimp) (2/2)
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