What is your favorite regional saying/slang?
I recently told a Bostonian that I was “madder than a wet hen”, and it was received with a puzzled and frightened look.
What’s your favorite regional saying that might get a funny look from non-locals?
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I don’t think it’s regional but I like to say this to my mother-in-law
and sometimes….this
XD in those voices
“Bless your/her/his heart” (if you’re not from the south, it means the opposite of what you think it means, more than likely)
@SundayKittens I always heard that said/said that as “madder than a wet settin’ hen.” What region is is from?
Mr. South: “Would you like some pop?”
Mr. North: “Pop? You mean soda?”
“Eee, me nipples are sticking oot like chaple hat pegs man!!” Said when a woman is either very cold, or indeed aroused. Way too many to mention though :¬)
Top shelf where mama hides the cookies.
I’ll be over plum yonder, d’rectly, I reckon.
Oooo, these are good. Wet hen is realll country, so anywhere south or mid south, I’d say.
I love to hear my northern friends say “wicked pissa”, just like in the picture showsssss.
Run with what you brung, and I can’t get any forward bite.
“That’s spittin’ distance from here.”
@ChazMaz And the plural of that is “all y’all”.
She looks like she was rode hard and put away wet.
Aye cheers mate, if a don’t see ya through the week al see ya through winda.
If I was back in NY. It would be youse guys.
@ChazMaz If I was at my mother-in-law’s,it’d be damnit!
I can’t even think of any slang specific to my region. I don’t think I would stare perplexed at anyone who used a regional phrase/word, but I might have to ask them to clarify what they meant. The only phrase I’ve fully integrated into my phrasebook is “no worries” but that’s not at all unusual.
people in pittsburgh use the word “JAGOFF” to describe someone who is an asshole. I think it’s sooooooooo hilarious. LOOK AT THAT THERE JAGOFF. ahhh haha i miss pittsburgh.
Sundaykittens, which one?
Stick, save, and a beauty?
“JAGOFF” is a good word. I use it all the time.
@deni I had a friend from Chicago who said that too (with that same spelling).
@SundayKittens Hockey term, for when the goalie uses his stick to redirect the puck on a tough to defend shot.
I have heard a lot of people use jack-off (which I still think is silly) but JAGOFF just makes me laugh.
I remember hearing the term “YAMPY” when living in Birmingham, which I think meant barmy or mad. Hopefully they weren’t describing me!
“Bob f**ks dead male squirrels” (my Northern NY college buddy)
It’s all six of one and a half a dozen of another.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
“Da wird der Hund in der Pfanne verrückt.”
Not a brass razoo…
I dinnae ken, hen…
Local expressions (I won’t say that I’m particularly fond of them):
I’m tore out ta frame! (I’m upset) <== I hear this a lot
My dog is hasslin. (My dog is agitated)
He’s runnin off a’ ta mouth (He’s vomiting)
He’s runnin off a’ ta stumich (He has diarrhea).
My dog’s a gnar (My dog bites)
Let me axe you sumthin (I have a question)
@ragingloli Don’t let your saurbratten loaf. (Spelled wrong i think)
omg i met a guy from england the other day and he used the word “chunder” and i about lost my cool. i laughed soo hard. apparently it means “vomit” but i had never heard it. “OH I CHUNDERED EVERYWHERE”.....still laughing.
@deni ha ha, he wasn’t from near Welshpool by any chance was he??! It’s great saying (though I haven’t heard it in over a decade!)
Looks like its gonna cow on it. and I’m gonna squirrel on a mess oth’em.
We Minnesotans are very stereotyped. But, even though I’m not very Swedish, I like saying “Oh ya, you betcha!” In an overly Swedish voice. It’s fun.
I love all the Nor-Cal slang, all that “hyphy” stuff. Words like “hella”, “yadidimean”, “yadidifeelme”, “ballin”, “baller”, “holla”, etc.
I say all of those words and more. :)
I wish he’d get all his sh*t in one sock!
Meaning straighten himself out…I’ve never understood what it referred to, although we’ve said it since, at least, the 70’s
Explanations or guesses as to the origin greatly appreciated!
There’s nowt as queer as folk! :-)
“I’m so happy I got Rainbows flying out my butt!”
Usually said to make the point when things ain’t going your way!
That’s gonna leave a mark.
Blow it out your ass.
There’s also You/He pulled that one out of your/his ass.
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile or Even a blind chicken finds some corn once in awhile
Haddaway & shite bonnie lad!
Clichéd SoCal
Sup brah? (throwing a brief floppy underhand shaka)
Cooleo. What’s the haps? Today was EPIC! Thor is a total cruiser, but we got thrashed last night up in the Boo scouting some trim. This one Betty had such a tight rig…, anyway.., scro charged this morning up at Little Dume. Threw some sick air. Classic. He went total agro and almost beat-down some amped barney. Some beef? The cook. Chillax. I wouldn’t fuck with a guard. Not in session.
We saw some squid get rag-dolled at Sunsets on the way back. We were bummed that traffic was so gnarly, but stoked to grind large at Wahoos!, post burn, with five Mr. Lee’s and a taco. It was core.
Lates.
Total overstatement, but you get the idea.
Flip-flops are properly called “slippers”; never “thongs”. Thongs are what “euro fags” wear.
I love British slang. My favorite is “daft as a brush” (similar to “mad as a hatter”).
Being from the west country (in England) I hear “Gurt Lush” quite a lot which means very good/cool/awesome etc. I can’t say I love it, it makes me cringe and chuckle at the same time when I hear it used seriously.
My step-father is from Tennessee: “Caint beat thet!”
Never heard the term “squacky” till I came to this town…describes a crazy, intolerable woman.
gnarly or narly, on the West Coast originally meant huge, dangerous wave, when it spread to Hawaii, meant ugly or disgusting.
Often pronounced “guh? naarly!” for emphasis – or “nar-nar” (double gnarly, or implying quickness).
tofuepgnar—totally fuckin epically gnarly
“Pissed as a fart!” – meaning very, very drunk…
Just yesterday, “the ducks ate the mud”.
It was very muddy but the wind was very strong and soon dried most of it up. Applies to frost, too, when it’s very muddy, the ground freezes overnight, and in the morning the ground is firm again.
NO idea as to origin. lol
“She has some 10 cent crickets going on” ( she could use a bra right about now)... lol
@gravity
Did you just make that up? ;-)
Do you know the origin, reference?
@ibstubro a guy that I work with says that one. I thought it was hilarious…I believe it is a reference to larger crickets you buy to fish with. I had never heard this one before he said it, he is from Georgia and is quite a character.
@gravity YES, obviously quite the character! lol
I haven’t came across ” I’m so stoked” yet.
Local auctioneer:
“Don’t mind that duct tape on that chair, boys and girls, that’s just a bit of Oklahoma Chrome!”
@ibstubro THAT IS MY NEW FAVORITE!!! How have I never heard that???
A buddy from Ireland would talk about the proper pour of beer being ”proud of the rim”, where the surface of the liquid was very close to, or above (via surface tension), the top of the glass.
There is a place in Santa Monica that serves Guinness via one pull and they hand it to you with about 1.5 inches of foam, facepalm. Yeah, it’s a British bar; the Ye Olde King’s Head.
Does anyone else go ”@ss over teakettle” when they take a tumble?
I came across this last night: “He’s a swaggering bliven” Monty’s chief of staff describing Sir Arthur Harris to Dwight Eisenhower in a novel.
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