Regional slang
 

What do people say where you live that doesn't exist anywhere else?

Here in DC, they say "carry." Now, when I first moved here, I thought I had the meaning, I really did. I thought it meant you were making somebody look stupid or something in front of a group. You know, public humiliation. Now, I'm so confused. Every time I get sarcastic with a student (I'm sarcastic by nature), I'm carryin' them (Ms. Ideal08, why you got to curry me). Well, tonight, one of my girls asked if they could do something, I don't even remember what it was. I told her no. She asked about three more times, but in different ways. So in a way that is classically my own, I stare at her for a few seconds, then I say, "No." The response? "Ms. Ideal08, why you got to curry me?" Now, how did I carry her? No one was around, just me and her. And all I said was "no." I don't get it.

Anyway, other slang that I'd never heard 'til I got here: lunchin'. Can I use it in a sentence? Yup. These people at my job be lunchin'. You know, trippin'.

Also, jonin' (with a long 'o' sound). Synonymous with crackin', you know, the dozens. Tellin' jokes.

So, what's the slang where you live? And I did a search already, too. :p

Philly has much of its own slang.

Bul - synonymous with boy. The pronunciation is different than the spelling. The 'L' is soft and you really have to hear it for yourself.

Jawn - synonymous with girl.

Ackie (ack for short) - pronounced as if you were saying the name Akhbar. It's used the same as bul i.e. What up Ack?

I really feel like I'm forgetting some good ones. Philly peeps, help me out.

LAWD
 

I know CT4 knows some of these....:p

I use Lunchin and jonin Moke, but here and New Iberia (the damn sticks)we use

"That gangsta"- Aids
"Ack"- cuttin up
" The fool" - more or less the same as "ain't no joke"
" get down" - getting out of the car ( You wanna get down?")
"Save groceries" - put up the groceries

sooooooooooooooooo many others:D :cool:

Girl you know how it goes up here! :o
I've heard a lot...can't really say I know what they mean though! LOL! :D

Ya-mean
Early!
Drawin'
Thorough
Fall Back...even Swalla (swallow) Back :rolleyes:

And one I've been hearing lately:
Yo...but it's not like you would think...it's kinda drawn out like 'yewww'...I can't explain it! :confused: It doesn't mean anything...just sounds funny! :p

Re: LAWD
 

Don't let me get started on B-Town!! Da Flat (Lafayette) and its surrounding cities provided YEARS worth of entertainment for me and my people.

I remember I had a boyfriend from Eunice and I was in his car. We stopped somewhere and he asked me if I wanted to "get down." I nearly clocked him. :o Just a little miscommunication.... :D

Here in New Orleans, there are PLENTY, but here are only two. I am too tired to come up with more! I'm sure that someone will have my back. If not, once I get some sleep and am refreshed, I'll have more.

We "make groceries": to go grocery shopping ( There is no food in the house. I need to make groceries.)

We order our po-boys "dressed": means that you want mayo, lettece, tomato, pickles, etc. on your sandwich

Re: LAWD
 

You forgot MAKE GROCERIES!!! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: I SWUR that is the BAMAest MESS!!!

Oh and col drank for a POP!! :eek:

Imma have to get more but yeah THAT GANGSTA for AIDS.

Re: LAWD
 

Girl you forgot the latest...

"You jiggin'- which can mean many different things...
1. Are you going?
2. Are you down?
3. Are you drinking/drunk?
4. Are you high/getting high?
5. Etc.

Down south!!

You greet people as "folk"...it is the new "dawg" (i.e. What up, folk?)

In Fla..."eastin" is to look at someone wrong also known as shootin units. (Think Khia..."with a unit on my face so mean")

A "dunk" is a box Chevy.

In South Fla, "ackie" is short for awkward.

Also, people are referred to as "pimpin" (What up, pimpin?)

Most other FL slang derives from other languages like patois, Creole, and Spanish.

As for GA slang, there is a LOT it just escapes me right now.

Ideal got most of the DC words. lol

Joe: homie, boy. As in What up, Joe?

My ex from Philly says Jawn alllllll the time.. I hate that.. lol
Some more Philly phrases:
whip = car
getting the wig tossed = getting a hair cut


"make groceries"??!! lol

funny thread
 

A few phrases I hear (most I get from my younger sister)

"thirsty" --someone real anxious for information or something. As in "Get outta my business. Why you so thirsty?"

"Bama" -- referring to someone country in their ways. "Youse a straight Bama, ain't you?" (No disrespect to Alabama folks; my parents and lots of my family are from there.) :D

someone drunk is "on tilt"-- Policeman stops a weaving car, approaches the driver and goes "dang, you on tilt, ain't you, playa?"

