1. Steering Wheel
What other people think it means: An instrument that controls the motion of your vehicle.
What Floridians know it means: A horrible weapon capable of delivering third-degree burns to your hands after it's been baking in the sun.
2. Season
What other people think it means: Winter, spring, summer or fall.
What Floridians know it means: The time of year from November to March where you can't go to any restaurants and traffic is bananas.
3. Publix
What other people think it means: A grocery store like Stop 'n' Shop or Safeway.
What Floridians know it means: Actual paradise on Earth.
4. Publix Sub
What other people think it means: Like any other sandwich you get from a grocery store deli?
What Floridians know it means: CHEESE, MEAT, AND VEGGIES FROM HEAVEN PACKED IN BETWEEN BREAD THAT'S BEEN BLESSED BY GOD HIMSELF.
5. Humidity
What other people think it means: The thing that makes your hair frizz when you go outside during the summer.
What Floridians know it means: The thing that makes you question why you live in Florida at all.
6. College Football
What other people think it means: Something you watch on Saturdays.
What Floridians know it means: Passionate rivalries that have destroyed families.
7. Snowbird
What other people think it means: A cute bird that chirps during the winter.
What Floridians know it means: The reason you're stuck in traffic behind Buicks poking along at 20 miles per hour.
8. Freezing
What other people think it means: Any temperature below 32.
What Floridians know it means: Any temperature below 70.
9. I-4
What other people think it means: A highway that connects Tampa to Daytona Beach.
What Floridians know it means: An excellent place to catch up on your texts while you're sitting motionless in traffic for four hours.
10. Socks
What other people think it means: A way to keep your feet warm and protected in boots.
What Floridians know it means: Something you wear while exercising or bowling.
11. Air-Conditioning
What other people think it means: Something you run for a few days a year when it gets REALLY hot.
What Floridians know it means: LIKE OXYGEN ITSELF.
12. Lovebugs
What other people think it means: A cute-sounding insect.
What Floridians know it means: The reason you have to wash your car pretty much every day.
13. The "U"
What other people think it means: The 21st letter of the alphabet.
What Floridians know it means: A university that no one realizes is a private school in the wealthy part of Miami.
14. Summer
What other people think it means: BBQs, fireflies, and mildly warm temperatures.
What Floridians know it means: Just don't go outside. Ever.
15. Hurricane
What other people think it means: Always a reason to panic and buy up every single loaf of bread and jug of water from the store.
What Floridians know it means: Mostly an excuse to get super drunk at a hurricane party.
16. Lizard
What other people think it means: A possibly scary creature.
What Floridians know it means: A tiny, cute reptile that's literally EVERYWHERE.
17. Hoodie
What other people think it means: A way to keep warm in fall and spring.
What Floridians know it means: Your winter coat.
18. Parallel parking
What other people think it means: Parking your car parallel to the curb, which you have to do to pass your driver's license test.
What Floridians know it means: Something you never really have to do!!!
19. Christmas
What other people think it means: Time for snow, hot chocolate, and gifts by the fire.
What Floridians know it means: Stringing Christmas lights on your palm trees while wearing shorts and sandals.
20. Flip-flops
What other people think it means: Shoes you wear to the pool or beach.
What Floridians know it means: Shoes you wear to the pool. Or beach. Or running errands. Or to the movies. Or to dinner. Or to work.
21. Disney World
What other people think it means: The happiest place on Earth.
What Floridians know it means: The happiest place on Earth, which you can go to PRETTY MUCH ANY TIME YOU WANT. 😊😊😊
