Any area specific phrases that you know of?

[cKGunslinger]

Yeah, I occassionally catch flak for saying "fixin" - as in, "Yeah, I'm fixin to go get some lunch."

 

[shortylickens]

Dontcha Know?

Yah, you betcha!!

 

[Perknose]

Goin' "down the shore." Means "going to the beach."

General Americanism Brit actors use when they're playing Americans: subsituting "really" for "very", as in, "Duuuuuude, that's really, really cool!"

Otoh, British usuage also widespread in the states: "awfully" for "very" as in, "She's awfully pretty, isn't she?"

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: loki8481
"not for nothin'"

my daigo friends use it incessantly.

You misspelled dago, ya' mamaluke!

 

[xanis]

- Soda (as opposed to pop)
- Hoagie (as opposed to sub)

 

[Perknose]

"Gravy" for spaghetti sauce in South Philly and, to a lesser extent in the historically South Philly Italian colonies of NE Philly, Cherry Hill, NJ and environs, and Wildwood, NJ (down the shore.)

 

[CallMeJoe]

Hose pipe.

 

[Kadarin]

I reckon! (from Kentucky)

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: Perknose
"Gravy" for spaghetti sauce in South Philly and, to a lesser extent in the historically South Philly Italian colonies of NE Philly, Cherry Hill, NJ and environs, and Wildwood, NJ (down the shore.)

Damnit, I live in Philly and I still forgot this one.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Originally posted by: Chris
The term Boce (boh-cee) is a NYC suburbs regional thing. It means retard and comes from the BOCES program which is occupational training lousy students are sent to from the public schools.

In the same vein, we use "Sped" here in Mass sometimes to refer to a retard. SPED = Special Education.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Xanis

Originally posted by: Perknose
"Gravy" for spaghetti sauce in South Philly and, to a lesser extent in the historically South Philly Italian colonies of NE Philly, Cherry Hill, NJ and environs, and Wildwood, NJ (down the shore.)

Damnit, I live in Philly and I still forgot this one.

fahgeddaboutit :laugh:

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Aye-ya, as in agreement.
Finest kind, as in affirmation.
Coffee, as in the meal after breakfast and before lunch or between lunch and supper.

 

[Rachael]

"Jimmies" for those little colorful sprinkles that you put on ice cream.

 

[Sumguy]

chonga (VERY south of Florida, around the Miami area)
Refers to a particular type of hispanic girl who acts ghetto, has massive amounts of hair products, and wears jewelry with their name on it.

Eating shit=doing nothing
Mad _____=obvious enough, if something looks "mad shifty" it looks very suspicious. Not sure if this is only in Miami.

 

[lightstar]

laissez les bon temps roulez- "let the good times roll"

 

[MovingTarget]

Down the under/Down th'yonder...

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Rachael
"Jimmies" for those little colorful sprinkles that you put on ice cream.

Holy chit, are you really in Bryn Mawr? :shocked:

 

[Rachael]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: Rachael
"Jimmies" for those little colorful sprinkles that you put on ice cream.

Holy chit, are you really in Bryn Mawr? :shocked:

Yep I'm in my senior year at Bryn Mawr College.

 

[TestedAcorn]

Bro: commonly found in frat houses.
Eh? Commonly found in canada.

 

[brownzilla786]

Mad cool = very cool. As sumguy pointed out Mad + (word)= very + (word)
Hoagie = Sandwich

 

[Demo24]

Originally posted by: judasmachine
'fixin to'

when i lived in texas, this was used more than "I am about to do that." sometimes you hear, "I'm fixin' to git r done."

heh, I use that sometimes. I don't really notice I'm using it most of the time.


'yonder', as in 'git over yonder'. Basically means 'over-there', often used with a finger point to indicate direction.

 

[Corporate Thug]

"Grip" - A lot of something.

 

[BHeemsoth]

"Wicked," as in - "That movie was wicked awesome." - Massachusetts

 

[Mo0o]

Hella

 

[zzuupp]

Originally posted by: Xanis
- Soda (as opposed to pop)
...

They're both "Coke".