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“Mild salsa is like non-alcoholic beer. Pointless” (3/17)
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“Mild salsa is like decaf coffee. Pointless” (3/17)
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“Mild salsa tastes like tomato sauce” (3/17)
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“Mild salsa tastes like cold tomato soup” (3/17)
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“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 Tumbleweeds (snack) (8/27)
Texas Turkey (armadillo) (8/6)
Texas Tuscan (architecture) (9/16)
Texas Tuxedo (8/7)
Texas Twinkies (bacon and brisket wrapped cream cheese-filled jalapeƱo poppers) (10/20)
Texas Twist or Texas Tornado or Country Boy (three-card monte scam) (12/22)
Texas Twister (barbecued cutlets) (11/24)
Texas Twister (chili dogs) (11/24)
Texas Twister (drink) (11/24)
Texas Two-Step (dance) (8/6)
Texas Two-Step (Primary & Caucus voting; Primacaucus; Primaucus; Primacus; Caucumary; Caucary) (2/29)
Texas U-Turn (Texas Turnaround) (8/8)
Texas University (t.u.) (5/24)
Texas Wedge (golf putter) (8/24)
Texas Wedge (salad) (11/19)
Texas Wedgie (3/23)
Texas With a Little Something Extra (Beaumont slogan) (11/1)
Texas Wontons (Tex-Mex Wontons) (1/18)
Texasing (“Texas” as a verb) (12/31)
Texass (“The jackass is the finest flower of Texass”—Groucho Marx) (3/20)
Texatini (cocktail) (11/8)
Texcation (Texas + vacation) (12/1)
Texecution (Texecuted) (7/23)
Texian (3/27)
Texicali (Texicalli) (3/20)
Texican (3/20)
Texification/Texify (Texafication/Texafy) (9/6)
Texile (Texas Exile) (2/10)
Texit (Texas + exit) (6/5)
Texlahoma (Tex-La-Homa) (7/4)
Texmati (rice) (3/18)
Texodus (Texas Exodus) (8/18)
Texoma (Texas + Oklahoma) (8/19)
Texpatriate (Texpat) (10/3)
Texsucks (Texsux) (9/27)
Texxas (6/18)
The American Dream City (Arlington, TX slogan) (6/29)
The City of Opportunity (Seagoville slogan) (4/22)
The City That Faith Built (Wichita Falls slogan) (1/18)
The Deadly Toxin or The Daily Toxin (The Daily Texan nickname) (6/20)
The Drag on Guadalupe Street, Austin (Drag Worm; Drag Rat) (3/2)
The Great Place (Fort Hood nickname) (1/31)
The Greatest Little Town in Texas (Ballinger slogan) (4/13)
The only town in Texas that’s Knott Texas (Knott slogan) (9/6)
The Town Without a Toothache (Hereford slogan) (11/22)
Third Coast (1/21)
Third Smallest Town in Texas (fictitious Tuna, Texas slogan) (2/13)
This is Texas (Cleburne slogan) (12/4)
Three R’s (Riding, Roping, Rodeo; also with ‘Rangling, ‘Rastling, Roundups, Ranching) (8/16)
Three Sisters or Twisted Sisters or 100-Mile Loop (RR335, RR336, RR337) (5/18)
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