Texas, The Lone Star State

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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“Just so you know, we’re ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas” (Dixie Chicks) (12/5)
“Katz’s Never Kloses” (Katz’s Deli and Bar slogan) (9/9)
“Keep Abilene Boring” (3/9)
“Keep Austin Weird” (8/10)
“Keep College Station Normal” (1/21)
“Keep Dallas Douche” (10/3)
“Keep Dallas Plastic” (3/4)
“Keep Dallas Pretentious” (2/24)
“Keep Denton Chido” (10/2)
“Keep Georgetown Normal” (12/18)
“Keep Houston Dirty” (3/11)
“Keep Lubbock Flat” (2/23)
“Keep Round Rock Mildly Unusual” (12/18)
“Keep San Antonio Lame” (1/21)
“Keep Texas Wild” (3/29)
“Keep Waco Wacko” (1/21)
“Keep Wimberley Weirder” (3/1)
“Keep your guns—Come to Texas” (10/18)
“King of Beverages” (Dr. Pepper slogan) (10/29)
“Knock off its horns, wipe its ass, and throw it on the plate” (Texan ordering “rare” steak) (12/31)
“Land of Tall Women and Virgin Pines” (Piney Woods, East Texas) (11/14)
“Lear jet needs fuel” or “Lear jet out of fuel” (Austin panhandler sign) (9/18)
“Let he who is without stock cast the first rock” (Governor Preston E. Smith) (9/19)
“Let the bastards freeze in the dark” & “Drive 80 mph and freeze a Yankee” (7/6)
“Let’s have a level playing field” (9/18)
“Liberate Texas next—they’ve got oil, too” (6/2)
“Life in Lubbock, Texas taught me two things…” (Butch Hancock) (11/25)
“Life is like a jar of jalapeños; What you do today may burn your ass tomorrow” (8/23)
“Life’s short. Eat more pie!” (Texas Pie Company in Kyle) (6/24)
“Life’s too short to live in Dallas” (8/14)
“Lift up the cow’s tail and look the situation squarely in the face” (LBJ?) (8/23)
“Light as air, stronger than whiskey, and cheap as dirt” (barbed wire) (10/26)
“Like Grant took Richmond” (7/29)
“Live Large. Think Big” (Dallas slogan) (8/10)
“Live Strong” (Lance Armstrong Foundation) (12/6)
“Load your brain before you shoot off your mouth” (10/6)
“Long live cowboys” (12/10)
“Long Live Longnecks” (Lone Star Beer slogan) (11/17)
“Lost in Austin” (8/9)
“Low and slow” or “Slow and low” (barbecue motto/dogma) (5/22)
“Lubbock is in the middle of everything” (joke) (9/19)
“Lubbock Or Leave It” (2/23)
“Lubbock, Hub City of the Plains (slowest moving part of the wheel)” (5/14)
“Lust in the Dust” (overly romantic western movie) (10/28)
“Mad as a wet hen” (very mad) (6/9)
“Madder than a wet hen” (very mad) (6/8)
“Made in Texas by Texans” (12/31)
“Maid in the living room, cook in the kitchen, whore in the bedroom” (Jerry Hall) (2/2)
“Make Austin Normal” (3/1)
“Make it a Blockbuster night” (Blockbuster) (7/9)
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