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Pittsburgh/SWPA geographic names
- Aliquippa
- Allderdice
- Alvernia
- Ambridge
- Ardmore
- Aspinwall
- Avonworth
- Beechview
- Belmar
- Benedum
- Braddock
- Brashear
- Brereton
- Bridgeville
- Brookline
- Brownsville
- Brushton
- Canonsburg
- Carlow
- Chalfant
- Crafton
- Crider’s
- Deener
- Eastvale
- Edinboro
- Emsworth
- Fernway
- Filmore
- Glassport
- Glenshaw
- Greensburg
- Haine
- Herron
- Homewood
- Idlewild
- Indiantown
- Karns
- Kedron
- Kennard
- Kennywood
- Kittaning
- Larimer
- Lawrenceville
- Leetsdale
- Lemington
- Ligonier
- McArdle
- McCandless
- McKees
- McKeesport
- McKnightmare
- McMunn
- McNaugher
- Milliones
- Millvale
- Mon
- Monessen
- Monroeville
- Montefiore
- Morganza
- Morningside
- Mucklerat
- Murrysville
- Negley
- Northview
- Oakmont
- Ossipee
- Overbrook
- Passavant
- Pennsylvanian
- Pennsylvanians
- Pittsburgher
- Pittsburghers
- Portersville
- Pymatuning
- Rankin
- Redstone
- Renfrew
- Richland
- Ringgold
- Rockville
- S’Liberty
- Sandcastle
- Schenley
- Sewickley
- Shadyside
- Shaler
- Sharpsburg
- Skeetersville
- Spang’s
- Steeler
- Steelers
- Swissvale
- Thornberry
- Treesdale
- Uniontown
- Warrendale
- Waynesburg
- Wendover
- Wexford
- Whittier
- Wiley
- Wilkinsburg
- Winebiddle
- Woolslair
- Yost
- Zelie
- Zelienople
Pittsburgh personal names
- Bettis
- Bonilla
- Irvis
- Kaufer
- Krenn
- Kudzma
- Mueller
- Sebak
- Stargell
- Wiggin
Pittsburgh lexicon
- ‘n
- Eat’n
- grinnies
- grinny
- gumband
- gumbands
- N’
- n’at
- nebby
- outen
- outened
- outens
- Pittsburghese
- redd
- redded
- redds
- rench
- renched
- renches
- Trib
- WAMO
- yinz
- yinzer
- yinzers
Company/brand names (local or otherwise)
- Amiesite
- Applebee
- Applebee’s
- Arby’s
- Baba’s
- Blaw-Knox
- C-SPAN
- Chi-Chi
- Cigna
- Cutler-Hammer
- Damico’s
- Donatelli’s
- Dunkin
- Dunkin’
- Foodland
- Groceria
- Gullifty’s
- Heppenstall
- Hermanowski’s
- Highmark
- Isaly’s
- Italiana
- Klavon’s
- Koppers
- Loews
- Lutz’s
- Mariani’s
- Mezzanotte
- Panera
- Parma’s
- Pelusi
- Penn-Mac
- Pennysaver
- Poli’s
- Primanti
- Starbucks
- Stroh’s
- Sunseri’s
- Yuengling
- Yuenglings
Unexpected omissions from Unisyn
- anchorpeople
- anchorwoman
- anchorwomen
- aneurysm
- aneurysms
- artsy
- bachelorette
- bachelorettes
- bacterias
- balled
- balling
- bling
- busing
- capris
- CD
- CDs
- com
- commodification
- cookout
- cookouts
- cornrow
- cornrows
- dietitian
- dietitians
- disrespected
- disrespecting
- DJ
- DJs
- docent
- docents
- dodgeball
- DVD
- DVDs
- extracurricular
- gelato
- gelatos
- Grier
- gummies
- humongous
- impatien
- impatiens
- jitney
- jitneys
- kickboxer
- kickboxers
- knick
- knicks
- kook
- kooks
- Kwanzaa
- Lakers
- limburger
- maxes
- melding
- minoring
- moonshot
- moonshots
- nonscientific
- outdoorsman
- partier
- phys
- pierogi
- pierogie
- pierogies
- podiatrist
- popsicle
- popsicles
- pre
- rec
- reface
- refacing
- righty
- rotaries
- segue
- Septembers
- Slovenians
- St
- stepdad
- stepdads
- stepkid
- stepkids
- stepsibling
- stepsiblings
- stogie
- stogies
- tarp
- tarps
- townie
- unironically
- uppity
- webcam
- webcams
- worldview
- worldviews
- y’all
- y’alls
Other
- babushka
- babushkas
- Blige
- bro
- co-ed
- co-own
- co-owns
- coanchor
- coanchors
- collab
- craneman
- grandpap
- grandpaps
- heart-shaped
- homie
- homies
- hoodie
- hoodies
- Juneteenth
- Limbaugh
- locally-owned
- Mawr
- McGruder
- meister
- mic
- microbrew
- microbrews
- mics
- nickelodeons
- Pittsburghy
- reeducation
- rollerskate
- rollerskated
- rollerskates
- rollerskating
- Sambo
- scaredy
- Shawntae
- sociolinguists
- sucky
- there’re
- treaters
- underwears
- wouldn’t’ve
- Zehner
Allowable colloquial spellings
- ‘nother
- ‘til
- I’mma
- tryna
Allowable interjections
- ahh
- aw
- jeez
- mmm
- nah
- oo
- woohoo
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