Texas swale
n.— «“We will be removing the ‘Texas swales’ from the roadway,” Lawrence said. “Texas swales” is the term for water draining across the road.» —“City ready to pave 145 miles of roads” by George McGinn Sun-Herald (Florida) Jan. 12, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Chad in Hilliard, Florida, wonders about the expression old as Methuselah, meaning “extremely advanced in years.” The phrase references Methuselah, a figure in Jewish, Islamic, and Christian tradition said to be 969 years old when he...
Aubrey in Waco, Texas, says her mother used to warn the kids against contracting honkus of the bonkus, a fanciful name for a contagious disease. This colloquial term probably comes from the words bonk and konk, meaning “to hit” or...