"Where are you from?"
"Chicago, what about you?"
"I'm from Dwight."
"Oh, you're a downstater."
"No - Dwight is pretty far north. It's only an hour south of Chicago."
"Hey, if you're farther than Joliet, you're a downstater."

downstater by Ben Frey December 12, 2005

Related Words

downscalator • downstate • Domescale • downsball • Downscore • downsculator • Downsmile • downstage • Downstaged • downstall

downscalator

An escalator that travels down.

Where's the downscalator? Maccas is one floor down!

downscalator by mike0matic February 23, 2010

downstall

verb; To DOWNload and inSTALL. Download from a website and install on your computer.

I've just downstalled Spotify onto my PC.

downstall by worldofjr April 22, 2011

Downscore

Downscore is an experimentally produced combination of ambient style synthetic moods, and relaxed/chillaxed beats.

Songs may be slow or fast in tempo, but all tracks should maintain a lo-fi, home-made aesthetic.

Downscore can be programmed, or produced live, but the main goal regardless is to create thought-provoking feelings and headspaces, such as to induce a state of nostalgia or memory-awakening, while still having a dope beat to carry it along.

It goes well with headphones, and walking around outside, or doing menial tasks which are rendered less terrible to do, by the music.

It is rarely created on new software. Mis-uses of older programs, and less-than-up-to-date versions of software can allow the warm, fuzzy feelings to truly come out of the work.

"I always thought it was down-score, but it's downs-core, I am told."

"Downscore: taking you back to 1982, since 1997."

Downscore by TheJuicestBoxEver July 18, 2009

Downstalling

When you download and install a game at the same time via Steam.

Stu: you press, download game, and it does it, if their server is up
Me: Ok i'm downstalling DoW now!
...
Me: Omg steam is spamming ads at me! WTF IS TRINE?!?!

Downstalling by Modern Day Drifter July 2, 2009

downstate

NYC and areas within an hour commute.(except New Jersey because that's a different state!!)

downstate by Anonymous August 27, 2003

God Shot

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".

Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."

God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011

Word of the Day on September 18, 2026

city chicken

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.

Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?

city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006

Word of the Day on September 17, 2026

Is that cake?

Another way to say is this fake? Like the show real or cake

“Slayyyter just announced another album last night”
“No way, is that cake?”
“Yeah whoops this isn’t real”

Is that cake? by Sexyyred September 15, 2026

Word of the Day on September 16, 2026

just fokin missing her

native american reservation origin... to miss an ex so badly that everyone can see it.. can be used for either sex eg. just fokin missing her/him

friend : *noticably sad*
me : look at you all sad & shit
friend : shut up!
me : just fokin missing her huh?

just fokin missing her by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 15, 2026

endwarfins

The rush of neurotransmitters and neuropeptides triggered specifically by watching the Seven Dwarfs march home singing "Heigh-Ho" — that particular high of pickaxes, whistling while you work, and communal domestic bliss in a cottage built for men half your height.

I only meant to watch the Heigh-Ho scene for the endwarfins, and then it was two hours later and I'd watched the whole movie.

Endwarfins aren't just a Snow White thing — I get the same hit off the Lollipop Guild in Oz.

endwarfins by Howard Ogden September 13, 2026

Word of the Day on September 14, 2026

caillou

A slang term used to describe a bald person, typically someone who is completely bald or has a closely shaved head. The term is derived from the infamous, hairless kids’ cartoon character of the same name.

Example 1:
“Did you see that caillou over there? His head is reflecting the sun like a disco ball.”
Example 2:
“I think Dave is finally accepting his hair loss. He just went full caillou and shaved the whole thing off.”

caillou by WMH01 September 12, 2026

Word of the Day on September 13, 2026

Brought-upsy

scruples; to have manners;

May also be spelt Brought-upsie

WestIndian/Caribbean in orient - Barbados, WHUT.

Example 1: Child, you ain't got no brought-upsy?

Translation: My Child, have you not any manners?

Example 2: What, you ain't got no brought-upsy?

Translation: I can't believe you're doing that. Were you not taught any manners as a child?

Brought-upsy by B-Town Gilly April 20, 2005

Word of the Day on September 12, 2026