1. Geaux
What it means everywhere else: A word that you can’t pronounce and don’t know the definition of.
What it means in Baton Rouge: Go! As in ‘Geaux Tigers’!
2. Football
What it means everywhere else: Tossing around the ol’ pigskin.
What it means in Baton Rouge: The most important thing in life.
3. LSU Football
What it means everywhere else: A college football team.
What it means in Baton Rouge: A religion.
4. Death Valley
What it means everywhere else: A National Park in California and Nevada.
What it means in Baton Rouge: A way of referencing LSU’s Tiger Stadium, the loudest and ‘scariest’ venue in the country.
5. Tailgating
What it means everywhere else: A casual affair where you have beer and food before the game.
What it means in Baton Rouge: Days of hardcore partying, eating, gambling, games and celebrating before every single sporting event.
6. Tiger Bite
What it means everywhere else: A bite sustained from a tiger; a better explanation for an arm cast than tripping over your own feet.
What it means in Baton Rouge: A delicious mixture of golden vanilla and blueberry swirl ice cream served at the LSU AgCenter Dairy Store. The LSU colors, of course.
7. Mike
What it means everywhere else: A person; your dad, brother, cousin or friend’s name.
What it means in Baton Rouge: A live tiger that serves as the official mascot for LSU and lives on campus.
8. Crawfish
What it means everywhere else: Something that swims in the rivers and creeks, also known as crawdads, crayfish, mudbugs and freshwater lobsters.
What it means in Baton Rouge: Dinner.
9. Snow
What it means everywhere else: White icy stuff that falls from the sky every winter.
What it means in Baton Rouge: White icy stuff that falls from the sky ever-so-rarely, and when it does your mind is blown. Also known as ‘sneaux.’
10. Parish
What it means everywhere else: A local church.
What it means in Baton Rouge: Where you live.
11. President
What it means everywhere else: The elected head of our country.
What it means in Baton Rouge: The elected head of your parish. Instead of a mayor, you have a president.
12. Cajun Food
What it means everywhere else: A spicy style of food that you have very rarely.
What it means in Baton Rouge: Your main source of sustenance; especially great when fried: crawfish, shrimp, catfish, jambalaya, stuffed peppers and frog legs.
13. Purple & Gold
What it means everywhere else: Two colors on opposite ends of the color spectrum.
What it means in Baton Rouge: Your entire wardrobe, not to mention the decor in your house.
14. Thong Kyew
What it means everywhere else: Um...gesundheit?
What it means in Baton Rouge: The way it sounds when someone says ‘Thank You’ in Baton Rouge.
15. Chimes
What it means everywhere else: A musical instrument that makes ringing sounds.
What it means in Baton Rouge: A delicious restaurant and tap room where great beer, hush puppies, boudin balls, etouffee and blackened alligator will keep you coming back for more.
16. Cane’s
What it means everywhere else: A wooden, slender stick, sometimes used to help someone walk.
What it means in Baton Rouge: Shorthand for the best chicken fingers in the world, which just happen to be headquartered right in Baton Rouge, at Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers.
17. Red Stick
What it means everywhere else: A stick that is red.
What it means in Baton Rouge: Where you live. What the words ‘Baton Rouge’ mean in French.
18. Graffiti
What it means everywhere else: A chosen activity of hoodlums.
What is means in Baton Rouge: Gorgeous art commissioned all over the city to make it more beautiful and colorful.
19. Kid
What it means everywhere else: A small child.
What it means in Baton Rouge: How you refer to the USS Kidd, a Fletcher-class destroyer.
20. Mud and Water
What it means everywhere else: What you get when it rains.
What it means in Baton Rouge: A crazy awesome live music venue.
21. Tin Roof
What it means everywhere else: A roof made of tin.
What it means in Baton Rouge: The best brewery in the city.
22. Pink Flamingos
What it means everywhere else: Tacky decorations that remind you of South Florida.
What it means in Baton Rouge: The mascot for the colorful, unique neighborhood of Spanish Town.
23. Swine Palace
What it means everywhere else: Perhaps a castle for royal pigs?
What it means in Baton Rouge: Where you go to see the best contemporary and classical theater productions.
24. Splash
What it means everywhere else: What water does when you jump in it.
What it means in Baton Rouge: Where you go to dance all night and see the most incredible drag shows.
25. Indian Mounds
What it means everywhere else: Something you’ve heard of existing, but have never seen.
What it means in Baton Rouge: Where you hang out to study, tailgate and get some sun on campus.
26. Spanish Town
What it means everywhere else: A town with Spanish residents.
What it means in Baton Rouge: Where you go for the largest and most awesome Mardi Gras parade in the city.
27. The 13th Gate
What it means everywhere else: Your gate number at the airport.
What it means in Baton Rouge: A massively awesome haunted house that will scare the wits all the way out of you.
28. Galactic Bowling
What it means everywhere else: A way celestial beings pass time with their buddies.
What it means in Baton Rouge: Party-time bowling at Circle Bowl! Bowling under black lights, lasers, fog and LED lights to dance music by a DJ. Galactic!
29. Bluebonnet
What it means everywhere else: Either a hat, a plant, or a margarine spread.
What it means in Baton Rouge: 103-acre swamp and nature center, perfect for hiking and bird watching.
30. Castle
What it means everywhere else: A large, medieval building that might have a moat.
What it means in Baton Rouge: How you refer to the former state capitol building. For instance, “Turn right at the castle. You can’t miss it’.
What other words mean something different in the Baton Rouge? Tell us in the comments below! 
