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AH:
The thing you see with, and the personal pronoun used denoting individuality.
"Ah think Ah've got somethin' in mah ah."
ALL:
noun. A petroleum-based lubricant. Usage: "I sure hope my brother from
Jawjuh puts all in my pickup truck."
AST:
To interrogate or inquire, as when a revenue agent seeks information about
illegal moonshine stills. "Don't ast me so many question. I makes me
mad."
ATTAIR:
Contradiction used to indicate the specific item desire. "Pass me attair
gravy, please"
AWL:
An amber fluid used to lubricate engines. "Ah like attair car, but it sure
does take a lot of awl."
BAHS:
noun. A supervisor. Usage: "If you don't stop reading these Southern words
and git back to work, your bahs is gonna far you!"
BARD:
verb. Past tense of the infinitive "to borrow." Usage: "My
brother bard my pickup truck."
BAWL:
What water does at 212 degrees Fahrenheit. "That gal cain't even bawl water
without burnin' it."
BLEEVE:
Expression of intent or faith. "Ah bleeve we ought to go to church this
Sunday."
CENT:
Plural of cent. "You paid five dollars for that necktie? Ah wouldn't give
fiddy cent for it."
CO-COLA:
The soft drink that started in Atlanta and conquered the world. "Ah hear
they even sell Co-cola in Russia."
CYST:
To render aid. "Can Ah cyst you with those packages, ma'am."
DID:
adjective. Not alive. Usage: "He's did, Jim."
EAR:
noun. A colorless, odorless gas (unless you are in LA). Usage: "He can't
breathe ... give 'em some ear!"
EVERWHICHWAYS:
To be scattered in all directions. "You should have been there when the
train hit attair chicken truck. Them chickens flew everwhichways.
FAR:
A state of combustion that produces heat and light. "Ah reckon it's about
time to put out the far and call in the dawgs."
FLARES:
The colorful, sweet-smelling part of a plant. "If yo wife's mad at ya, it's
smart to take her some flares."
FARN:
adjective. Not local. Usage: "I cudnt unnerstand a wurd he sed ... must be
from some farn country."
GOOD
OLE BOY: Any Southern male between age 16
and 60 who has an amiable disposition and is fond of boon companions, strong
drink, hound dawgs, fishin', huntin', and good lookin' women, but not
necessarily in that order. " Bubba's a good ole boy."
GRIYUTS:
What no Southern breakfast would be without - grits. "Ah like griyuts with
butter and sawt on'em, but Ah purely love'em with red-eye gravy."
GUMMIT:
Noun. An often-closed bureaucratic institution. Usage: "Great ... ANOTHER
gummit shutdown!"
HAZE:
a contraction. Usage: "Is Bubba smart?" "Nah ... haze ignert."
HEAVY
DEW: phrase. A request for action. Usage:
"Kin I heavy dew me a favor?"
HEP:
to aid or benefit. "Ah can't hep it if Ah'm still in love with you."
HOD:
adverb. Not easy. Usage: "A broken hot is hod to fix."
HOT:
noun. A blood-pumping organ.
IDINIT:
Term employed by genteel Southerners to avoid saying Ain't. "Mighty hot
today, idinit?"
IGNERT:
adjective. Not smart. See "Auburn Alumni." Usage: "Them boys sure
are ignert!"
JAWJUH:
noun. A highly flammable state just north of Florida. Usage: "My brother
from Jawjah bard my pickup truck."
JEW:
Did you. "Jew want to buy attair comic book, son, or just stand there and
read it here?"
JU-HERE:
a question. Usage: "Ju-here that former Dallas Cowboys' coach Jimmy Johnson
recently toured the University of Alabama?"
KUMPNY:
Guests. "Be home on time. We's havin' kumpny for supper."
LAW:
Police, or as Southerners pronounce it, PO-leece. "We better get outta
here. That bartender's doen called the law."
LIKKER:
Whiskey; either the amber kind bought in stores or the homemade white kind that
federal authorities frown upon." Does he drink? Listen, he spills more
likker than most people drink.'
LOT:
adjective. Luminescent. Usage: "I dream of Jeanie in the lot-brown
hair."
MASH:
To press, as in the case of an elevator button. "Want me to mash yo floor
for you, Ma'am?"
MUCHABLIGE:
Thank you. "muchablige for the lift, mister."
MUNTS:
noun. A calendar division. Usage: "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup
truck, and I aint herd from him in munts."
NAWTHUN:
Anything that is not Southern. "He is a classic product of the superior
Nawthun educational system." (sarcasm)
OVAIR:
In that direction. 'Where's yo paw, son?" He's ovair, suh."
PHRAISIN:
Very cold. "Shut that door. It's phraisin in here."
PLUM:
Completely. "Ah'm plum wore out."
RANCH:
noun. A tool. Usage: "I think I left my ranch in the back of that pickup
truck my brother from Jawjuh bard a few munts ago."
RATS:
noun. Entitled power or privilege. Usage: "We Southerners are willing to
fight for our rats." (Southerners
have very friendly rats.)
RETARD:
Verb. To stop working. Usage: "My granpaw retard at age 65."
RETCH:
To grasp for. "The right fielder retch over into the stands and caught the
ball."
SAAR:
The opposite of sweet. "These pickles sure are saar."
SEED:
verb, past tense.
SHOVELAY:
A GM car. "Nobody could drive a Shovelay like Junior Johnson."
SINNER:
Exact middle of. "Have you been to the new shoppin' sinner."
SQUARSH:
noun. A vegetable (also verb - to flatten). Usage: "Warsh that squarsh,
Bubba ... you don't know where its been!"
SUGAR:
A kiss. "Come here and give me some sugar."
TAR:
noun. A rubber wheel. Usage: "I hope that brother of mine from Jawjuh
doesn't git a flat tar in my pickup truck."
TARRED:
Fatigued. "Ah'm too tarred to go bowlin' nonight."
TAR
ARNS: A tool employed in changing wheels.
"You cain't change a tar without a tar arn."
TIRE:
noun. A tall monument. Usage: "Lord willing and the creeks don't rise, I
sure do hope to see that Eifel Tire in Paris sometime."
UHMURKIN:
Someone who lives in the United States of Uhmurka. "Thomas Jefferson was a
great Uhmurkin."
WAR:
Metal strands attached to posts to enclose domestic animals. "Be careful
and don't get stuck on that bob war."
WARSH:
verb. To clean.
WHUP:
To beat or to strike. "OOOEEE!!! Yer mama's gonna whup you fer sayin' a
cuss word."
ZAT:
Is that. "Zat yo dawg?"
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