All the talk about AI these days gets me thinking about how words have different meanings depending on where you live. If you bring up AI in the Sandhills you're no longer talking about artificial intelligence; you are referring to the entirely different subject of artificial insemination. Breeding cows is a whole lot more important in this part of the world than computer generated concoctions. Sandhillers use familiar words in abnormal ways: 

Blowout: a large sandy hole created by wind.

Wet meadow: low spot in a valley where the ground is saturated with water.

Cat steps: the stair-steps that form on steep hill faces.

Sugar sand: loose, dry sand in pasture road tracks.

Hay the road: spread hay to firm up the pasture roads.

Cattails: (1) road gravel. (2) alternate winter feed.

Cake: cattle supplemental feed.

Cheater: steel bar used to shut gates.

Dead man: large object buried in the ground to anchor a corner post.

Fresh: (1) ungrazed pasture. (2) New milk after a cow gives birth.

Bred: pregnant cow or heifer.

Open: not pregnant cow or heifer.

Bulling: a cow in heat.

Heavy: a cow ready to give birth.

Dally: wrap rope on saddle horn.

Piggin' string: small rope used to tie a calf's legs together.

Short go: final round of top competitors in a rodeo event.

This is a short go at the hundreds of words and phrases used by the folks who call the Sandhills "home."  If you've spent any time there then I'm sure that others come to mind as you read through these.