What is some of your local slang? - Democratic Underground

HEyHEY

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Thu Apr-01-04 09:43 PM
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What is some of your local slang?

Edited on Thu Apr-01-04 09:44 PM by HEyHEY

Haven't done this in a long time....

Where I'm from people will sometimes say "Skookum" when something is nice. Example, "Like my new steering wheel? Pretty skookum eh?"

ANother is "Plush."

Or if someone is pissing you off, "Go suck an egg."

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Nikia

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Thu Apr-01-04 09:45 PM
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1. Bubbler

Meaning drinking fountain. I never had heard that word until I came to Wisconsin.

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Thu Apr-01-04 09:47 PM
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3. I was going to answer that, too...

There's even a sign: "Phone/Restrooms/Bubbler" in one of the nearby markets.

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HEyHEY

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Thu Apr-01-04 09:46 PM
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2. One I loved in Crowsnest Pass Alberta

Whenever they were describing a situation where it was confusing or volatile, they'd say "I don't know, lots of people were yelling stuff."

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JaySherman

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Thu Apr-01-04 09:50 PM
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4. Gank

Edited on Thu Apr-01-04 09:50 PM by JaySherman

Meaning to steal. As in, "Someone ganked my book," or "I ganked his wallet."

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Must_B_Free

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Thu Apr-01-04 09:54 PM
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5. Ynz

as in "what are ynz doing?" I think its a contraction of "you ones".

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lucidmadman

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:27 AM
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15. Pittsburgh, PA right?

n/t

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asthmaticeog

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Thu Apr-01-04 09:56 PM
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6. In Cleveland

When a situation calls for the aggressive dismissal of a person, we like to say "fuck you."

When a person makes a habit of belligerently disagreeable behavior, he is referred to as an "asshole."

A popular colloquialism for fecal matter here is "shit." (Usage: "Oh, unfortunate happenstance! I have trodden in some dog shit!")

An individual who is spectacularly incompetent in his or her workplace is known as "Mayor Campbell."

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MAlibdem

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Thu Apr-01-04 10:02 PM
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7. Wicked Pissa

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OneBlueSky

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:20 AM
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11. so where in New England are you? . . . n/t

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Steven_S

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Thu Apr-01-04 10:05 PM
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8. Whadayafukinretahded?

We drivers in the Bronx yell this at each other at every opportunity.

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stevedeshazer

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Thu Apr-01-04 10:10 PM
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9. Take a dike

To cruise along in a car slowly on a back road near the lower Columbia River, where farmland is often "diked" to prevent flooding.

A local synonym for "skookum" is "crisp".

Californian: The nitwit that cuts you off on the freeway.

Big Pink: The tallest building in town. Yes, it's fucking pink.

Big Green: The putrid, sulfurous smell emanated by the paper mill in my old home town. Sure sign of rain.

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carolinayellowdog

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Thu Apr-01-04 10:15 PM
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10. Right purty

day we're gonna have Sairdy

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OneBlueSky

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:23 AM
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12. is "crick" (for creek) peculiar only to western New York? . . .

when I lived in Niagara Falls as a kid, I could never get over this pronunciation and have always wondered if it extended beyond the Buffalo-Niagara Falls area . . . anyplace else where they say it like this? . . . just curious . . .

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hedgetrimmer

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Fri Apr-02-04 01:28 AM
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18. "crick" I found only in WNY myself as well.

They don't even use that term in Missouri.

I lived in Newfane, just north of Lockport.

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Red State Rebel

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Fri Apr-02-04 02:05 AM
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25. Rural Missouri has Cricks too!

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Dees

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Fri Apr-02-04 05:39 AM
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32. Yep..and some of them ol' cricks are right purty too!

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AlienGirl

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Fri Apr-02-04 02:57 AM
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29. "Crick" was in da UP, too!

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Jeff in Cincinnati

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Fri Apr-02-04 08:21 AM
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34. Rural Illinois

heard it said both ways.

Here's a fun page, by the way

www.slanguage.com

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lucidmadman

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:26 AM
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13. Butt Rock....

...for old school 'rawk'. 'Beater' for old broken down but stilling running car.
I think these are fairly local to Portland, OR.

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Lydia Leftcoast

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:53 AM
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17. Nope, I've heard old cars called "beaters" in Minneapolis, too

But Mpls does have some peculiarities of its own.

"That's different," is a way of expressing mild disapproval.

People with heavy Scandinavian influences say, "For +Adj" instead of "how+adj." Example: "For boring!"

A "parking ramp" is what the rest of the world calls a "parking structure."

The "boulevard" is the strip of grass between the street and the sidewalk.

Not having discussed the subject since I moved back here, I don't know whether people still say "rubber binder" for "rubber band."

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune is referred to as the Strib, although I still call it the "Trib," out of habits acquired when I lived here before.

