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re: Southern Slang (with definitions)
Posted on 2/18/23 at 11:52 pm to AUstar
Posted on 2/18/23 at 11:52 pm to AUstar
quote:heard all of these
"Situation" -- In the Antebellum south, a "situation" was the name given to a job or employment. "I hate my boss, I need to find a new situation." "Do your prettiest" -- Meant do your best, etc. "Balance" - meant the remainder of. "I will jog in the morning and the balance of my day will be spent at work." This guy said he heard people in the south say "balance" a million times. "Mighty" - He said mighty was often used as an adjective. "That's a mighty fine horse." Or even in other cases like "I want to go to the ball mighty bad." "Cock" - Meant a dick or penis. In England he had never heard the term "cock" to mean a penis and he had to have a man explain to him why everyone laughed when he said it.
quote:heard this. My moms said it before.
Spell" --- He said if the weather was really hot, southerners would say "My, what a hot spell we have."
quote:I still say this and I’m under 30. I would add the use of mighty is pretty well known, so much so I don’t even think it’s resigned to only the south by now. I feel like cousin eddy uses it in one of the vacation movies. Also the antebellum South is basically known for the changing of the vowel sounds. It’s what the stereotypical plantation owner sounds like.
Tote" -- "Tote that bag upstairs." (Still in use today)
This post was edited on 2/18/23 at 11:56 pm
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Posted on 2/19/23 at 4:26 pm to Milf n Cookies
Know someone from Adam's off-ox.
Posted on 2/19/23 at 4:29 pm to Wtodd
Knock you into the middle of next week.
Posted on 2/20/23 at 10:51 am to Milf n Cookies
"Knock yourself out"
Giving permission to do something someone asked to do.
Giving permission to do something someone asked to do.
This post was edited on 2/20/23 at 10:55 am
Posted on 2/21/23 at 4:03 pm to Milf n Cookies
It's colder 'n a well digger's arse on New Year's Eve.
Posted on 6/24/23 at 8:13 pm to Milf n Cookies
"Jeet yet?" = Did you eat yet?
Posted on 6/25/23 at 1:59 pm to tarzana
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Know someone from Adam's off-ox
Maybe the first one ITT that I've never heard before
Posted on 6/25/23 at 6:59 pm to paperwasp
It’s hottern a boiled owl outside…..
Posted on 6/26/23 at 3:18 am to AUstar
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"I suwanne" -- My mom says this. Always made me laugh.
My granddaddy said that when he was mad. He was a baptist preacher and “I Suwannee” was about the closest thing to cursing I remember him saying.
Posted on 7/1/23 at 6:07 pm to Milf n Cookies
"Is that any count?" is Tennessean for "is it good?"
Posted on 7/1/23 at 6:11 pm to BlindedMeWithScience
And we all know that if you're a man, you don't want to be called a goober, especially not by an older Southern lady. A goober can be anything from a dweeb to an oaf, and it's normally applied to teenagers or grown men who act too immature for their age around others. In other words, if you're a goober, I reckon you ain't any count.
This post was edited on 7/1/23 at 6:11 pm
Posted on 7/13/23 at 11:41 am to Milf n Cookies
"Howsurmamaanem?"
How is your mother and the rest of your family.
"Djeet?"
Have you eaten?
"Waswell"
A bruise or a scab or any injury...the injured place was well before it wasn't
"Cattywumpus"
Crooked or out of square/plumb.
"Drunkern a bicycle / high as a Georgia pine"
Intoxicated or otherwise impaired due to drug use
"Haint"
Ghost or otherwise scary thing
"A mess"
A significant yet undetermined quantity "we caught a mess of bream"
"Bream"
Any member of the sunfish family other than black bass and Crappie. Makes no difference if it is a bluegill, a shellcracker or any of the others, they are all bream unless they are a bass or a crappie...
How is your mother and the rest of your family.
"Djeet?"
Have you eaten?
"Waswell"
A bruise or a scab or any injury...the injured place was well before it wasn't
"Cattywumpus"
Crooked or out of square/plumb.
"Drunkern a bicycle / high as a Georgia pine"
Intoxicated or otherwise impaired due to drug use
"Haint"
Ghost or otherwise scary thing
"A mess"
A significant yet undetermined quantity "we caught a mess of bream"
"Bream"
Any member of the sunfish family other than black bass and Crappie. Makes no difference if it is a bluegill, a shellcracker or any of the others, they are all bream unless they are a bass or a crappie...
Posted on 7/13/23 at 1:43 pm to AwgustaDawg
Not sure if mentioned before, but I just finished mowing the grass and my arse needs a “shire”.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 9:25 pm to Milf n Cookies
He's "bad to drank" meaning he has a drinking problem.
You need a job with "banking hours" referring to banks only open from 9 am until 2 pm back in the day.
You need a job with "banking hours" referring to banks only open from 9 am until 2 pm back in the day.
Posted on 7/18/23 at 7:57 am to five_fivesix
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Not sure if mentioned before, but I just finished mowing the grass and my arse needs a “shire”.
Best warsh your arse then..
Posted on 7/20/23 at 7:11 pm to Milf n Cookies
It ain’t nothing for me to piss in the yard….
Means I have no issue with urinating on my property.
Means I have no issue with urinating on my property.
This post was edited on 7/20/23 at 7:54 pm
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