Pimp--somehow this is a term of friendly endearment. When you see you boy you might say "What up, you big ole pimp?" (usually with an exaggerated pronunciation -- "peeemp")

grape busted -- to get a haircut; "I'm 'bout to get my grape busted"

"love come down" -- I think this is more a southern colloquiolism, heard from older family members; I think it has to do with doin' the do....."he made her love come down" Of course, hearing this from the old folks, I really wasn't tryin' to get the inside story. :eek:

"courtin" (pronounced coatin') --another family colloquioslism for dating. "Girl, he coatin' heavy..."

"nose open" -- whipped. as in "Dude, she got your nose wide open."

...I'm just realizing how country me people is. If I get more, I'll be back. :cool:

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What in the PURPLE hayle?!!?!?!?!?!?

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...grape is slang for your head. How long you been gone from Ohio, CT4?

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6/28/02 was my date of departure

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...O, snap! I remember that day. The governor ordered all the flags to half-staff. People was walkin' around crynin' and stuh :p

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thats what I was thinkin?! :confused: :eek: :D

Pssssssst, hey baby girl, psssst, shawtee, whatchur name is?

This is a regional phrase which could be translated as the following:

Excuse me, excuse me miss -- I was wondering if you could tell me your name.

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Down here if you are drunk, you are loose.

"We got loose last night!"

ok. I'm a southern (true to heart :) ) Memphis belle and a Detroiter. Memphis has sooooooo much slang it's RIdiculous! However, in Detroit they say

1. scudded ---means you trippin'
2. skully- means good ol'fashioned head bangin action (if you know what I mean)
3."that's bold"-means you are forward,blunt.

Just to name a few.....

Our bros in Krimson&Kreme may rebuke this but you KNOW that Philly originated 'Yo!' as a word! Oh yeah, isn't that where their National HQ is located?

Sure is...right off Broad Street. :)

And Philly peeps have extended their Yo! Now it's like a long Yooooo...but sounds like Yeewwww! LOL! :p

Re: Regional slang
 

When I first heard the term 'carry' or 'curry", I was like WTF???!! I knew this guy on my campus who used to refer to men and women as 'bammas' and 'broads'. :eek:


Lunchin'-acting out or acting crazy is another common term

How could I forget GRITTIN'?? If you look someone up and down, or look at them crazy, you grittin' on them.

"Ms. Ideal08, I know you ain't grittin' on me?!"

Re: Regional slang
 

LOL, girl you curried her cuz youdidn't let her do what she wanted to do. You can get curried with or without an audience.

Also for DC/MD/VA...

urrrrea-mainly used by people in PG (Prince George's County, THE largest, most wealth Black county in the country **Shameless plug**) to describe a particular area, or the Metro area in general

Cuz, Joe, Slim, Young, Youngin- along the lines of "dawg"

That's all I can think of right now.

Girl, you know that Yo! sounds crazy. It's almost like Yeeeeeeeeuuuuuuurp!

I knew I was forgetting something and when you posted Drawn, I felt so stupid for missing that one.

Drawn - being "extra" about something or acting inappropriately.
"Yo, teacher was drawn today with that 15 page paper" or "How you gon ask me about my mistress in front of my wife? You drawn for that."

More slang:

Smut: loose woman or whore

Smeazy: derivation of smut

Blazed: getting a good haircut from a barber

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How did I forget those!!!! Man!!!

PS: That was a shameless PG Cty. plug...roflmPGCtybo!!

Re: Re: LAWD
 

Don't forget "Ya heard"! As in, the policeman was wrong to give me the speeding ticket, ya heard


I haven't made groceries in a hot minute:D

I'm from the north...a little slice of city called Harrisburg....this is what I say even though know one I know from Harrisburg talks like this:

Hot mess - it usually means something bad...like if your hair is jacked up in the morning I would say "That's a hot mess."

Trust - it's like saying "Believe that," others say "Don't get it twisted".....I use this sometimes.... :)

NYC SLANG
 

I have to disagree, that extended Yo that sounds more like Yerrrrruuurp! is orginally from Brooklyn...It's a warning call for when the Poe-poe (Police) are coming.

We also say 5-0 and 'dem boyz for Police Officers

Whilin' pronounced Wh-al-lin another term for crazyt or buggin
Quest: "Can you drive me across town"
Reply: "Oh, nah you whilin' "

Son ~ another word for friend , used for males and females can also be used disrespectfully, as in "you just got son'd" as in you got played

Gully ~ another term for someone that don't take no mess
" Yo, your peoples is Gully, she don't let no one skate"

speaking of which skate is commonly used outside in my neighborhood for folks that just try to slide by or get away with murder **how ironic**

Loose ~ crazy, funny, acts a fool

Bird ~ ghetto chick

G-unit ~ homosexual (this was actually conceived as a way of talking about one who is without being disrespectful..so not to put that persons business in the street...say if your on a crowded train)

Tight ~ very upset

the list goes on & on ..

