BBQ. Here it means to either slow cook (for several hours) with dry rub, or to use a BBQ sauce, and it MUST happen in a grill. In some other areas, BBQ covers anything cooked on the grill. We call that "grilling out." Imagine my surprise when I went to a BBQ that a newly relocated coworker from the North East held. I was expecting ribs, pulled pork, something from a big animal, cooked slowly and yummy. We had hot dogs.

My husband, from Oregon, says "is what it is, is...." He insists everyone says it in his home town.