A woman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, say that there, if someone’s fly is open, instead of saying “XYZ” for “examine your zipper,” many people say “Kennywood is open.” Kennywood, it turns out, is a nearby amusement park. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Pittsburgh Phrase “Kennywood Is Open” Means Your Fly Is Down”
You remember our conversation about examine your zipper. Yeah, different ways that you can tell people that they’re flies.
Yeah, yeah, and probably the most common one, the one that I knew of was xyz.
Right, examine your zipper. We heard from Nina Lyons, and she says in Pittsburgh we say Kennywood is open.
What’s Kennywood? A local amusement park.
Is that like Kenny Rogers? Is that like—no, no, like Dollywood. I was just thinking like a park.
It’s an amusement park. She said just the other night this happened to my husband, and he said, “Why didn’t you tell me Kennywood was open?” She said, “I didn’t notice. I’m borrowing that one.”
