Regional slang

Ideal08 · #1 11-18-2003, 10:52 PM

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.

ClassyLady · #2 11-18-2003, 11:24 PM

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.

exquizit · #3 11-18-2003, 11:35 PM

I know CT4 knows some of these....

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

2DISCRETE4U · #4 11-18-2003, 11:38 PM

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Originally posted by ClassyLady
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.

Girl you know how it goes up here!

I've heard a lot...can't really say I know what they mean though! LOL!

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

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!

It doesn't mean anything...just sounds funny!

RedefinedDiva · #5 11-19-2003, 12:19 AM

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Originally posted by exquizit
I know CT4 knows some of these....

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

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.

Just a little miscommunication....

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

CrimsonTide4 · #6 11-19-2003, 12:25 AM

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Originally posted by exquizit
I know CT4 knows some of these....

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

You forgot MAKE GROCERIES!!!

I SWUR that is the BAMAest MESS!!!

Oh and col drank for a POP!!

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

CountryGurl · #7 11-19-2003, 01:21 AM

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Originally posted by exquizit
I know CT4 knows some of these....

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

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.

librasoul22 · #8 11-19-2003, 02:43 AM

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.

nikki1920 · #9 11-19-2003, 10:14 AM

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

TonyB06 · #10 11-19-2003, 10:41 AM

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.)

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.

"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.

CrimsonTide4 · #11 11-19-2003, 10:51 AM

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

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

TonyB06 · #12 11-19-2003, 11:10 AM

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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
What in the PURPLE hayle?!!?!?!?!?!?

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

CrimsonTide4 · #13 11-19-2003, 11:20 AM

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Originally posted by TonyB06
...grape is slang for your head. How long you been gone from Ohio, CT4?

6/28/02 was my date of departure

TonyB06 · #14 11-19-2003, 11:35 AM

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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
6/28/02 was my date of departure

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

nikki1920 · #15 11-19-2003, 11:48 AM

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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
What in the PURPLE hayle?!!?!?!?!?!?

thats what I was thinkin?!