1. Corn
What it means everywhere else: A vegetable.
What it means in South Dakota: That thing that seems to pop up more than weeds. Also, a palace in Mitchell.
2. Pecker Pole
What it means everywhere else: A phrase that would’ve sent you into a fit of giggles in junior high school.
What it means in South Dakota: A small tree or sapling.
3. North
What it means everywhere else: The truest direction on a compass, a star, and the name of Kanye and Kim’s baby.
What it means in South Dakota: The lesser of the Dakotas.
4. Eastside VS Westside
What it means everywhere else: A rivalry between rappers from the East Coast and West Coast traditions.
What it means in South Dakota: A rivalry between South Dakotans from the east side or the west side of the Great Missouri River.
5. Traffic
What it means everywhere else: When too many cars block the road and you get stuck for a while.
What it means in South Dakota: When bison decide to cross the road and you get stuck for a while.
6. Dinner
What it means everywhere else: The last meal of the day, eaten in the evening.
What it means in South Dakota: The second meal of the day, eaten after breakfast and before supper.
7. Crick
What it means everywhere else: That thing you get in your neck when you sleep on in all wrong.
What it means in South Dakota: The correct pronunciation of the word spelled “creek.”
8. Shorts
What it means everywhere else: That article of clothing you wear when it’s really hot outside.
What it means in South Dakota: That article of clothing you bust out on the first forty-degree day.
9. Hot Beef
What it means everywhere else: Beef of a certain temperature.
What it means in South Dakota: The best regional sandwich in the entire country.
10. Drug Store
What it means everywhere else: Where you go to pick up medication, band-aids, bath products, and other boring stuff.
What it means in South Dakota: Wall Drug Store—literally the most magical place to stop when you’re on the road for a while and need to stretch your legs.
11. Cows
What it means everywhere else: A docile farm animal that’s often turned into burgers or steak, or used for milk.
What it means in South Dakota: The animal you’re most afraid will turn on humans since they outnumber you 4:1.
12. Income Tax
What it means everywhere else: That sad chunk of money you’ll never see that comes out of your paycheck.
What it means in South Dakota: Income tax? Please. Who pays income tax anymore?
13. Rush
What it means everywhere else: To hurry or move quickly.
What it means in South Dakota: South Dakota’s awesome professional ice hockey team, the Rapid City Rush.
14. Badlands
What it means everywhere else: That cool Bruce Springsteen song.
What it means in South Dakota: One of South Dakota’s best national parks, and one of the prettiest places on Earth.
15. Storm
What it means everywhere else: A kind of weather that sweeps in and decimates things in its path.
What it means in South Dakota: An indoor football team from Sioux Falls that runs in and decimates the opposing team.
16. Pierre
What it means everywhere else: A super French sounding name.
What it means in South Dakota: The state capital that is correctly pronounced “Pier.”
17. Deadwood
What it means everywhere else: The popular western television series that aired on HBO.
What it means in South Dakota: That town that was literally dead until the HBO western television series of the same name drew in a few tourists.
18. Fargo
What it means everywhere else: The amazing dark comedy film by the Coen brothers.
What it means in South Dakota: That city that you wish people would stop saying was in your state. It’s not in your state. You’re thinking of North Dakota. And no, you don’t talk like that.
19. Monks
What it means everywhere else: A person who is part of a monastic order… and there are sometimes robes involved.
What it means in South Dakota: Monk’s House of Ale Repute—the best place to sit back and enjoy a good craft beer.
20. Winter
What it means everywhere else: One of four seasons, when the weather gets cooler and you pull out some mittens and a coat.
What it means in South Dakota: One of two seasons (the other being summer) where the skies open up and unleash Hoth-like amounts of snow and ice upon the entire state.
21. Driving
What it means everywhere else: Maneuvering a car from one place to another after you turn sixteen years old.
What it means in South Dakota: That thing you learn how to do as soon as your feet can touch the pedals. Hey, it’s not like there are many cars out there anyway.
22. The Hills
What it means everywhere else: The terrible reality show featuring privileged California rich kids. Or just literal hills.
What it means in South Dakota: Shorthand for the Black Hills.
Did we miss anything? Share words that mean something different in South Dakota in the comments below! 
