1. Nevada
How it’s pronounced everywhere else: Nev-AH-dah
How it’s pronounced in Nevada: Nev-ADD-ah. And if you pronounce it any other way, you’re no longer welcome here.
2. Extraterrestrials
What it means everywhere else: Fictional beings from outer space. Think: Men In Black or Sigourney Weaver.
What it means in Nevada: Things that some people totally believe in here. In fact, we have more alien sightings than any other state. Plus, we have Area 51, the Extraterrestrial Highway, and plenty of alien enthusiasts.
3. Strip
What it means everywhere else: the act of taking off one’s clothes
What it means in Nevada: the 4 mile stretch of neon lights and casinos in Las Vegas that attracts tourists like moths to a flame. Note: Must be avoided by locals at all costs.
4. Slot Zombie
What it means everywhere else: An un-dead monster featured in a casino game.
What it means in Nevada: A person so engrossed by gambling machines that he or she loses touch with reality. Almost everyone knows at least one slot zombie.
5. Excalibur
What it means everywhere else: the legendary sword of King Arthur.
What it means in Nevada: The giant neon glowing themed casino on the Las Vegas strip whose sole purpose is to host the bachelor and bachelorette parties of out-of-towners.
6. Rebels
What it means everywhere else: A person who rises in opposition to the norm. They often kick butts and take names.
What it means in Nevada: UNLV’s team loved and supported by most people in the state.
7. Wolf Pack
What it means everywhere else: A group wild canines that hunt for their prey together.
What it means in Nevada: The University of Nevada sports team that hunts on Rebels together. In Nevada, you either root for the Rebels or the Wolfpack. Never both. And both teams are as menacing as they sound.
8. Airport
What it means everywhere else: A place you go to travel via plane.
What it means in Nevada: A place you go to gamble…. and/or travel via plane. Don’t believe me? Visit the Reno Airport.
9. Las Vegas
What it means everywhere else: The City of Sin. The most scandalous city in the US. Whether it’s gambling, strippers or the booze, what happens there “stays” there.
What it means in Nevada: A place that gets a ton of attention for its 4 mile Strip. But everyone from Nevada knows that Vegas is actually a giant area of land mostly composed of ordinary, everyday American neighborhoods and suburbs.
10. Buffet
What it means everywhere else: a style of serving food in which you serve several types of dishes, usually in large quantities
What it means in Nevada: the only way to properly serve a meal in Nevada. If it’s not buffet style, it’s not worth it.
11. Burners
What it means everywhere else: The part of a stove-top that emits the flame. They can often be set from low to high.
What it means in Nevada: The people who attend the world-famous Burning Man event in the Black Rock Desert. Much like the heat on stove-tops, they can also get really high.
12. Gold
What it means everywhere else: The most precious of metals.
What it means in Nevada: A ubiquitous metal that is all over the state. Seriously. Go grab your gold pan and do some gold panning of your own. You’ll see.
13. Halloween
What it means everywhere else: A holiday where children dress up in costumes and solicit candy from their neighbors.
What it means in Nevada: A holiday where no one has to go to work because it’s usually on, or around, Nevada Day (a holiday superior to Halloween).
14. Public Intoxication
What it means everywhere else: Something you can definitely get arrested for.
What it means in Nevada: Something you can definitely get away with (as long as you kind of keep it together).
15. Heat
What it means everywhere else: Warmth.
What it means in Nevada: Dry heat (there’s hardly a reason to complain about the weather in Nevada).
16. Haunted
What it means everywhere else: Frequented by ghosts. Most people can think of one place that was rumored to be “haunted” from their hometowns growing up.
What it means in Nevada: Literally every building/home/corner of the desert in Nevada is haunted. Seriously. Even the grocery store you shop at is haunted by a gun wielding, wild west apparition.
17. Sports Car
What it means everywhere else: Something you hope your husband or wife doesn’t purchase in a midlife crisis.
What it means in Nevada: Something a lot of Nevadans care deeply, deeply about. People here can have hour long conversations with you about carburetors and horsepower.
18. Chapel
What it means everywhere else: A small church where very traditional and holy things happen.
What it means in Nevada: A not-so-spiritual place you go for a quickie wedding that usually involves a tunnel of love and an Elvis impersonator.
19. Desert
What it means everywhere else: A place where you see mirages and potentially die of dehydration.
What it means in Nevada: Everyone’s backyard.
20. Wild Horses
What it means everywhere else: A song by The Rolling Stones.
What it means in Nevada: an actual band of untamed, wild horses that majestically roam the Nevada deserts.
21. Biggest Little City
What it means everywhere else: It’s an oxymoron, like jumbo shrimp or “the Sound of Silence.”
What it means in Nevada: Reno’s nickname.
22. Spaghetti Bowl
What it means everywhere else: a bowl you eat spaghetti out of
What it means in Nevada: The messy maze of on and off-ramps at the interchange of US-95 and Interstate 15.
What other words mean something different in the Nevada? Tell us in the comments below! 
