1. Raven
What it means everywhere else: A bird.
What it means in Southern Indiana: An award-winning wooden roller coaster and the pride and joy of Holiday World in Santa Claus, Ind.
2. Peach
What it means everywhere else: A fruit, often used to make pies.
What it means in Southern Indiana: An enormous 20-ft tall stone peach accompanied by a small replica of the Washington Monument off of Highway 41
3. Fried
What it means everywhere else: The process in which something is cooked in oil.
What it means in Southern Indiana: An adjective that can be added in front of literally any food, instantly making it that much more delicious, found frequently at Evansville’s Fall Festival.
4. Country
What it means everywhere else: A nation with its own government.
What it means in Southern Indiana: Music often found pumping through the speakers in this part of the Hoosier State.
5. Cow Pie
What it means everywhere else: A meat pie consisting of vegetables and beef.
What it means in Southern Indiana: Cow droppings, named “cow pie” for the unique shape they take after hitting the ground.
6. Deer
What it means everywhere else: A cute, harmless animal memorialized in the movie “Bambi.”
What it means in Southern Indiana: An animal that becomes a roadway hazard after refusing to follow the local traffic laws; Also see: a delicious source of meat.
7. Summer
What it means everywhere else: The best time of the year to hit the beach, work on a tan, and spot bikinis.
What it means in Southern Indiana: The time of the year in which the great outdoors becomes a humid deathtrap.
8. Camo
What it means everywhere else: A pattern used on clothing made for hunting with the purpose of disguising oneself while outdoors.
What it means in Southern Indiana: A pattern that is worn regardless of the occasion, frequently seen on t-shirts, swimsuits, and at times, even formal wear.
9. Puppy Chow
What it means everywhere else: Food puppies eat.
What it means in Southern Indiana: A blend of chocolate, peanut butter, cereal, and powdered sugar that instantly makes you everyone’s favorite person at a party.
10. Winter
What it means everywhere else: The time of the year that the great outdoors turns into a snow-filled winter wonderland.
What it means in Southern Indiana: The time of the year that sleet and hail falls from the sky coating everything in a thin layer of ice.
11. Ski
What it means everywhere else: A board used to slide on snow.
What it means in Southern Indiana: A drink that’s similar to Mountain Dew, yet somehow so much better, with a citrusy, tangy blend of flavors, perfect for a humid summer day.
12. Corn
What it means everywhere else: A vegetable; Also see: a hard rock band.
What it means in Southern Indiana: The scenery that stretches in every direction for as far as the eyes can see.
13. Forecast
What it means everywhere else: A relatively accurate prediction with regards to what weather is on its way.
What it means in Southern Indiana: A weatherman’s way of toying with viewers, often seemingly a guess with regards to what types of things will be falling from the sky that day.
14. Pop
What it means everywhere else: Something you can do to a bubble or a balloon.
What it means in Southern Indiana: Anything that’s carbonated and filled with sugar.
15. Grippo’s
What it means everywhere else: Possibly a work-out technique used to improve one’s grip?
What it means in Southern Indiana: A potato chip doused in a dusty flavoring that combines sweet, spicy, and savory, all into one bite.
16. The River
What it means everywhere else: A body of flowing water that’s larger than a stream.
What it means in Southern Indiana: The Ohio River, an endless source of aquatic entertainment for some.
17. Band
What it means everywhere else: A small group of musicians that tour the country in an effort to sell CDs.
What it means in Southern Indiana: A large group of high school musicians that spend endless hours outside during the hot Indiana summer practicing their footwork so that they don’t trip during the halftime of a football game.
18. Cats
What it means everywhere else: A tiny furry creature often domesticated as a house pet.
What it means in Southern Indiana: University of Kentucky sports, the archrival of Indiana basketball.
19. Twister
What it means everywhere else: A game in which people intertwine their bodies in attempt to place their hands or feet on a certain colored space.
What it means in Southern Indiana: A massive wind storm that often sends Hoosiers ducking for cover.
20. Pizza King
What it means everywhere else: A royal entity that rules over all the pizza in the land.
What it means in Southern Indiana: A very popular Indiana pizza chain that makes the best Stromboli around.
21. Public Transportation
What it means everywhere else: A dirty, stinky, efficient way of getting from one place to another, often found in big cities.
What it means in Southern Indiana: A mythical form of transportation, never seen but often heard of in friends’ vacation horror stories.
22. Otters
What it means everywhere else: Cute, little aquatic animals.
What it means in Southern Indiana: A local minor league baseball team and everyone’s favorite underdog in the Evansville area.
23. Alma Mater
What it means everywhere else: The place a person went to college.
What it means in Southern Indiana: The place a person went to high school.
24. Skiing
What it means everywhere else: Gliding smoothly down a mountain on perfectly white snow.
What it means in Southern Indiana: Skipping across the water on two planks of wood in tow of a speed boat waiting for the inevitable sting of a crash.
25. Aces
What it means everywhere else: Often the most valuable cards in the deck, signified by the letter “A” in the corner.
What it means in Southern Indiana: The Evansville Purple Aces.
26. The Boat
What it means everywhere else: A boat used for fishing.
What it means in Southern Indiana: The casino in Evansville, also known as the Casino Aztar.
27. Basketball
What it means everywhere else: A sport that involves tossing a ball through a hoop.
What it means in Southern Indiana: A way of life in Southern Indiana, often taught to children briefly after their first steps.
28. Bobby Knight
What it means everywhere else: That one basketball coach that threw the chair during a game.
What it means in Southern Indiana: The greatest basketball coach of all time, as close to a god as a mortal man can get.
29. Screaming Eagle
What it means everywhere else: An eagle making a mating call.
What it means in Southern Indiana: The mascot for the University of Southern Indiana, one of the most dominating schools in the area.
30. Hoosiers
What it means everywhere else: Some old movie about a basketball team.
What it means in Southern Indiana: The term used to unite everyone in Southern Indiana as one group.
What other words mean something entirely different in Southern Indiana? Tell us in the comments below!
