11 Words You'll Only Understand If You're From Denver
By R. Phillips
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Published November 06, 2016
Hoards of people have descended upon Denver from all over the land, and you can hear accents from just about any state in the nation in our beloved city at any given moment. But there are some words from Denver that we most certainly have in common, and here are 11 that anyone who calls the Mile High City home will definitely understand. United in orange!
1. Orange Crush
We believe!
(Not This) Orange Crush
2. RiNo
Not to mention LoDo, LoHi, SoBo, NoDo...and the list goes on and on.
(Not This) Rhino
3. Front Range
Wikipedia says, "the Front Range is a colloquial geographic term for the most populous region of the state of Colorado in the United States." Most populous indeed.
(Not This) Front Range
4. Caviar
Dabs, shatter, concentrates...who can even understand all of the the cannabis industry's inventions.
(Not This) Caviar
5. Flatlanders
We love tourists...but we still call them flatlanders.
(Not These) Flatlanders
6. Flat Brimmed Hats
This speaks for itself. You know what I'm talking about, Denverites.
7. Brah
Whoopties! Get at 'em, Brah!
(Not This) Bra
8. Bagging and Tagging
Climbing fourteeners and taking names.
9. Colorado Kool-Aid
You might know it as Coors, but around here it's "Colorado Kool-Aid."
10. Smothered
No, I'm not talking about your girlfriend, I'm talking about smothering anything and everything in devilishly spicy green chile.
11. Blucifer
Let's not beat a dead horse.
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