Texas towns always have a nickname, Amarillo included.

Everyone knows about D-town (Dallas), The Hub City (Lubbock), and ATX (Austin). With Amarillo being the fourteenth largest city in Texas, you would think we would eventually make a name for ourselves and get a cool nickname that everyone recognizes.

WRONG. While Amarillo's nicknames do make sense, I've never heard of any of them!

Here are 5 crazy nicknames for Amarillo you may never have heard of.

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    BOMB CITY

    "The city of Amarillo, TX is often referred to as Bomb City, USA because its the of Pantex; Americas only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly factory."

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    THE BIG FLAT BROWN

    The saying "It's so flat you can see your dog run for three days as long as it's not brown" was made in honor of Amarillo's flat brown lands.

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    THE FRIENDLY CITY

    "Amarillo is a place you really know your neighbors and feel at home"

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    SLAM-ARILLO

    "Truckers refer to Amarillo as SLAM-ARILLO due to it being known as a "hook up" town."

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    HELIUM HOLLOW

    "Amarillo is the helium capital of the world or commonly refereed to as 'helium hollow'"

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