Local Language - Malibu, California
What are 10 phrases, lingo, pronunciations, references, etc. that make your city unique? Give us a list, numbered 1 to 10, including some funny anecdotes/stories of how each of these localisms caused confusion or how they came about. For example, in New York they pronounce "Houston Street" like "HOW-STON" not like the city in Texas).
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* Please be opinionated, informal, playful, and conversational (imagine you are giving straightforward, no-holds-barred advice to a close friend).
* Please be sure that your advice is always clear and actionable.
* Avoid superlatives. Instead of describing something as "wonderful / amazing / incredible / terrific" paint a picture of the "wonderful / amazing / incredible" situation with details (in other words "show" don't "tell").
* Back it up. Please back up claims with examples and statistics. For example, if you're talking about the "highest" hotel, the "lowest" point of a city you'll need to back it up with relevant statistics (It's the tallest hotel in the city at a mile high). Include examples of dishes at restaurants (knowing that a restaurant serves French-Japanese fare is not enough—we want to know that they serve dishes like salmon-tartare dumplings and black cod seasoned with miso)
• Prove you were there. We're not looking for descriptions that could have come straight from a hotel website or a PR release. Prove you know this city/hotel/restaurant by sharing the kind of information only an insider would know.
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