San Diego Slang

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San Diego, Calif. -- home of sun, sand, surf.... and slang! Of course, San Diego slang includes the expected surfer lingo ("Dude, did you ride those swells this weekend?"), but there also exists an entire local language that a San Diego tourist would be wise to learn before venturing into the city. The easiest way to explore San Diego lingo is to deconstruct a typical sentence. For our purposes, let's use the statement, "Hey dude, let's meet at State then head down the 8 to OB to chill."