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Best Patriots Super Bowl game since 1986
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The Cheddar Curtain: the Illinois/Wisconsin border americaexplained.org/what-is…
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Ryno: Nickname for Chicago Cubs legend Ryne Sandberg. Rest well, Ryno. 1959-2025.
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DA POPE. Chicago rocks.
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What would be the Chicago Squid Game? I’ll start: the Grand Prize Game
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Happy New Year Chicago. Stay safe.
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Empire Carpet:  A carpet dealer, known throughout Chicago for its catchy jingle ("5-8-8-2-3-hundred, Em-pire!") and frequent TV commercials with the Empire Carpet guy.
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The Fire:  1) The Great Chicago Fire which decimated Chicago on October 8-10, 1871.  2)  The major league soccer team
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Sammitch:  Pronunciation in deep Chicago slang for "sandwich."
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Field's:  Marshall Field, once a prominent Chicago department store.
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SIU:  Short for Southern Illinois University.
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Medusa's:  Legendary under-21 nightclub, which used to be located at School & Sheffield.  Now long since gone.
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Ramblers:  Loyola University's team name.
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Samurai Mike:  Chicago Bears legend and Hall of Famer Mike Singletary.
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The Land of Lincoln:  Motto for Illinois.
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"Do you want to come with":  Means "Do you want to come with (me/him/her/us.)"  There is no need to properly identify with whom, as the phrase simply ends with "with."
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