1. Yellow
What it means everywhere else: The color of the sun.
What it means in Pittsburgh: How you say hello in Pittsburghese.
2. Steeler
What it means everywhere else: A grammatically poor thing to call a thief.
What it means in Pittsburgh: This is Steelers Nation. If it has to be explained, you couldn’t understand. Also, it’s pronounced, “Stiller.”
3. Yinz
What it means everywhere else: Absolutely nothing at all.
What it means in Pittsburgh: A way to refer to multiple people. The South says “y’all.” The Northeast says “youse.” In Pittsburgh, it’s “yinz,” even if the majority of the time it’s used ironically.
4. Pierogi
What it means everywhere else: A delicious potato-stuffed dumpling.
What it means in Pittsburgh: The perfect food, great at every meal, found every fifteen feet or so in Pittsburgh.
5. Pirates
What it means everywhere else: The crew Captain Jack Sparrow rolls with.
What it means in Pittsburgh: Only the best baseball team in the MLB.
6. Sandwich
What it means everywhere else: Two slices of bread with the fixings of your choice stuffed in between.
What it means in Pittsburgh: A Sandwich… With fries dumped on it.
7. Salad
What it means everywhere else: Lettuce and vegetables, the healthiest meal of the day.
What it means in Pittsburgh: A salad… with fries dumped on top.
8. Towel
What it means everywhere else: What you use to dry off after getting out of the shower.
What it means in Pittsburgh: Terrible towel. Don’t leave home without it.
9. Gold
What it means everywhere else: What pirates keep in their treasure chests.
What it means in Pittsburgh: The color of the whole city. And no, it’s not “yellow.”
10. Steel
What it means everywhere else: The stuff that bridges are made of.
What it means in Pittsburgh: The stuff that your grandfather worked his fingers to the bone to help produce; the roots of Pittsburgh.
11. Jerk
What it means everywhere else: What you call the guy who just cut you off.
What it means in Pittsburgh: Jerk? What is this, kindergarten? Cut off someone from Pittsburgh and you’ll get a hearty “jagoff!”
12. Stabby
What it means everywhere else: Dangerously pointy, as in, “the knife is stabby.”
What it means in Pittsburgh: That feeling that rises up from your gut when you’re about to tell off every jagoff in the room.
13. Sheets
What it means everywhere else: What you use to cover your mattress.
What it means in Pittsburgh: If you’re talking about Sheetz, then it’s the best convenience store in the world. Philly can keep its Wawa crap.
14. Underwear
What it means everywhere else: The undergarments your mom told you to keep clean in case of an emergency.
What it means in Pittsburgh: Everyone else wears underwear. People from Pittsburgh wear “gutchies.” Don’t ask why because no one knows.
15. Umbrella
What it means everywhere else: The thing you never seem to have on you when it rains.
What it means in Pittsburgh: The bumbershoot that you always have handy because your grandmother never let you leave home without it.
16. Sweep
What it means everywhere else: Using a broom to sweep dirt off the floor.
What it means in Pittsburgh: When you sweep the floor in Pittsburgh, you’re vacuuming using a sweeper.
17. Snow
What it means everywhere else: That fluffy white stuff that falls from the sky a few times every winter, shutting down cities and sending people into fits of panic for bread, eggs, and milk.
What it means in Pittsburgh: The fluffy white stuff that falls in sheets all winter long that you own like your name was Jack Frost.
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18. Zipper
What it means everywhere else: The device used to keep your jeans up, which seems to fall down only at the most embarrassing of moments.
What it means in Pittsburgh: Zippers are Kennywoods here in Pittsburgh. So, if someone tells you that your “Kennywood’s open,” zip it up. Completely unrelated to Kennywood Amusement Park, which is a day better than Disney.
19. PNC
What it means everywhere else: Your local bank.
What it means in Pittsburgh: The best baseball team in the country calls for the best and coolest baseball stadium to match, don’t you agree?
20. Bridges
What it means everywhere else: A structure that connects you from one otherwise inaccessible point to another.
What it means in Pittsburgh: The iconic trademark of Pittsburgh, the city of bold bridges and closing gaps from the old days to modern day innovation.
21. Penguins
What it means everywhere else: The cutest bird in the world that can’t fly, but is always dressed to impress.
What it means in Pittsburgh: The hockey team everybody else’s hockey team doesn’t want to mess with. Are you ready?
22. Nosy
What it means everywhere else: To put your nose in other people’s business.
What it means in Pittsburgh: When you’re sticking your nose where it doesn’t belong in Pittsburgh, you’re not being nosy, you’re being nebby.
23. Belt
What it means everywhere else: What keeps your pants from giving you plumber’s crack.
What it means in Pittsburgh: The Allegheny County Belt System
24. Mattress
What it means everywhere else: What you sleep on, hopefully.
What it means in Pittsburgh: The Mattress Factory, the coolest museum on the planet with the strangest but equally cool name.
25. Toons
What it means everywhere else: What you had to wait for Saturday mornings to watch as a kid.
What it means in Pittsburgh: The Toonseum, the best place to have a staring contest with` a Ninja Turtle.
26. Ham
What it means everywhere else: One of the two foods that Sam-I-Am could not get hocking in the rain, on a train, in a box or with a fox.
What it means in Pittsburgh: Chipped chopped ham – the shavings of a little bit of everything, a staple lunch food in Pittsburgh.
27. Giant Eagle
What it means everywhere else: A large, majestic bird.
What it means in Pittsburgh: Giant Eagle Market, the only market that matters. Or, more specifically, the Giant Iggle.
28. Heinz
What it means everywhere else: A brand of ketchup.
What it means in Pittsburgh: The only brand of ketchup, and Heinz Field. There will be be none of that Hunts crap.
29. Rings
What it means everywhere else: Jewelry worn on your fingers.
What it means in Pittsburgh: I’m sorry, what? I couldn’t hear you over the deafening bling of six, count them, SIX NFL rings. Eat your heart out, Romo.
30. Sydney
What it means everywhere else: The capital of Australia.
What it means in Pittsburgh: Sidney Crosby, the unofficial (but sort of official) king of Pittsburgh and hockey.
31. Zombies
What it means everywhere else: Zombie shows, zombie movies, zombie races, zombie parties…Every day, all day, zombies, everywhere.
What it means in Pittsburgh: If you happen to be tired of the onslaught of zombie love these days, thank Pittsburgh, the Zombie Capital Of The World.
32. Eat N’ Park
What it means everywhere else: The backwards way of doing a picnic.
What it means in Pittsburgh: Where you eat at 2 in the morning when you’re drunk in Pittsburgh or when you’re jonesing for a smiley face cookie.
33. Andy Warhol
What it means everywhere else: The eccentric artist known for his pop art and Campbell’s soup can paintings.
What it means in Pittsburgh: Seven floors of awesome, interactive art that is still cutting-edge at the Andy Warhol museum, along with the famed artist’s gravesite.
34. Wash Rag
What it means everywhere else: A rag used to wash your body.
What it means in Pittsburgh: What is a wash rag? Oh, you mean a worsh rag? Okay then, yeah. Same thing.
35. Hell
What it means everywhere else: The place you’re trying not to go by saying your Hail Marys.
What it means in Pittsburgh: The reminder that Pittsburgh was once referred to as Hell with the lid off and how far they’ve come since.
What other words mean something different in the Pittsburgh? Tell us in the comments below!
