After reading some different sayings in another thread, I want to know more. Tell me your regional or family sayings. If the meaning isn't obvious, tell me what it means, too! 
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Don't know why but many round these here parts have a tendency to add the word 'say' at the end of many sentences.
'You know what I mean... say.'
'You know what I mean... say.'
Going up to camp.
When someone is going to their vacation home (camp) regardless of which direction it's actually in.
When someone is going to their vacation home (camp) regardless of which direction it's actually in.
If I don't mind doing something, I say "I don't care to do that ", but the BF says where he's from, that means you don't want to.
"Wicked"- Usually as a substitute for "very". Examples: Wicked Good, Wicked Smart, Wicked Hard, Wicked Pissah, et. al
"Pissah"- Means many different things. Wicked Pissah would be "very good" or "very awesome". Could also mean bad as in "That's a pissah!", which would translate to "That sucks".
It can be wicked confusing at times. It's kind of a pissah. You have to be wicked smaaht to figure it out
"Pissah"- Means many different things. Wicked Pissah would be "very good" or "very awesome". Could also mean bad as in "That's a pissah!", which would translate to "That sucks".
It can be wicked confusing at times. It's kind of a pissah. You have to be wicked smaaht to figure it out
...."Gots to do the warsh", "They took Howard to the hospital in an amblyance", "goin' down to the crick and catch me a mess of feesh"....Appalachia proud man!!!....
Southie= South Boston. But never call anyone from South Boston a "Southie". That's a term made up up by ignorant people from New York. It will get you a dirty look at a minimum and an a** whoopin' at worst. People from Southie are wicked sensitive about that.
Spukie= Submarine sandwich. Couldn't tell you where that one came from.
OFD= Originally From Dorchester. Dorchester is a section of Boston. SwiftMom grew up in Dorchester and SwiftDad was from South Boston. An OFD person may also be referred to as a DOT Rat.
South Shore= Any city or town located south of Boston. We SwiftKids grew up on the South Shore. People from the South Shore typically don't associate with people from the North Shore.
North Shore= Any city or town north of Boston. SwiftSis married a guy from the North Shore. Lots of family dramarama ensued.
In Town- In Boston. for example, "I'm working in town these days" would mean the person is working in Boston.
Spukie= Submarine sandwich. Couldn't tell you where that one came from.
OFD= Originally From Dorchester. Dorchester is a section of Boston. SwiftMom grew up in Dorchester and SwiftDad was from South Boston. An OFD person may also be referred to as a DOT Rat.
South Shore= Any city or town located south of Boston. We SwiftKids grew up on the South Shore. People from the South Shore typically don't associate with people from the North Shore.
North Shore= Any city or town north of Boston. SwiftSis married a guy from the North Shore. Lots of family dramarama ensued.
In Town- In Boston. for example, "I'm working in town these days" would mean the person is working in Boston.
Youse guys.
I’ve been told it’s odd to use the word ‘pavement’ (usually shortened to ‘payment’) for sidewalk
When you order a lager, you mean a Yuengling.
I’ve been told it’s odd to use the word ‘pavement’ (usually shortened to ‘payment’) for sidewalk
When you order a lager, you mean a Yuengling.
All sodas are "Cokes" around here. "What kind of coke do you want?" "Mountain Dew, please."...lol
Idear- (idea) NYC must have the "r" sound at the end of the word.
Double flusher, an OoO special occasion.....
The Brits do that also. When they say s word that ends in an 'a' like 'Maria' it ends up sounding like Marier. I don't get it....
The river that runs through town is the Cache la Poudre. It has a history, and you'd like to think that it would be called something like "Caush lah Pohd-ray." Nope. It's "Cash luh Pooder." Or really, "Pooder."
"You bet" replaces "you're welcome."
Soft drinks are "soda pop."
Directions on the Front Range are given not in left-right but east-west. "Go north on College Avenue to Horsetooth and turn west." That's because the mountains are looming to the west, and we always know where the west is.
Fourteeners are mountains in Colorado that rise over 14,000 feet, and we have more of those than any other state.
The Mousetrap is the interchange of I-25 and I-70 in Denver.
NoCo is Northern Colorado, and it covers Denver up the I-25 corridor to Wyoming and nudges east to Greeley. FoCo is Fort Collins, which is the lovely jewel of a small city that I live in. We are the Napa Valley of craft breweries. It's also called "Collins" and "the Fort," although there are other "Fort" places in Colorado: Fort Morgan, Fort Lupton, and those aren't even Army post "Forts."
The Front Range is the collection of communities that stretch along the base of the mountains of the north/south I-25 corridor, pretty much from Pueblo south up to Fort Collins north. More generally, it's the downslope east from the Continental Divide.
The West Slope is the portion of Colorado that's downslope west from the Continental Divide.
There really is a South Park in Colorado from which the crude animation show is based. It's not just a town but an area. It is distinguished from Middle Park and North Park.
If you say the "People's Republic," you're talking about Boulder.
Aurora, a southwest Denver suburb that sprawls out to the arid plains, is "Saudi Aurora."
If someone from the Central Time Zone on east refers to the "mountains" in their area, smirk happens.
I freakin' love this state.
"You bet" replaces "you're welcome."
Soft drinks are "soda pop."
Directions on the Front Range are given not in left-right but east-west. "Go north on College Avenue to Horsetooth and turn west." That's because the mountains are looming to the west, and we always know where the west is.
Fourteeners are mountains in Colorado that rise over 14,000 feet, and we have more of those than any other state.
The Mousetrap is the interchange of I-25 and I-70 in Denver.
NoCo is Northern Colorado, and it covers Denver up the I-25 corridor to Wyoming and nudges east to Greeley. FoCo is Fort Collins, which is the lovely jewel of a small city that I live in. We are the Napa Valley of craft breweries. It's also called "Collins" and "the Fort," although there are other "Fort" places in Colorado: Fort Morgan, Fort Lupton, and those aren't even Army post "Forts."
The Front Range is the collection of communities that stretch along the base of the mountains of the north/south I-25 corridor, pretty much from Pueblo south up to Fort Collins north. More generally, it's the downslope east from the Continental Divide.
The West Slope is the portion of Colorado that's downslope west from the Continental Divide.
There really is a South Park in Colorado from which the crude animation show is based. It's not just a town but an area. It is distinguished from Middle Park and North Park.
If you say the "People's Republic," you're talking about Boulder.
Aurora, a southwest Denver suburb that sprawls out to the arid plains, is "Saudi Aurora."
If someone from the Central Time Zone on east refers to the "mountains" in their area, smirk happens.
I freakin' love this state.
We have a People’s Republic here as well. It’s Cambridge!
"From away" refers to anyone who doesn't live in Maine and possibly even someone who lives in Maine but wasn't born/raised here.
We use the word crik for creek and sometimes warsh for wash cloth. We also call a shopping bag sack and not a bag.
Fine as Frog Hair = something is really good!
Fine as frog hair split four ways in the sand is pretty good too!Fine as Frog Hair = something is really good!
I have a client who says "Better than snuff and not half as dusty "
Fine as frog hair split four ways in the sand is pretty good too!
I have a client who says "Better than snuff and not half as dusty "
