1. Ring Day
What it means everywhere else: The day when someone likes it so they put a ring on it.
What it means in College Station: Aggie Ring Day at the Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Alumni Center.
2. Redass
What it means everywhere else: I don’t know, something out of 50 Shades of Grey?
What it means in College Station: A total and complete Texas A&M fan. “She’s redass, all the way.”
3. Fish Pond
What it means everywhere else: A pond with fish in it.
What it means in College Station: A fountain across from All Faith’s Chapel that is the center of all things Aggie and where the yell leaders are dunked after a home game.
4. Midnight Yell
What it means everywhere else: When someone yells at midnight.
What it means in College Station: One of the most beloved A&M traditions that takes place at midnight before a home game or two nights before an away game.
5. Blue
What it means everywhere else: A primary color.
What it means in College Station: Free food!
6. Breakfast
What it means everywhere else: Eggs, pancakes, cereal, oatmeal…you know, breakfast food.
What it means in College Station: Tacos from Fuego Tortilla Grill.
7. Dominoes
What it means everywhere else: A game you played as a kid, but mostly you just lined them up to watch them fall.
What it means in College Station: Texas 42! What you do while drinking brews at the Dixie Chicken.
8. Chilifest
What it means everywhere else: Usually a small, local, day-long festival with a chili cook-off.
What it means in College Station: A massive, 48-hour country music festival and charity event with some of the biggest country musicians in the country, drawing more than 50,000 people to Snook.
9. Boots
What it means everywhere else: What you wear with jeans when it’s snowing during winter.
What it means in College Station: Cowboy boots you wear year round with summer dresses, shorts, sweats, prom dresses and wedding dresses.
10. Thumbs Up
What it means everywhere else: A gesture of approval.
What it means in College Station: Gig’em!
11. Cheerleaders
What it means everywhere else: Girls jumping around with pom poms to entertain the sports fans.
What it means in College Station: It’s not cheerleaders, it’s yell leaders. Guys who yell out war calls and intimidate the opposing team. No pom poms involved.
12. Blackwater
What it means everywhere else: Whatever it is, don’t drink it.
What it means in College Station: Blackwater Draw Brewing Company. Where you go to kick back with some awesome brews.
13. Bingo
What it means everywhere else: That game played in retirement homes.
What it means in College Station: That game you and everyone you know plays at Brazos.
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14. Bryan
What it means everywhere else: A boy name.
What it means in College Station: College Station’s twin city.
15. Dixie Chicken
What it means everywhere else: Some sort of chicken dish?
What it means in College Station: Texas A&M’s ‘favorite watering hole’, aka ‘The Chicken’.
16. Austin
What it means everywhere else: The super cool city where SXSW happens.
What it means in College Station: That really weird city with all those hippie liberals and that terrible football team.
17. George H. W. Bush
What it means everywhere else: The 41st President of the United States. Dad to Dubya.
What it means in College Station: The best and most celebrated president, ever.
18. Sour Apple
What it means everywhere else: A candy flavor.
What it means in College Station: Where you go to get your phone repaired.
19. Howdy
What it means everywhere else: A southern greeting.
What it means in College Station: Also a greeting, but more importantly a student-run, organic farm.
20. Football
What it means everywhere else: America’s favorite sport.
What it means in College Station: The most important sport on the planet.
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21. King Kong
What it means everywhere else: A giant, misunderstood gorilla.
What it means in College Station: A delicious burger at The Grill at the Pavillion.
22. Conservative
What it means everywhere else: Red politics.
What it means in College Station: The only politics to be proud of.
23. Library
What it means everywhere else: Where you go to borrow books.
What it means in College Station: The George Bush Presidential Library–so much more than “just” a library.
24. Winter
What it means everywhere else: Those bitter cold months of snow and ice.
What it means in College Station: Those bitter cold months when it occasionally dips down into the 40’s. Brrrr!
25. Winery
What it means everywhere else: Where you go on the weekends or on a vacation to get away from it all and drink wine.
What it means in College Station: Where you go on weekends, weekdays or anytime, because Messina Hof Winery & Resort is in your backyard in Bryan. Staycation!
26. Grub
What it means everywhere else: Either ‘food’ or insect larva.
What it means in College Station: Grub Burger Bar, where you go for the best burgers, sweet potato fries, Dr. Pepper BBQ sauce and the world’s best alcoholic milkshakes.
27. Barbecue
What it means everywhere else: Sauce for dipping chicken nuggets in.
What it means in College Station: The only acceptable way to eat meat.
28. Icehouse
What it means everywhere else: Another name for igloo.
What it means in College Station: Where you go for a gorgeous view of Lake Bryan and good food.
29. Wranglers
What it means everywhere else: A brand of jeans.
What it means in College Station: A country western dance team.
30. Northgate
What it means everywhere else: A gate located on the north side.
What it means in College Station: The best district in College Station and where everyone goes to party.
What other words mean something different in the College Station? Tell us in the comments below!
