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Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:26 am

Happened to see the word "Pop" (soda) come up in a post and thought with such a diverse group here I wonder what other regional words others would like to share.

Y'all keep it nice!

Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:35 am

Sprinkles, jimmies or shots?
sub, grinder, hoagie, hero?
dooryard or backyard???

Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:40 am

Hella as in "Hella cool".

Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:40 am

Primanti - sandwich

JoJo - omlet

Ihrn - Beer

Yunz - you

Stillers - Steelers

Double Yoi ! - The late great Myron Cope, Steelers radio color man

Gotta love Pittsburgh

Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:43 am

"Yous' guys" if very popular one around me, doesn't matter if it is men or women.

Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:47 am

Things here are still "Sick" and "Sweet" but no longer,"phat" or "dope".At our house things are still "Hella" cool but I may be the only one regionally carrying on the tradition,currently.

I had a buddy rant for a half hour once about how the term is technically "Hell of" cool.Yeah,whatever.

Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:48 am

"All y'all" as the plural of y'all.

Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:27 am

When I first met Everett I noticed he said "highway" where I said "freeway". Must be a norcal/socal thing?

Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:34 am

Jennepher wrote: When I first met Everett I noticed he said "highway" where I said "freeway". Must be a norcal/socal thing?
We don't say "freeway" in Massachusetts either. Usually we only hear it when referring to West Coast roads.

Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:41 am

Jennepher wrote: When I first met Everett I noticed he said "highway" where I said "freeway". Must be a norcal/socal thing?

Here in the midwest, a highway is any paved road.
Freeways, are divided highways with limited access and no toll booths, that are built by the State.
And then there are Interstates. Divided highways with limited access, and built by the feds.

Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:49 am

Cankles
WTF OVER?
Hoodridance

All slang used on the samba.com.

I've always liked the word "haul" when talking about getting a ride somewhere. "Can you haul my friends and I to school in the morning?"

Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:56 am

In my area people like to substitute "for" instead of "at" when referring to a time.

I have a doctor's appointment "for" 10:00.

Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:04 am

poontang always cracks me up.

Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:14 am

zdub wrote: Primanti - sandwich

JoJo - omlet

Ihrn - Beer

Yunz - you

Stillers - Steelers

Double Yoi ! - The late great Myron Cope, Steelers radio color man

Gotta love Pittsburgh

I'm from Pittsburgh too. Other phrases you hear there:

Gum bands - rubber bands

Bedclothes - sheets and blankets

Cupboard - closet

Buccos - the baseball team

Slippy - wet roads are slippy

Red Up - to clean up

Five SB victories

Or, from the 1960s:
"We had 'em all the way"

"Same old Steelers"

Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:32 am

Sis = wife

Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:36 am

Some South African-only slang:

Lekker - nice, good, cool, awesome

Eish! - shit!, damn!,

Robot - traffic light

Lift - elevator

Kak! - shit!

Taxi - minibus, usually Japanese Toyota, Nissan etc.

Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:43 am

Dude

as in

Scene: Backing out of the driveway with daughter 2

Daughter2: Dude, you need to paint the house
Father: There is no Dude in this car and if you want the house painted get a F#$$ing brush, DUDE

Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:45 am

Bwahahahahahahahahah, Dude! :lol:

Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:48 am

Coffee:
Cup 'a Joe
Mud
44
Soda:
Pop
Ghost:
'ya Hootie
Snowmobile:
Sled
Freeway:
Highway
Refridgerator:
Icebox

LOL, Typical midwestern jargin. Say that stuff on the west coast and people look at you all weird!.....My mom used to say "You bought the Farm", that mean't you were in trouble.

And then there is a whole other different jargin spoken in the military...

Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:49 am

Pocketbook = Purse

People who live in the PNW only say "you bet" when asked to do something, and are instantly identified as such when using that term anywhere else in the US. According to many folks in the South and East, the United States also ends at California. There is no Washington and Oregon (or British Columbia for that matter :roll: ).