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Weird regional vocabulary/colloquialisms you've heard?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Xerobull, Jul 14, 2021.

  1. Astrodome

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    Turd floater = heavy rain
     
  2. DFWRocket

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    Anybody remember using "Live" (rhymes with knive)?

    as in "That is so live"

    I remember using it around 87ish, but nobody else really remember it. Then just the other day I saw an old video online and a kid said it and it justified my memories.
     
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    Parents moved us to the DC area, Langley Park MD, for a short time. I still remember the first time I sad "fixing to" in front of my classmates. I was a "Hillbilly" from that point on.
     
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    I'm walking here...
     
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    Yeah, but that's more like slang. I don't think anybody uses it anymore. lol.
     
  6. Jugdish

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    *psych
     
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    In that vein, an army buddy from Valdosta, GA would say, "It don't make me no never mind." instead of "I don't care."

    Also, older ladies in Maryland call everybody "Hon".
     
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    Better bring a lunch and a lantern.

    (Because something is going to take all day and all night)
     
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    We were under 10, and it was the 70's...

    Didn't you used to have me in your sig?
     
  10. KingCheetah

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    Sike!
     
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    The Fatty gallery is unimpressed.

    [​IMG]
     
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  12. Dankstronaut

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    Idk I've just only ever heard southern people say that ****.

    Or calling a toilet a commode. Or a tv remote a clicker. Or just use of the word "yonder" lol
     
  13. adoo

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    this has to do w pronunciation in the Boston / NE region,

    the r immediately after the first vowel in the word is not recognized by the local speakers.

    egs include

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    translated to mean "use your blinker",


    "Pahk the cahk in Hahvahd Yahd" is translated to mean "Park the car in Harvard Yard",

    "you have a bad odahd" is translated to mean"you have a bad order", etc.​
     

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