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SmileyBoy

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Fri Apr-02-04 01:48 AM
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23. No slang up here in Fargo.

Move along, folks...:eyes:

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holeinboatoutatsea

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:26 AM
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14. wwlll

wwwlll, a thingthatcouldabeenbetterdun, butthenwhattaIknow? Don' talk ta bill, cause heel jus reel you in on a story that don' make no sense, but heel tell ya anyways, agin and agin.

thatwuzagoodun

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Champ

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Fri Apr-02-04 12:34 AM
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16. I have lots

Edited on Fri Apr-02-04 12:37 AM by Champ

Hey man hand me a "Pizzy". - cigarette
Let me hit that "Splizzy". - blunt or joint
Your "Slippin'". - making mistakes
Later on I'm going to pick up some bombass"fruit" - Weed or marijuana
I'm about to spark up a Captain("Captain(s)") - Captain Black little Cigars, usually Sweets!

Let me have a few drags of that black("black(s)") Black and Mild Cigars

I can't think of any more at this moment but me and my friends use so much slang we might aswell start our own dictionary.

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hedgetrimmer

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Fri Apr-02-04 01:29 AM
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19. "Boss"

I have no idea what it means... I've been told it means a word for respect... often it is used as such, "Hey boss, how's it going?"

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WilliamPitt

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Fri Apr-02-04 01:31 AM
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20. "Wicked" + the total eradication of the letter 'R'

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jpgray

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Fri Apr-02-04 01:34 AM
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21. The taking-his-name-in-vain exclamation 'Jesus in a blanket'

That is something probably only our residence hall was aware of, but I indeed began it there. :D

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greendog

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Fri Apr-02-04 01:46 AM
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22. "Rig"....

Montana-speak for pick-up truck....though I think this may be used throughout the northwest. Never heard it in the east, midwest, or south.

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leftbend

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Fri Apr-02-04 01:55 AM
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24. People say "rig " in Oregon also

It is also used to describe a nice car, "nice rig, man".

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Colin Ex

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Fri Apr-02-04 02:08 AM
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26. A few, from the halls of our sacred learning institutions

Boost = steal. "I think we should boost that tree that's by the front desk of our dorm, dude."

On Sale = nobody is watching it, so let's steal it. "I hear that tree is on sale during mornings."

Cool dudes = jackass losers, usually frat kids. "Did you see those kids driving in the black Mustang blaring Jay-Z really loud? Those were some cool dudes."

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Red State Rebel

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Fri Apr-02-04 02:14 AM
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27. My mom's old country sayings....

Instead of telling people to get lost - "Take a flying suck at a bluebirds ass".

"______" has teeth so bad she could eat corn thru a picket fence.

If you dared ask what was for supper, the reply was "Chicken's butt fried in grease, want a piece?

Someone grinning - Grinning like a possum eating shit on a flat rock.

Slippery? Slicker than greased owl shit.

There were plenty more that I'm not thinking of right now....

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Dees

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Fri Apr-02-04 05:48 AM
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33. A few more from my neck of the woods.

Edited on Fri Apr-02-04 06:14 AM by Dees

Supper...."Bull's ass and onions"

"Raining like pouring piss out of a boot"

"Colder than a well digger's ass in January"

"No hill for a stepper"

"Six of one half dozen of the other"

"Like shit through a goose"

"Tighter than a gnat's ass"

One more dandy..."Well f*ck me runnin"

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fudge stripe cookays

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Fri Apr-02-04 09:26 AM
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35. Somewhat similar-- in Texas

Something's "louder than a 3-peckered goat peein on a flat rock."

Or if you are working on something and can't continue because of a lack of necessary information, supplies etc, you are "snakebit."

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Tredge

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Fri Apr-02-04 02:45 AM
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28. "Hella"

I'm hella unproud to say this one came from the Bay Area, otherwise known as the Yay Area, and I've said it for 13 years.

It came from Contra Costa County and bled northwards to Vallejo and then all over the place. E-40 did not invent this one. I regret to inform the interested parties that it came from a suburban kid who has since melded into society and has redeemed himself as a positive member of society.

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sweetheart

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Fri Apr-02-04 03:13 AM
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30. crack, mingin, byre, midden

That something is really a good time. "That was crack."

Mingin - filthy. TO a child. "Oh, you've been out with the dog and
your mingin"

Byre - the outbuilding on the family farm that is near or part of
the house... "I've got an extra shovel in the byre".

midden is the garbage compost pile outside your house before there
was regular garbage pickup. Usually has ashes, old leather shoes
and broken bottles... as anything that burns is not in it. "I see
you've dug out your midden."

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Dogmudgeon

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Fri Apr-02-04 03:21 AM
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31. This is true

Used instead of, "that's right".

It seems local to Philadelphia, but I suspect it has wider usage.

--bkl

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