Re: NYC SLANG
 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by O_SoPrettyNikki
[B]I have to disagree, that extended Yo that sounds more like Yerrrrruuurp! is orginally from Brooklyn...It's a warning call for when the Poe-poe (Police) are coming.

We also say 5-0 and 'dem boyz for Police Officers

Whilin' pronounced Wh-al-lin another term for crazt or buggin
Ques: "Can you drive me across town"
Reply: "Oh, nah you whilin' "

Son ~ another word for friend , used for males and females can also be used disrespectfully, as in "you just got son'd" as in you got played

Gully ~ another term for someone that don't take no mess
" Yo, your peoples is Gully, she don't let no one skate"

speaking of which skate is commonly used outside in my neighborhood for folks that just try to slide by or get away with murder **how ironic**

Loose ~ crazy, funny, acts a fool

Bird ~ ghetto chick

G-unit ~ Gay or homosexual

Tight ~ very upset

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tight= i remember when tight meant dope, fly, cool, something really good. perhaps i have my regions mixed up.

but my most favorite ones:

homey1: yo, whadddup SON

homey2: nothin'! yo, whaddup witchu god

son and god- it seemed like everybody would use that, especially after the wu came out!

Didn't this used to reference umm well you know!!??!?!

Re: Re: NYC SLANG
 

You are correct tight does have dual meanings, I left that out.

God was often used when talking to another dude, However certain folks of the 5% nation found it disrespectful and it was dropped (at least in my little section of Brooklyn)

:( I know my sister is tried of me calling her about these slang terms, without her I'd be clueless:confused:

Re: Regional slang
 

I'm also from the DC area...we used to say all that stuff in high school. Glad to see it's still around. Here's my contribution (it was touched on earlier)...

Minute - pretty much any length of time. "I haven't seen him in a minute" and I have one friend who will use exponential numbers of "minutes" to denote a long period of time (months, years, etc.). "She hasn't been around here in a minute minute minute"

I, too, am among the ranks of those from the DC area.

Let the record show that those of us in NorthWest say AREA, lol. No but seriously, the term urrea originated in PG County. FOlks from DC just said we're from DC.

One of my prophytes is from Philly, and he introduced me to the wonderful world of jawns, bwahns, and smuttin'.

I picked up "Let me find out" in high school. Like "Let me find out Madonna kissed Britney Spears!"

In college, I picked up "Bus' how" from my New York friends. It's sort like "Check this out"......"Bus' how I got robbed on the way to school!"

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by O_SoPrettyNikki
[B]You are correct tight does have dual meanings, I left that out.

God was often used when talking to another dude, However certain folks of the 5% nation found it disrespectful and it was dropped (at least in my little section of Brooklyn)


that is a new one! when i go home for the holidays im sure i will hear some new stuff!

LAWD, I forgot about Lemme find out, that used to be my jownt.

Oh, and "Whassup wit that?"

...my mom used that one on me as a kid, to threaten me to search harder for whatever she sent me after.

"Don't let me come in there and find that book. If I do, that's your behind."

If I couldn't find the object, at least I knew enough to hide the belt. :D

Said in my typical slang voice:

How come, I'm mad that you said "Bus' how I got robbed on the way to school!"

translation: I am cracking up that you used our term (which is old school by the way)

Some more terms:
What's really good? ~ whats going on

Out of pocket ~ wrong, your trippin or buggin

nah cipher - pronounced nooooow -cipher ..... in other words NO!!!

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that is so true..
PG County bred since 1990...lol

CT4 : Yup Blazed means gettin high on weed

................From what I had heard:o ;) :D :p

Slang changes with every generation...

From the west coast, back in my day...

Rest--the implied meaning: usually with the movement of the hand and snapping the fingers...

"You know you have to rest when you with the best..."

Endz--those folks who live at the bottom, just skrait ghetto

Air high--means when the truck's or car's hydraulics get the car in the air...

Jazzed--when someone's a little high and a little drunk

Faded--when they are way passed high and drunk

Rollers--the cops--'cuz they roll all over you--especially up in La Mesa, California...

Onetime--LAPD...

Tubular--like totally... Dude...

May SoCal slangs also come from the mixed cultures like Spanish and English...

Cholla--a chick

Chicka--a chick who's your friend.

Bolada--a girl who's a flirt, etc... In junior high, I got called that all the time...

Then we'd all curse in Spanish... But I will leave that alone