Philadelphia Slang
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Philadelphia Slang are words normally affiliated with the City of Philadelphia and its surrounding counties.
[edit] B
- (The) BCP: Nearby Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- The Ben Franklin: Bridge extending between Old City section of Philadelphia and Camden, N.J. "The Ben Franklin's backed up all the way to Chinatown on Friday afternoons in the summer."
- Billy Penn: William Penn (and the associated Billy Penn Curse)
- Blue Route: Nickname for I-476 between Chester and the Pennsylvania Turnpike (See Northeast Extension). The Blue Route got its name from the color of ink used to draw the proposed route for the "Mid-County Expressway" (its official name). A red route and a green route were also proposed, but the Blue route is the one that was actually constructed.
[edit] C
- Center City: The section of Philadelphia originally laid out by William Penn. What would be referred to as "downtown" in most other cities.
- Conshohocken Curve: Where the Schuylkill Expressway turns from a predominantly eastward direction to a predominantly southward one, across the Schuylkill River from the city of Conshohocken.
- Conshy: Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, a nearby suburb
- Crosstown: Interstate 676 (also called the Vine Street Expressway that joins Interstate 76 with the Ben Franklin Bridge.
[edit] D
- Delco: Nearby Delaware County, Pennsylvania
- Down the Shore: Vacationing at one of the beaches of southern New Jersey, as in "You won't find her at home. She's down the shore." Variant: Down da Shore
- D-town: Doylestown, PA, also referring to Downingtown, PA
- Del-Val: Delaware Valley
[edit] E
- The EL: The Market-Frankford Subway-Elevated Line owned by SEPTA
[edit] F
- FDR/The Lakes: FDR Park and the connected skatepark off of Broad Street, directly under Interstate 95
[edit] I
- Iggles: The Philadelphia Eagles football team
[edit] J
- Jawn: A catch all term used to mean any person,place or thing.
- Judy Garland Park: A public park at the edge of Center City, at the Schuylkill River waterfront between Locust and Lombard Streets; its tongue-in-cheek name comes from its status as popular dog-walking spot for gay residents of Center City.
[edit] K
- K & A: Area of Northeast Philadelphia encompassing the Kensington and Allegheney sections (site of the fictitious Rocky movies)
- Kenzo: Nickname for a section of Lower Northeast Philadelphia, called Kensington. Also, name for a person who is from and/or lives in said neighborhood.
[edit] L
- LBC: Lower Bucks County, a suburb of Philadelphia.
- Leave-it-town: A derogatory nickname for Levittown, Pennsylvania, a nearby suburb.
- The Linc: Lincoln Financial Field (Eagles home stadium)
- Love Park: J.F.K. Plaza, site of the famous "Love" sculpture
[edit] P
- Penn: University of Pennsylvania
- Pittston Apples: Tomatos
- The P & W: The former Philadelphia & Western Railroad, now the SEPTA Route 100 line.
- The Platt: Belmont Plateau/Belmont Grove (popular gathering area in Fairmount Park for the Greek Picnic)
- Pashunk: Passyunk Ave, a popular street in South Philadelphia
- The Phils: The Philadelphia Phillies baseball team.
[edit] S
- Shunk: Nickname for Passyunk Avenue, in South Philadelphia. Also the true name of a street, "Shunk Street," in south Philadelphia.
- The Schuylkill: The Schuylkill Expressway (I-76)
- The Speedline: Port Authority operated PATCO High Speedline between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden County, New Jersey
- St. Joe's: St. Joseph's University
[edit] V
- The Vet: The former Veterans Stadium multi-sport complex (demolished in 2004)
[edit] W
- The Whitman: The Walt Whitman Bridge
- Wiz Witout: Terminology for a cheesesteak, with cheez whiz, and without onions.
[edit] Y
- Youse: You all (you plural)
