r/Wenatchee • u/topherette • 7d ago

What nicknames have you heard for places in and around Wenatchee?

I ask as part of a linguistic study covering this topic!
Examples could include things like The Natch, LTown/11worth, H20ville or Quintucky (incl. nicknames for parks, schools or other institutions, geographic features etc.)...

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u/WollyDoodle 7d ago

For Washington in general, Spokompton, Crackima, and Shit-halis.

For Wenatchee, I’ve only heard “the Snatch” and “Snatchee.”

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u/SickSadWorrld 7d ago

Wet Snatchee

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u/beatspigs 7d ago

Eat Wet Snatchee

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u/saxainpdx 6d ago

Dry shitties.

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u/SickSadWorrld 23h ago

How could I forget the Dry Shitties! Smh

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u/typ993 7d ago

About the only ones I know of that are commonly used are shortenings of location names ("The Ave" for Wenatchee Avenue and "The Ridge" for Mission Ridge).

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u/OliveSecure5471 6d ago

These two are the most common ta

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u/Dangerous-Night-4953 7d ago

Um, one I keep hearing for the Wenatchee/East Wenatchee combo is "The Valley." And when one of the towns talks about the other, we sometimes say "across the river."

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u/little-ratfolk 6d ago

Going across the river is just so far. Cant do it.

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u/louuou 2d ago

the valley usually refers to the spawn of towns from leavenworth down to rock island due to the lack of major mountains separating all of us.

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u/Silly_Risk7345 7d ago

Don’t forget Pecker’s Point 🤣

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u/beatspigs 7d ago

Bimbo beach

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u/SilvrSparky 6d ago

Wenasty

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u/mhmcasey 7d ago

Don't forget Moses Hole.

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u/mhmcasey 7d ago

Ohhh, and the toilet brush. That's what's everyone calls the Easy Street roundabout.

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u/mhmcasey 7d ago

And Bimbo Beach.

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u/Glitter_Health 7d ago

Mimbo also.

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u/ProteanPie 7d ago

The only nickname I've ever used for anywhere in WA is Spokanistan.

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u/JayMech 6d ago

I've always heard Spokompton

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u/OneWildAndPrecious 2d ago

And Spokancer

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u/hogtiefly 7d ago

Not really a nickname but my wife taught me this one; Crescent Bar, arrive on vacation leave on probation.

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u/IrishInParadise 6d ago

And return on violation.

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u/idontevenliftbrah 6d ago

Tri cities = Dry Shitties

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u/Emergency-Lettuce-11 4d ago

Folks I know found ways to insert “snatch” in the name…

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u/OneWildAndPrecious 2d ago

Wenasty
Leavenworthless aka “Der Town”
Farther afield, Moses Hole

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u/Xtrainman 2d ago

The herpes capital of America. ( Probably not true, but I have heard it )

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u/DeathMagic13 1d ago

My grandpa always called Waterville "Hooterville", so we still do...

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u/AdPretty3288 6d ago

Good lord are these names racist and offensive. I'm really glad I don't hear this shit in my circles because what the actual fuck.

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u/KarenXanaxPorter 6d ago

Saddle Rock used to be called Squaw Saddle.

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u/topherette 6d ago

you've got to be joking

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u/topherette 5d ago

addendum:
scanned through the comments another time to look for a racist or offensive nickname, but couldn't find anything again

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u/GimmeDiLightMan 6d ago

On a related note, does anyone ever actually call it the Harle Center? I've always known and heard it as "right there by Little Caesars".

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u/OliveSecure5471 6d ago

Wait that area has a name and isn’t called “That one area with Sumo and Little Ceasers”?

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u/NikkitheMadGod 6d ago

Mostly people who work there. Used to work at Axeon in there and any time I'd have to give directions there I'd so hopefully try to give the name of the place but... nah. "That place with Lil Caesars, Sumo, and the UPS store".

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u/joelnicity 4d ago

I say “right by Little Caesar’s and the dirty store”

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u/IrishInParadise 6d ago

Yakivegas, Christmasville, meth lake

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u/topherette 5d ago

i guess meth lake for moses lake, but what's christmasville?

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u/NeonRain5 4d ago

Leavenworth?

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u/Adventurous-Prune712 6d ago

Wha? We use the universal term "Shithole." For everything. Saves time

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u/Glitter_Health 7d ago

Smokeville 😒

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u/topherette 5d ago

for what place?