Favourite Slang/Local Sayings

♥jewelchristian♥

New game, post your favourite slang term (nothing controversial) or local sayings, just so we can hear what others say...

Now, I am in Canada, so everyone knows that we "apparently" say eh a lot. In this part of Canada, Pacific Northwest, we tend to say hey instead of eh.

What do you say??

♥Faerie♥

Pixie Piss.....
But I think I am the only one.......besides the few friends on here that I have corrupted :devil:
I really have a lot of odd things that I say though....my own language..

vencellia

I'm in Va everyone say Boy boo or girl boo or child boo lol!! I hate them mine is That's what it is!!!

♥jewelchristian♥

Wicked (I think that's Boston??)

immacookie

"You's Guys"

You's guys going out for lunch? What are you's guys doing later?

♥jewelchristian♥

Pixie Piss.....
But I think I am the only one.......besides the few friends on here that I have corrupted :devil:
I really have a lot of odd things that I say though....my own language..

You could share faerie

immacookie

Wicked (I think that's Boston??)

Wikked Pissah :laugh:

BigGail

I live in Peterborough UK where everyone says "young old boy" (which is just confusing) as in, "I was out last night and I saw this young old boy I knew from school" - weird!!!

I am originally from Sunderland, Tyne & Wear where everyone speaks really loud and really fast - there are loads I could give you from there, but we are known as Mackems because we say "mack" and "tack" as in, you "mack" your dinner and you "tack" it to work with you - make and take!
My favourite though is "how man bonny lass, d'yer na wees keys these are like?"
translated is "I say, young lady, do you happen to know to whom these keys belong perchance?"

emilysparey

i was originally born in wales(uk) and my whole family (and welsh friends) say 'by here' or 'by there' which means over here or over there, the way they say it sounds pretty much like 'bah there' and 'bah year'

moniraq

Well...here in Texas we do say "y'all" all the time. My new favorite comes from my partner. She's Canadian but I don't know if it's Canadian in origin but I do like it.

"For *kitten*'s sake!", except that you have to run it all together and drop the "r" in "for" and make the "s" at the end of "*kitten*" and the beginning of "sake" one big "sss"...so it comes out something like "Fush*t'ssake!".

MissingMinnesota

Well since I currently live in South Carolina one I hear all the time is "Bless his/her heart." which pretty much means they are too stupid to function.

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immacookie

Being that I'm not originally from Philly... I don't say this...

But the word "water" is pronounced "ward-er" here. :laugh:

♥jewelchristian♥

I don't know where it came from but my ex MIL used to say Brar instead Bra

♥jewelchristian♥

Well since I currently live in South Carolina one I hear all the time is "Bless his/her heart." which pretty much means they are too stupid to function.

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jessmomof3

I personally don't do this, but there are tons of Midwesterners that say WARSH instead of wash - VERY ANNOYING!

Oh my gosh!! That is my Mother in law!! WARSH rag... And she also lives in Missouri and says it like MissourUH instead of MissourE). Drives me nuts!

nicolee516

Being that I'm not originally from Philly... I don't say this...

But the word "water" is pronounced "ward-er" here. :laugh:

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I used to live there and I still catch myself saying that sometimes!

I used to hear "yins" alot when I lived in PA too...I think it is similar to "you's"

islandnutshel

Is it a Canadian Prairie thing? I grew up miss-spelling wait. Because it was pronounced "waiNt"
I was a "WaiNtress" for a while after school.
Sure sounded educated.
Words american's shouldn't use: Foyer, (large entrance) Poutine, Aperitif, Attache, or any english word borrowed from the french.
Sorry but I hear everyone from the president to oprah, both whom I respect, butcher french words.

♥jewelchristian♥

Is it a Canadian Prairie thing? I grew up miss-spelling wait. Because it was pronounced "waiNt"
I was a "WaiNtress" for a while after school.
Sure sounded educated.
Words american's shouldn't use: Foyer, (large entrance) Poutine, Aperitif, Attache, or any english word borrowed from the french.
Sorry but I hear everyone from the president to oprah, both whom I respect, butcher french words.

Ohhhh! Toque!!! It's a toque, not a stocking cap!

iRun4wine

Wicked (I think that's Boston??)

And Connecticut... that's what I was going to post!

As in:
"I had a sandwich for lunch and it was wicked good!"


