regional slang

[kaliraksha]

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Originally Posted by docmaria I guess I'll have to stick with "prawn" (keep the body, throw away the head). Do any of you non-Australians even know what a prawn is? Shrimp, right? !

Yeah, we call one of our friends a prawn.. but not for your mentioned reason... because of porn...into nerdy l33t speak ir pr0n... and we pronounced it "prawn" and then decided she was a shrimp.

 

[ramonesbrat]

I'm from Manchester, NH

Boot = Throw up (I've noticed only people from my city tend to use this one)

We also say wicked in the place of "very" or "really". I also use a fair amount of what I guess some would consider "street slang".

 

[mitsukai]

amen, nessa! hahaha.

this thread is great

i can't stand people saying "are you going to come with?" with WHAT? :}

 

[mandirigma]

i'm originally from CT and i can't think of any CT specific slang, except for "wicked" (like "it's wicked hot out") and "right?" at the end of all my sentences. people in orange county are like straight out of a movie and i don't wanna get blasted for this but i'm not into california slang.

one of my friends from SF is a linguistics master and thinks my accent is annoying though. a lot of glottal stops, like i never actually pronounce my T's and my vowels are all fucked up and stuff. lol.

 

[SonRisa]

Just FYI "Hella" started out in the Bay Area!!!!!

We say a lot of the things already posted but I'll add a few I don't think I saw

dust as in "I gave her dust" "fuck her/him, dust."

dtm or doin too much - when someone's just over the top in any way shape or form

@ my mac counter we all call each other friend. "Hey friend, I have a question for you . . ." my old manager got us all saying that.

ummmmm, yea that's it for now.

 

[midnightlouise]

I'm from Indianapolis, but I live in Tennessee and DH is from Kentucky. We still argue over whether it's a cart or a buggy. (it's a cart, man.) A couple more southernisms for you, courtesy of DH and his friends

funnier than two dogs f*cking = hilarious (sorry, I know that's bad, but people here say it!)

looks like a cow peein' on a flat rock = what it looks like during a really heavy rainstorm

no 'count (no account) = not worth anything

that don't confront me = that doesn't worry me/bother me

so hungry my stomach thinks my throat's been cut = starving

gotta pee like a rushin' race horse = have to go really bad

ill = angry

covered up = crowded (I heard this one from a friend in Alabama)

laying out = skipping out of ; i.e. "that no 'count b*stard was layin' outta work again"

pert near = really close

it came a = this happened/the consequences of ; i.e. "it rained so hard it came a flood"

ugly = mean; i.e. "that was an ugly thing to say"

tote = carry/take; i.e. "I'm gonna tote them leftovers home"

carry = to drive someone; i.e. "want me to carry you to the store?

I guess that's enough Southernisms for now

One thing I say that drives people down here crazy is "you guys" rather than "y'all" no matter the gender.

And here are a few old time-y Hoosier sayings courtesy of my Mom...

getting on my last nerve = driving me crazy

you & me are gonna tangle = you're getting ready to get a spanking

I'm gonna jerk a knot in your tail = also means you're getting ready to get a spanking

Got alot of these, too, but I guess this will do.

 

[d_flawless]

ha, i'm surprised risa didn't mention "hyphy"...hella bay slang, it's when you're getting all crazy, like you're hella mad, it also means to be mad ("i'ma get hyphy"). anyway, most of these are inappropriate

...
"thizz" - be on ecstasy (not that i do, but people say this all the time)
"go dumb/dummy" or "get stupid/stu-ey" - get crazy @ a party, act ridiculously drunk/funny
"crunk" - southern slang u hear on the radio, means again to act crazy/have a good time
"ice" or "rock" - cocaine (again, not something i do, something i hear)
"dome up" - give someone head
"geese" - "i'ma geese on these fools", get in someone's face
"what's up" - i say this all the time, in the content of, "i'll them them what's up" - what is going on
"chill" - can be an adj, adverb, etc. "she's chill" (lenient - teacher - or a nice person, someone who's cool)

 

[SonRisa]

lol I started to type it out and erased it because that shit's been around for a minute now and I was trying to get into discussion with people like "oh yea, that new E40 shit". NO. Mac Dre started all that wayyyyyy back when

Thizzz Face!!!! lol

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Originally Posted by d_flawless ha, i'm surprised risa didn't mention "hyphy"...hella bay slang, it's when you're getting all crazy, like you're hella mad, it also means to be mad ("i'ma get hyphy"). anyway, most of these are inappropriate ... "thizz" - be on ecstasy (not that i do, but people say this all the time) "go dumb/dummy" or "get stupid/stu-ey" - get crazy @ a party, act ridiculously drunk/funny "crunk" - southern slang u hear on the radio, means again to act crazy/have a good time "ice" or "rock" - cocaine (again, not something i do, something i hear) "dome up" - give someone head "geese" - "i'ma geese on these fools", get in someone's face "what's up" - i say this all the time, in the content of, "i'll them them what's up" - what is going on "chill" - can be an adj, adverb, etc. "she's chill" (lenient - teacher - or a nice person, someone who's cool)

 

[lightnlovly]

THIZZ FACE! THIZZ FACE! Rep that Risa..lol

Well, it the Bay we do get hyphy!! I use "saucy" a lot..as in cute and I like it...attractive.
"That new Sweetie cake line is hella saucy!!"

