Texas-sized
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Texas-sized is an expression that can be used in two ways: to describe something that is approximately the size of the U.S. state of Texas,[1][2] or to describe something (usually but not always originating from Texas) that is large compared to other objects of its type.[3][4][5]
Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, with an area of 268,820 square miles (696,200 km2)[6] and a growing population of 23.9 million.
Also means, extremely large; second only to Alaska. [7] It was the largest U.S. state, until Alaska became a state in 1959. The physical size of the state and the bigger-than-life attitude of some of its inhabitants has led to the saying that "Everything is bigger in Texas".[8][9]
[edit] References
- ^ "Texas-sized Hurricane Dean spins toward Yucatan". CNN.com. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/20/hurricane.dean/index.html.[dead link]
- ^ "Floating, Texas-sized garbage patch threatens Pacific marine sanctuary". ars technica. http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/BAaf/~3/174124811/20071023-texas-sized-garbage-patch-threatens-pacific-marine-sanctuary.html.
- ^ "Texas-Sized Supercomputer to Break Computing Power Record". Wired.com. http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/sun_supercomputer.
- ^ "Dems in Texas-sized showdown". ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/Story?id=4371384&page=1.
- ^ "A Texas-Sized Battle: Evolution vs. ID". CBNnews.com. http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/338668.aspx.
- ^ Facts (2008-2009 ed.). Texas Almanac. 2008. http://www.texasalmanac.com/facts/. Retrieved 2008-04-29
- ^ "Texas QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau". US Census. 2006. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=&geo_id=04000US48&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US48&_street=&_county=&_cityTown=&_state=04000US48&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=040&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=. Retrieved 2007-04-28
- ^ "Everything is bigger in Texas". CafePress.
- ^ "Even spiders know everything is bigger in Texas". NPR.org. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14094404.
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