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American Youth for a Freer America

A group of quassi-radicals from 70s who roamed Whiting, Indiana and Rush street in Chicago with the two major goals. The decriminalization of Marijuana and the establishment of four day work weeks.
Dude1: Whatever happened to American Youth for a Freer America?

Dude2: Who knows? Maybe they got jobs.
by Joe Iron June 10, 2007
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Four Side Park

A nickname for Forsyth Park in the Robertsdale area of Hammond, Indiana. Surprisingly many people in the 46394 zip code are unaware of the real name of Forsyth Park.
When i was a kid we used to play knock-hockey at four side park.

I quit running in four side park after someone in a car threw a beer can at me.
by Joe Iron June 10, 2007
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Big One One Nine

A nick name used by most residents of Lake County, Indiana and the East-side of Chicago for 119th street in Whiting, IN. Once a major cruising destination, its now fallen on hard times. No longer do truckloads of teenagers sit in their vechiles all night long.
Back in the day, we used to cruise the big one one nine all night in a hemi powered Cobra.
by Joe Iron June 8, 2007
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Imam

A prophet or mentor to young males. Typically a male a few years older than the youth he mentors. Usually, he has his own place, a "real job" and a live-in girlfreind.
Kids today have MTV to show them how to be men, all we had was Imam and Buddy.
by Joe Iron June 8, 2007
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Boulevard House

This definition dating from the jazz age is a house on the major street where all the action is. People living there would near fine restaurants, live music and nightclubs. Out your window you would see people wearing their sunday best as they walked down the boulevard.
Life was never better than when we lived at the boulevard house.

One thing I miss about the boulevard house is looking out the window and seeing all those people dressed to the nines.
by Joe Iron February 23, 2008
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ExplodingMan

A nickname used by the youth of Whiting, IN for the wild celebrations of Independence Day. It's similar toBurningMan's tribal and primitive feel. Northwest Indiana's fourth of July celebrations were documented in the movie The Fourth of July and Other Disasters.
Yeah, let's go to ExplodingMan.

I went to ExplodingMan last year but I got to work this year.
by Joe Iron August 13, 2007
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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.
by Joe Iron June 5, 2007
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