And also, my family in upstate NY says "you welcome" instead of "youR welcome"... so odd! :huh: :noway:

hoch

I live in pittsburgh, PA and the city has its own language - (check out PITTSBURGHESE.com)

Yinz and n'at are two of the most common - Yinz is a form of 'you all' 'Yinz guys goin to watch the Steelers? and n'at is a form of "and that" as in "im gonna do a bit of this n'at"

LuckyLeprechaun

I don't know if this is local or widepsread, but I'll spell it the way it sounds.

"Omunna"

As in
Omunna go to the store, do you want me to bring you anything?

or the shortened version "Ima" as in
Ima be right back.

KarenECunningham

My sweet father who is now deceased was originally from Oklahoma and his mom was from Missouri so I am not sure where these originated. He would say "I feel like I'm walkin in tall cotton" which meant he was feeling happy, content or blessed. He said 'hogwash' (nice word for bull sh**t) when he thought something was untrue or a bunch of bull. Instead of saying a lot of something he would say a mess a, "Well we gotta mess a beans comin up in the garden" And as you can see he dropped 'g' at the end of a lot of his words. He was funny, talented and probably the best father anyone could ask for. By the way, until the day he died (age 80) we all called him Daddy.:flowerforyou:

Beebee78

I'm from Suffolk in the UK and there are lots of sayings here. I don't really have an accent myself as I moved around a lot as a child, but if you listen to the local people, they say things like roight ( right), tha's a rummun ( that's a strange thing), rud ( road)...

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karenjoy

I live on the Isle of Wight (small Island off the South Coast of England) and the locals call it the "oil o' woight"

They say "a'roight nipper?" meaning Hello young man
"nammet" means lunch
"Summat" means something, but used in a way which is difficult to explain.
"mallyshag" is a catterpillar
"Gurt" means great big as in "look at that gurt mallyshag"
"Chine" is a local(ish) word meaning gorge

I could go on lol

My Canadian husband says weird stuff like pavement for the road and sidewalk for the pavement!

immacookie

I personally don't do this, but there are tons of Midwesterners that say WARSH instead of wash - VERY ANNOYING!

Oh my gosh!! That is my Mother in law!! WARSH rag... And she also lives in Missouri and says it like MissourUH instead of MissourE). Drives me nuts!

Thankfully not ALL of us Missourians talk like that (and I'm origially from SE Missouri, but I escaped somehow :laugh: )

immacookie

Being that I'm not originally from Philly... I don't say this...

But the word "water" is pronounced "ward-er" here. :laugh:

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I used to live there and I still catch myself saying that sometimes!

I used to hear "yins" alot when I lived in PA too...I think it is similar to "you's"

I think the other poster said that 'yins" is a Pittsburgh thing, probably central PA too (aka Pennsyltucky :laugh: ). It's all Italians in the area I'm in here... lots of "YO!" and "YOUS GUYS". :laugh:

Behavior_Modification

I've heard people pronounce Illinois, Ehllinois...Eh? really? Where did that come from?
Instead of the swear f#$%ing, we say "effing", "freaking" and "flipping" a lot.
We do not use the word pop in Milwaukee at all to mean soda.
We call water fountains "bubblers".
We hold our O's. Ooooh, that was sooo boooring. Actually we hold a lot of our vowels.
We sound like sheep when we say bag and *kitten* and sag because we use long A's.

NYJetsFan

Well since I currently live in South Carolina one I hear all the time is "Bless his/her heart." which pretty much means they are too stupid to function.

My girlfriend lives in VA and she's informed me of this. I had no idea.

♥jewelchristian♥

I've heard people pronounce Illinois, Ehllinois...Eh? really? Where did that come from?
Instead of the swear f#$%ing, we say "effing", "freaking" and "flipping" a lot.
We do not use the word pop in Milwaukee at all to mean soda.
We call water fountains "bubblers".
We hold our O's. Ooooh, that was sooo boooring. Actually we hold a lot of our vowels.
We sound like sheep when we say bag and *kitten* and sag because we use long A's.

We use fricking a lot.

I had an uncle who married an American woman, so when I went to visit him in Maryland and asked for pop - he laughed and said how much he loved the word pop, but it's called "soda" here.

DeathIsMyGift

Not everyone in Texas says "Ya'll".