I've been using it for years and I went to Georgia a few years back and used it. My cousin dogged me out and laughed at me....I go back last year and hear folks using it! Oh "sauced" of "faded" is being drunk. uuuuhhhh...this is harder than I thought. Slang is a big part of my vocab that I have a hard time differentiating between the two!! 8)

 

[DaisyDee]

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Originally Posted by midnightlouise One thing I say that drives people down here crazy is "you guys" rather than "y'all" no matter the gender.

LOL...we always make fun (in a good way) when we hear people say "You guys" -- It sounds so yankee to us.

I think of Joe Pesci when I hear someone say it.

On the flip side, I've been to conferences where I was about the only one who said "y'all" and I got giggled at by lots of folks.

 

[IslandGirl77]

My lil bro's have lived in Northern cali like their whole lives. I heard them say something I've never heard before. "Breezy" Does that refer to a girl being a hoochie? Or is it like a fine girl? I have yet to find out the real meaning of this slang word.

 

[SonRisa]

breezy is slang for broad. It can be deragatory or not depending on how it's said and how it's taken.

 

[IslandGirl77]

Oh ok thanks. I heard somebody else say something like, "That girl got that breezy beat."

 

[d_flawless]

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Originally Posted by SonRisa lol I started to type it out and erased it because that shit's been around for a minute now and I was trying to get into discussion with people like "oh yea, that new E40 shit". NO. Mac Dre started all that wayyyyyy back when Thizzz Face!!!! lol

haha, you're too funny

 

[lizsybarite]

I can't believe no one has suggested WICKED yet.

"Wicked" = "Really," as in "That bah was wicked pissa."
(I guess "pisser" = "cool," but honestly I don't know anyone who says it.)

Bostonians represent!

 

[SonRisa]

I found this on myspace . . .

HISTORY BEHIND THE WORD..."HELLA"!!!!
Body: Obviously, everyone knows you're from the Bay Area when you use the term "HELLA"... Everyone from anywhere else mocks it, or doesn't understand it- as if it's some mystery or some sort of phenomenon.

Time to put an end to the "mystery"

Just like any slang word- it's an abbreviation.

HELLA= a hell of a lot.

"a hell of a lot" is also slang- most likely derived from the "wild west" and some sort of country talk between farmers/ rednecks in the west. The phrase "a hell of a lot" is used to describe something being even more than "a lot"... "a hell of a lot" is just a rediculous amount of what ever it might be.

Now if you ran around saying, "I like Joe a hell of a lot"- you'd sound like a country bumpkin and you'd probably need to lose a few teeth and drive a tractor to work.

A little history:

In the "BAY AREA"- where farmers/country folk surrounded in the past around the peninsula (San Jose, Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Davis, Turlock, Modesto, Stockton) 50 years ago- these places weren't exactly cities... And some of them, still aren't... So you have rednecks running around saying, "I like Joe a hell of a lot"- then you got country folk moving to the city- hanging out with city people, and saying "I like Joe a hell of a lot"- then a city kid says, "I gots 'hell of' work to do"- country slang meets urban city slang on a rediculous level and before you know it we're all sayin- "I hella like Joe"...

It doesn't matter if it's improper English- we all know what we're trying to say when we say it. And if you aren't from the BAY- then if you don't know, now ya know.

So given the history lesson and the Jarrod McQueen theory on how it came about- next time you hear someone say, "That's hella dope" don't hate us because we can express a meaning in fewer syllables.

If you're from the Bay, and you say "HELLA"... repost this, and let the world know what's up.

 

[noteventherain]

same here about the coke thing. (another southerner here). everything is coke. as in "Do you have any cokes over at your place?" doesn't just mean coca-cola. it can mean any kind of soft drink. anyone else like Cheerwine?

OMG and midnightlouise. . .you were killing me with those southernisms! I love those! one to add to your list is wompyjawed. I heard my mom say that a few months ago and it had me dead in my tracks. wompyjawed = cattycornered aka mis-aligned or slanted along a diagonal line. as in, a picture that's hanging crooked or something like that.

& I better step out of this thread now because the only ones I can really think of are drug-related. Not counting a ton of those. . .
there are a few though. . .like:
heated: "that's got me heated" = "I'm angry about that"
whip: nice car
one of my favorites. . ."frinna": "fixin to" said really fast aka about to do something
deep: packed/crowded, as in there are a lot of people in the location ('dammnnn, it's deep in here!' referring to a room crowded full of people)

 

[Rank_as]

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[docmaria]

My mother and stepfather live in Hampshire (Fleet) and I found it hilarious when my stepdad told me not to bother visiting Farnborough because it's full of "mingers".

 

[as_cute_as_pie]

slang hmmm a can think of some things that a say but im so used to them a dnt class them as slang ill have a ponder