Micah in Council Bluffs, Iowa, reports reading an account of a fistfight between 19th-century newspaper editors in which one was hit with a sockdolager, meaning “a knockout punch” or a “heavy, decisive blow,” and wonders if...
The grandmother of a woman in Council Bluffs, Iowa, says tousled hair looks like a hoorah’s nest. Also spelled hurrah’s nest or hooraw’s nest, this means “an untidy mess” or “a commotion.” Its origin is...
Counciltucky n.— «I can walk to my Office window and see King’s district, Council Bluffs. People on my side of the River refer to it as “Counciltucky.” I don’t think the town is particularly racist, just dumb.» —“Steve...