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Message: <blockquote data-quote="armand34" data-source="post: 332292" data-attributes="member: 2251">Many classic games have been referred to by a nickname...we all know the Ice Bowl, there's the Catch, the Miracle in the Meadowlands, the Drive....Anyone want to take a shot @ a potential nickname for this game FOLLOWING a Packers victory (i'm praying for one)Here are some nicknames of chicago<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"The Miami of Canada" - As referred to by Mr. Burns in an episode of [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons"]The Simpsons[/ame].</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"New Gotham" - Because of the vast amount of footage used of the city for the 2008 film <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_%28film%29" target="_blank">The Dark Knight</a>.</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"The Chill or Chi Ill" - Also used by rap musicians from the area (Chill as in Chicago Illinois).</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"City by the Lake" - Used in the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smashing_Pumpkins"]Smashing Pumpkins[/ame]' song "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonight,_Tonight" target="_blank">Tonight, Tonight</a>."</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"City of Broad Shoulders" - A popular variant of "City of the Big Shoulders"</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"City on the Make" - From "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago,_City_on_the_Make" target="_blank">Chicago, City on the Make</a>" (1951), a prose poem by [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Algren"]Nelson Algren[/ame].</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"The City That Works" - According to former Mayor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_J._Daley" target="_blank">Richard J. Daley</a>.</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"The Big Onion" - An homage to the original Native name for the area  (which meant "onion"), in parallel with a popular New York nickname, "[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Apple"]The Big Apple[/ame]."</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"City in a Garden" - English translation of the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin"]Latin[/ame] motto on the city seal: "Urbs in Horto."</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Beirut by the Lake" - From a Wall Street Journal article during the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_Wars"]Council Wars[/ame] of the 1980s.</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"My Kind of Town" - According to the song [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Kind_of_Town"]"My Kind of Town (Chicago Is)"[/ame] (music by [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Van_Heusen"]Jimmy Van Heusen[/ame], words by [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Cahn"]Sammy Cahn[/ame], 1964) popularized by [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra"]Frank Sinatra[/ame]. (Originally from the film, [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_and_the_Seven_Hoods"]Robin and the Seven Hoods[/ame], about a fictional popular Chicago gangster).</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Paris on the Prairie" - From the 1909 plan for the City of Chicago created by [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Burnham"]Daniel Burnham[/ame].</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Sweet Home" - From the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson_%28musician%29" target="_blank">Robert Johnson</a> song [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Home_Chicago"]Sweet Home Chicago[/ame].</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Heart of America" - Chicago is one of the largest transportation  centers in America and its location near the center of the United  States.</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"That Toddling Town" - According to the lyrics of the song "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_%28That_Toddlin%27_Town%29" target="_blank">Chicago</a>" (music and words by [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Fisher"]Fred Fisher[/ame], 1922) also popularized by [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra"]Frank Sinatra[/ame] (as well as [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bennett"]Tony Bennett[/ame]).</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Hog Butcher for the World" - Described in a poem by [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sandburg"]Carl Sandburg[/ame].</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"The C" - The first letter in the word 'Chicago'</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"The Chi" - Described in the song "I'm A Flirt Remix" by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Kelly" target="_blank">R. Kelly</a>.</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Chi-city" - Used by [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West"]Kanye West[/ame] in the song "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homecoming_%28Kanye_West_song%29" target="_blank">Homecoming</a>" and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_%28entertainer%29" target="_blank">Common</a> in the song "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_%28Common_album%29" target="_blank">Chi-City</a>"</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"The City Beautiful" - Used by [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawk_Harrelson"]Hawk Harrelson[/ame] when the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox"]Chicago White Sox[/ame] open a game at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Cellular_Field" target="_blank">U.S. Cellular Field</a>.</li> </ul>I'll go with: Where the Midwest was Won</blockquote>

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