Regional slang

[Lil' Hannah]

Originally posted by Ideal08
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.

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"