1. Rain
What it means everywhere else: When water falls from the sky and you spend the whole day in sweatpants watching Netflix instead of going outside.
What it means in Seattle: Oh, is it raining? Didn’t even notice.
2. Sun
What it means everywhere else: The big bright ball of light in the sky that rises and sets every day.
What it means in Seattle: A rare and mysterious creature that only completely emerges once every few months, which causes mass celebration.
3. Freeze
What it means everywhere else: When temperatures drop below thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit.
What it means in Seattle: When out-of-towners move to Seattle and no one will talk to them at the bar.
4. iPhone
What it means everywhere else: The phone you and everyone else want to own.
What it means in Seattle: That phone you can’t buy because you work for Microsoft.
5. Vitamin R
What it means everywhere else: Wait… am I supposed to be taking a supplement for that?
What it means in Seattle: The much beloved Rainier Beer.
6. Ice Cream
What it means everywhere else: A sweet, cold, creamy summer treat.
What it means in Seattle: Molly Moon’s forever and always. You can’t remember the last time you ate any other kind.
7. Flannel
What it means everywhere else: A casual shirt with a tartan or plaid pattern.
What it means in Seattle: Totally acceptable as formalwear.
8. Bagel
What it means everywhere else: A dense circular breakfast bread, pronounced beg-all.
What it means in Seattle: Oh, you mean a baggle?
8. Pre-Funk
What it means everywhere else: A time before funk music was invented.
What it means in Seattle: To drink before a party (or function).
10. Rack
What it means everywhere else: Like a shelf, but usually made from metal. A place you’d store your spices, or what you’d hook your bike up to on the back of your car.
What it means in Seattle: A twenty-four pack of beer.
11. Starbucks
What it means everywhere else: A super popular coffee chain known for their sugary drinks.
What it means in Seattle: Every Seattleite’s second language. You know about seven hundred custom drink combinations, and it’s a tall not a small.
12. Snow
What it means everywhere else: Beautiful blankets of white frozen fluff that fall from the sky and turn everything into a winter wonderland.
What it means in Seattle: A quarter of an inch? Well, it’s time to shut the city down.
13. Spit
What it means everywhere else: To expel saliva from your mouth.
What it means in Seattle: Something the sky does at least ninety percent of the time.
14. Filthy
What it means everywhere else: Something that’s extremely dirty—usually a word that has a negative connotation.
What it means in Seattle: The equivalent of “cool” or “sick”.
15. Keyed
What it means everywhere else: Something you never want to happen to you car.
What it means in Seattle: To smoke weed (which is totally legal) and get high.
16. Soccer
What it means everywhere else: A sport that’s popular worldwide, but not so much in the United States.
What it means in Seattle: The first and true football—Go Sounders!
17. Portland
What it means everywhere else: The weird but hip city in the Pacific Northwest that’s parodied on Portlandia.
What it means in Seattle: That little city that’s trying way too hard to be like Seattle.
18. Umbrella
What it means everywhere else: The practical thing you pull out when it’s raining to keep yourself dry.
What it means in Seattle: A big flashing red sign over your head that reads TOURIST.
19. S.L.U.T.
What it means everywhere else: Well… a pretty terrible thing to call someone.
What it means in Seattle: The really unfortunate acronym for the poorly thought out South Lake Union Trolley.
20. Volcano
What it means everywhere else: A mountain above a rupture in the Earth that’s filled with lava and sometimes erupts.
What it means in Seattle: The gorgeous Mount Rainier that’s part of your skyline, but that you’re always secretly a little worried will destroy the whole city someday.
21. Troll
What it means everywhere else: A mythical creature, or some negative person on the Internet who’s only trying to get a reaction.
What it means in Seattle: The Fremont Troll AKA the creepiest and coolest statue in the entire world.
22. Duck Hunting
What it means everywhere else: Hunting for… well… ducks.
What it means in Seattle: Grabbing an absolutely massive clam, a Geoduck, by the neck with your bare hands.
23. Recycling
What it means everywhere else: Sometimes you throw the plastic bottles in a different bin.
What it means in Seattle: You haven’t actually thrown anything away in about seven years.
24. Chickens
What it means everywhere else: Animals that live on a farm and make a fantastic dinner.
What it means in Seattle: Common backyard pets.
25. Grunge
What it means everywhere else: A popular genre of 90s rock music.
What it means in Seattle: Yeah… Seattle invented that. You’re welcome, angsty high school kids everywhere.
What other words mean something different in Seattle? Tell us in the comments below! 
