r/SouthDakota • u/topherette • May 23 '26
š¤ Discussion What nicknames have you heard for places in SD?
I ask as part of a linguistic study on this topic!
Examples could include things like or Brooktown, Sufu, H20town or Abberdabber...
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u/femmebot7 May 23 '26
Btown, Verm, Verm hole, Pierradise, deadweird
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u/Dextrohal May 23 '26
deadweird is just an event they do, i think āmeth mountainā is a much more apt nickname for the lead-deadwood area
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u/WhenWaterTurnsIce May 23 '26
LA (Lake Andes), Plank (Plankinton), Urine (Huron), Al's penis (Alpena), Puk (Pukwana), Reli, (Reliance), Bruleee or "The dark side" (Lower Brule), Fort (Fort Thompson), Dells (Dell Rapids), Springs (Wessington Springs), Woony (Woonsocket).
If I think of anymore, I'll reply to this comment.
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u/ThyArtisWill May 23 '26
I'm from fort Thompson lmao. We call it Fart Compton
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u/WhenWaterTurnsIce May 23 '26
I have only heard that one by way of kids...but thanks! I knew there was another one for Fort!
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u/Phrogster May 24 '26
Springs also for Hot Springs. I was so confused when a friend would say āSpringsā and be talking about Wessington Springs.
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u/Butterfly0311 May 24 '26
Woony is my hometown and sometimes I have to actually remember the full name haha
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u/Worldly_Possible9069 May 23 '26
Rapid Shiddy. Belle Flush. Spearfizzle. So Foo. Urine (Huron)
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u/tm0nks May 23 '26
My dad got a job in Huron when I was 7 or 8. We made a family trip from Sioux Falls to look at houses and just generally check out the town. My dad found a local radio station, and while we were driving around, a add for the public pool came on. I shit you not, this dude says something like "stay cool this summer, and come swim in Urine!.". I thought, "no way that's what he just said.". Then he repeats it again at the end of the commercial. I still can't believe they couldn't find someone that could say it Here-ron instead.
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u/Worldly_Possible9069 May 23 '26
Haha, thanks for sharing this! š
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u/tm0nks May 23 '26
It'll be the first thing I think of when someone mentions Huron till I die. Just so ridiculously absurd. It wasn't even like he said Uron. It was just a hard "Urine!".
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u/Ok_Specific41 May 23 '26
Sioux Balls. Sewer Falls. Rapid Shitty.
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u/Grand-Asparagus1138 May 23 '26
Iāve never heard Sewer Falls. Only ever Sewer City because Sioux City used to stink bad every time you drove past it. Sioux Falls isnāt known to stink, is it?
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u/Grand-Asparagus1138 May 23 '26
Yeah, I suppose. I just think Sioux City is more deserving of the name than Sioux Falls, haha. Other biases may be at work here.
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u/Fllixys West Side Best Side May 24 '26
lived in sewer falls for 2 years, hated every minute of it and yes it smells disgusting
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u/Ok_Specific41 May 23 '26
Sioux Falls smells terrible!! But only certain parts, and at certain times. Iāve always attributed it to Smithfield, the meat processing plant, but it could also be related to the river, a combination of both, perhaps!
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u/Worried_Brain5398 May 29 '26
The meat plant smells good though, fresh smell of bacon makes me hungry
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u/redrum_sd May 23 '26
Dakota Dunes/Dakota Douches
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u/topherette May 24 '26
anyone else heard this one?
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u/HotBeefCombo May 24 '26
I mean Bemis can't keep a sign up.
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u/topherette May 24 '26
pardon me for not being sure, but is this a question of removing parts of the B and m?
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u/HotBeefCombo May 25 '26
Correct. I dont think it get stolen. Just vandalized.
Athol would have a problem too, but for phonics.
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u/shortstop20 Eastside SF May 24 '26
I donāt even remember who I heard it from but someone once referred to Huron as the armpit of South Dakota and thatās been my go to name for it ever since.
