shire

A nickname for Whiting, Indiana, typically used by residents of Northwestern Indiana usually in their 60s and 70s. The nickname is believed to orginate with Whiting's orginal name Chelshire. Chelshire was renamed to Whiting in the 1890s but the nickname stuck.
Hey, let's go to the Shire.

by Joe Iron May 19, 2007
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Dojo Tan

A martial artist without any tan at all, very pale. Unlike many people who workout in gyms or health clubs, who are usually tan. Someone who is spending all there time in the dojo training and not going out in the sun. Usually a serious martial artist.
Bob's pretty serious about getting his blackbelt, he's got a dojo tan.
by Joe Iron May 04, 2007
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Delta Force

A nickname used by the adults in the late 1970s regarding groups of teenage males who prowled the streets of Whiting, Indiana and the East side of Chicago in Oldsmobile Delta 88s.
by Joe Iron June 22, 2007
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Elvis in the bathroom

To die in the bathroom, usually the result of a life of long term excess.
Another supermodel did an Elvis in the bathroom.

Crazy Bob did too many ludes, lucky I walked in on him or he would have done an Elvis in the bathroom.
by Joe Iron January 21, 2008
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Citizen

A type of men's haircut that is done to make the person look like an upstanding member of the community. The haircut is short, above the ears and off the collar.
Customer: Hey give me a citizen, I got a court date.
Barber: Will do, we'll get you off.
by Joe Iron May 04, 2007
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The Big W

The Big W, is a nickname for Whiting, IN. used by the refinery construction workforce that relocated from Texas to work on the expansion of the oil refinery. The construction workers started referring to Whiting as the Big W. The nickname is derived from the nickname of Dallas which is known as the Big D
Let's celebrate the fourth of July in the Big W.

I need some money bad, so I'm going to The Big W to for a few months.
by Joe Iron August 18, 2007
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Travel Juice

A nickname for beer that is drunk before you drive.
Give me some travel juice, I got a long drive home.
by Joe Iron July 05, 2007
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