I'm going to tell you about some lingo you might hear in Washington DC, so that you know exactly what people are talking about.
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I'm going to tell you about
seven words and phrases that you might come across while you're planning your trip or while you're here in DC. If you've heard any other
phrases or jargon about DC and aren't sure what it means,
leave a comment on this video and if I know, I'll try to answer it.
Otherwise, let's get started...
1. The Mall. This is one that I use in my videos all of the time.
The mall is short for National Mall and Memorial Parks,
which is the giant national park downtown where you will find most of the major
monuments, memorials and other big sites. And no, it is not a shopping mall.
So don't come expecting to find any department stores or food courts. When you visit DC
you will probably spend a good chunk of your time
down on the mall, because that's where a lot of the major sites are located.
2. DMV. When most people hear
DMV they think of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
The place where you go every few years when your driver's license expires or you need new license plates for your car.
However, here, DMV typically stands for District of Columbia,
Maryland, and Virginia. People typically use it to refer to the entire metro area.
For example, if someone asks, where's the best pizza in the DMV?
What they're really asking is
What's the best place to get pizza in the city or the suburbs? On the other hand if you hear someone say,
where's the best pizza in the District?
They're asking only about where to get pizza in the city.
3. K Street
If you've watched my Washington DC street grid video, then you already know the city is divided into four
quadrants. When people say K Street, they're really talking about the stretch of K Street NW that runs through downtown.
Historically, this is where a of lobbying firms had their offices. Even though these days they're spread out quite a bit more,
there's still a decent concentration of these firms there.
So when people say K Street, it's typically a slang and what they really mean is lobbyists.
This is the same way that people will use Wall Street as a slang when they want to say bankers.
So for example, if you hear someone say, oh such-and-such politician has sold out to K Street,
they really means that they got bought off by some lobbyists.
4. The Hill.
This one actually has a dual meaning. The hill is short for
Capitol Hill, which could either mean the Capitol complex or the neighborhood to the east of the Capitol by the same name. For example,
if you're in a coffee shop, and you overhear someone say they have to go to a meeting on the hill,
it probably means they have to meet with some Congress person's office. The hill could also refer to the neighborhood called Capitol Hill.
So if you meet someone and they tell you that they live on the hill,
they're talking about the neighborhood, not the political stuff.
5. Beltway. The Beltway refers to interstate 495 which forms a loop around Washington DC's suburbs,
so if you're listening to the morning radio
you might hear about horrible traffic on the Beltway,
because it's typically pretty infamous. People will also use Beltway to refer to political issues, and they do this by saying
inside or outside the Beltway.
So for example,
if you hear someone say, nobody cares about such-and-such issue
outside the Beltway,
what they mean is only people who really work deep in politics care about that issue, and that the rest of the country really doesn't.
6. Half Smoke. A half smoke is a sausage served on a bun
that's pretty unique to this area. The most famous half smokes are served at Ben's Chili Bowl on U Street NW,
although there are plenty of places you can get a half-smoke nowadays. The name is actually a bit of a mystery.
Some people think it's called a half-smoke because the sausage is made of half beef and half pork, and then smoked on a grill. Other
people think it's called a half-smoke because the sausage is typically cut in half before it's cooked. Regardless,
it's actually one of my favorite things to eat and I do recommend trying one while you're here.
7. Slugline. This comes from the practice of slugging, which really only exists here in Washington DC and also in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Slugging is a type of anonymous,
decentralized carpooling. A driver will pull his
car into a big parking lot and then riders going to the same place where he or she is going will get into their car.
Then that group of people is able to use the carpool lanes on the interstate to get into the city a lot faster. And traffic
In DC can be pretty brutal, so being able to legally use those carpool lanes can make a huge difference.
The driver obviously
benefits because he or she gets to drive their own car into the city and get to use the carpool lanes; and the riders benefit
too because it's often a lot faster than riding the bus; and free!
The slug line is the actual line that people will stand in while they're waiting to get picked up. And that's it!
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