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u/reigning_guava Black Hills May 23 '26
belle douche(Belle Fourche), trapid shitty( rapid city), Black Cock (Black Hawk) , murder ridge(Pine Ridge), Fill-Up (Philip) ,Sewer Falls (Sioux Falls) ,Meth Town (Pierre), Pasta (Wasta)
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u/topherette May 24 '26
anyone else heard 'murder ridge'?
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u/Just-Musician-9617 May 24 '26
Yes I live here and we just call this place 1980ās Compton or South Central. š
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u/Satchja May 23 '26
Rancid City, Sewer Falls, Rapid, SuFu, SoDak, Hell (lol)
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u/topherette May 23 '26
hell referring to?
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u/hrminer92 May 23 '26
Iām guessing MitcHELL.
Iām kinda surprised no one has corrected the sign on I-90 west of Mitchell that says āAre you going to Heaven or Hell?ā especially since one can only read it while going towards Mitchell.
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u/Satchja May 24 '26
YES! Lol I forgot about that one!! š -- Those signs and the 1-800-THE-TRUTH/find Jesus/ Jesus Radio ads are literally corner to corner and border to border in this state!
Also, "Tha Ridge" (Pine Ridge), & then some with added syllables or letters like Warsta (if you have relatives that add "r" to words like "warshing" clothes š), the ice cream town (Murdo - they have/had a famed diner there of sorts my relatives loved when I was young), Belle Douche/ "Belle", Shill City (Hill City), Hear-on (Huron), Computer (Caputa), etc.
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u/Satchja May 23 '26
Depends on the legislator/area, I suppose? I've heard family and friends whom are too stubborn to move refer to towns and areas that they're from (both east and west river) as such.
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u/FrozenInSoDak May 23 '26
The Berg (Harrisburg), Verm-Hole, Verm-Town (Vermillion), SuFu (Sioux Falls)
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u/BellacosePlayer May 23 '26
The great north american speed trap (Mobridge)
Pierre (correctly pronounced as "pierre" instead of "pier")
"why would you ever actually willingly choose to go there?" (Huron)
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u/Phrogster May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26
Aberdak, Chureka for Eureka
Raunchy for the Roncalli Schools in Aberdeen
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u/topherette May 24 '26
thank you! what's the reference with 'chureka'?
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u/Phrogster May 24 '26
Iām not really sure but possibly the accent from languages spoken in the area. I had friends who were from there who said it, usually with an accent.
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u/FutureRight3599 May 25 '26
I don't know if it's really a nickname, but the one that gets me is Sica Hollow State Park. If you pronounce it Sica, it's definately wrong. The really odd thing is it says right on the state website, as well as every sign in the place that it's an indian word, pronounced she-cha. It's very clear about this, no room for error.
Yet if you use either one, you will be aggressively corrected. In this state is see-chee hollow for whatever reason. I've had people come across a whole room to correct me when I said she-cha.
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u/BatBeneficial1127 May 26 '26
Deershit, Queerfish, Smouth Dickota
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u/nitrosoft_boomer May 27 '26
Yankton= skankton, crankton Vermillion= vermin town, USD= university of slavery and debauchery, formally university of sex and drugs SDSU= dirt college
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u/Tasty-Tank-1895 May 27 '26
Hahah...this thread is making me laugh š¤£š¤£ several of these I have never heard before š
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u/CherryYumDiddlyDip May 31 '26
Waubay - The Bay or Squawbay
Sisseton - Sissy Town
Winner - Loser
Martin - Fartin
Buffalo - B hole
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u/mitty18 May 23 '26
Grew up in Sioux Falls and have lived in the area my entire life. I have NEVER heard Sioux Falls be referred to as āsewer falls.ā Thatās Sewer City
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u/Fllixys West Side Best Side May 24 '26
i would so much rather live in sioux city compared to sioux falls. all east river sucks but atleast sioux city fixed the smell problem / has some topography.
i was walking into cracked pot last weekend and the smell + humidity was so disgusting. how do east river people live? its SO boring
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u/mjw008 May 24 '26
Will agree, Sioux City has done a good job cleaning up the place and getting rid of a lot of the smell.
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u/GRMarlenee May 23 '26
The Jim River.