What it means everywhere else: A plate filled with garbage or unappealing food.
What it means in Rochester: A delicious plate filled home fries, baked beans, macaroni salad and meat native to the Rochester area.
What it means everywhere else: Something that’s so hot, it’s white.
What it means in Rochester: A pork hot dog that’s white in color and delicious. It’s often made by Zwiegle’s.
What it means everywhere else: A tiny cinnamon flavored candy.
What it means in Rochester: An all-beef hot dog that’s equally as delicious as its white counterpart.
What it means everywhere else: The process of leaving your car somewhere until your return.
What it means in Rochester: The most confusing system around in which legal parking areas change by the day ensuring that your car is never truly safe.
What it means everywhere else: A prehistoric reptile that was brought back to life in the 1993 classic “Jurassic Park”, resulting in the death of Newman from Seinfeld.
What it means in Rochester: The best barbecue place around, Dinosaur BBQ.
What it means everywhere else: Dolla, dolla bill, y’all!
What it means in Rochester: The only New York football team that’s acceptable for people in upstate New York to cheer for.
What it means everywhere else: The city that never sleeps.
What it means in Rochester: An entire state that is completely different than the city that never sleeps.
What it means everywhere else: An island somewhere in Asia with a giant mountain on it.
What it means in Rochester: Fujifilm, the nemesis and competitor of the locally operated Kodak.
What it means everywhere else: A country in Africa with pyramids and giant cat statues.
What it means in Rochester: A nearby area of Perinton, N.Y.
What it means everywhere else: The smallest coin in your pocket, often thought to be worthless.
What it means in Rochester: A constant reminder of how close Rochester is to Canada.
What it means everywhere else: A girl’s name.
What it means in Rochester: A nickname for the beer from the local Genesee Brewing Company.
What it means everywhere else: Tiny tube shaped body parts that sprout out from the palm of the hand.
What it means in Rochester: The Finger Lakes, huge tourist attractions in Upstate New York named for their long yet narrow shape.
What it means everywhere else: Someone who is in charge.
What it means in Rochester: The first word of “Boss Sauce”, a sweet but spicy sauce that’s made in Rochester and goes on basically anything.
What it means everywhere else: The sound a bubble makes when it explodes.
What it means in Rochester: Any sort of carbonated, sugar filled drink.
What it means everywhere else: Something brought along as bait on a fishing trip.
What it means in Rochester: The highway connection between 490 and 590, while it used to be much worse that it is now, it’s nowhere for new drivers to practice during rush hour.
What it means everywhere else: Detroit Red Wings Hockey
What it means in Rochester: The local minor league baseball team that feeds into the Minnesota Twins.
What it means everywhere else: Someone from America.
What it means in Rochester: A reference to the Rochester Americans hockey team.
What it means everywhere else: An excuse to get out of being productive for a day or two.
What it means in Rochester: White fluff that falls from the sky in huge quantities throughout the year but often has little impact on daily life.
What it means everywhere else: A wish of future success
What it means in Rochester: Good Luck Restaurant, home to some of the most innovative dishes around.
What it means everywhere else: A very aggressive wasp that stings, causing extreme pain.
What it means in Rochester: The mascot for the local university, the University of Rochester.
What it means everywhere else: A stake that goes into the ground, often used to hold things like tents down.
What it means in Rochester: A hamburger
What it means everywhere else: A whistling sound made through the nostril often an indicator of a respiratory problem or the need to sneeze.
What it means in Rochester: Brother Wease, the famous radio personality currently featured on 95.1 and broadcasted throughout the Finger Lakes area.
What it means everywhere else: A place to head during the warm summer months to cool off with a dip in the water.
What it means in Rochester: A shoreline that’s beautiful but can often only be looked at due to high levels of algae and bacteria.
What it means everywhere else: Warm months during the middle of the year in which relaxation becomes a key focus.
What it means in Rochester: A final push by the government to repair roads before the winter months come resulting in tons of headaches while driving.
What it means everywhere else: A city that’s somewhere on the East Coast with a name that loosely resembles “Rooster.”
What it means in Rochester: The Flour City, the Flower City, the place that brought the world a Kodak moment, one of the most livable places in the country, but most importantly, “home.”
