bug
n.— «Three-digit lottery games with daily drawings, such as the one that starts Tuesday in Georgia, are virtually identical in format to longtime illegal games—the “Bug” in Atlanta, the “Numbers” up north, and the “Bolita” among the Hispanic communities of South Florida.» —“Experts say state lotteries compete with illegal numbers games in cities” by Charles Walston Atlanta Constitution (Ga.) Aug. 8, 1993. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Debbie from Crawfordsville, Florida, says that when she and her husband reach an impasse while working on something, they’ll say Let’s grok about it, which they use to mean “Let’s think about it.” Grok was coined by...
Frederick from Valdosta, Georgia, wonders about the term galley-west. To knock something galley-west means to “knock it into confusion” “send everything in all directions.” In Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry...