sandwich names

The po' boy or hero sandwich evolved in the 19th century. In New York city it is a hero or hero sandwich. It is also a grinder, especially in Boston and other areas of New England; a spuckie in the Italian section of Boston; a hoagie (possibly from hog), especially in Philadelphia and southern New Jersey; a zep (possibly a clipping of zeppelin) in New Jersey; a bomber in upstate New York; an Italian or Italian sandwich in Maine and parts of the southern Midwest; a sub or submarine, for its shape, now generalized; a torpedo in parts of New Jersey; a wedge or wedgie in downstate New York and Connecticut and Rhode Island; and a Cuban sandwich in Miami and Tampa, Florida. The name comes from the workout one's teeth get when eating it.