How The Biggest Cities Got Their Names

26 Comments on How The Biggest Cities Got Their Names

1. According to Bill Cosby Chicago means ‘Stinky Onion’!

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2. Way back in the 60’s my grandfather told me about the last of the Illinois tribe that lived next door. They said Chicago meant Stinky City. Not too far off from stinky onion.

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3. According to the documentary, San Diego is a German term that means “whale vagina.” Ron Burgundy is as reputable as any talking head on MSNBC.

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4. Shit-cargo.
   Been there a couple of times. Not impressed.

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5. ^^^^the Anchorman documentary.

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6. I live near Cincinnati, which takes its name from Cincinnatus, a Roman voted dictarorial powers to deal with a civic emergency, after which he is said to have VOULENTARILY surrended his powers and return to doing something actually useful instead of seeking to retain power.

   If true, he was the first polititian to do that.

   And the last.

   …Not sure why Cincinnati took his name tho, unless it meant as a sarcastic joke as NO Cincinnati politician has EVER done anything useful in THEIR lives to return to…

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7. I got a smile learning that nobody has any idea how Dallas TX got its name, and the man who named it died in an insane asylum.

   I wish they’d told us the name origin of Pahrump NV.

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8. Any blue city can be identified as commie, liberal, cheating bastards regardless of the nick-name they gave it.

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9. Uncle Al: I think Pahrump is Ute for bad water.

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10. Whut about Dildo, Newfoundland?

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11. Or Humptulips, Washington.

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12. Busfuk, NV.
    (Actual location changes frequently.)

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13. Does it take 2 buses to tango in Busfuk, Nevada?

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14. Intercourse, PA?
    I can only imagine what they say if yer caught speeding!

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15. @Harry – just up the road from “Bird In Hand”.
    https://duckduckgo.com/?hps=1&q=bird+in+hand+pa&iaxm=maps&source=places
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16. There’s always Hell, MI

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17. Drain, Oregon

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18. Floyd’s Knob, Indiana.

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19. Beaver, Utah

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20. I’m still trying to find East Jesus and Podunk :/

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21. There is a town named Why in Arizona. I saw it as a kid. But now I can’t remember where Why is .. or how it got its name

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22. Guess how Beaver Crossing Nebraska got its name?

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23. Any hikers here? You may want to visit Nellie’s Nipple

    https://www.mountainzone.com/mountains/california/kern-ca/summits/nellies-nipple/

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24. Cumming, GA

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25. Another really big thing with a strange name is the Grand Tetons which means big tits in French named by a horny French mountain man.

26. yuma az, coined by a us cavalryman after being mortally-perforated by an indigenous weapon: you mo…