Funny Words- What does your country say?????

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Originally posted by Lemon Meringue:
They say "pocketbook" in Nashville, too.

When I was in college my roomie, who was from Wisconsin, asked me where the "bubbler" was. I had no idea what she was talking about. She was looking for the drinking fountain.



"Bubbler" is indeed Bostonese for drinking fountain.

"Barrel" = garbage can
"Carriage" = shopping cart
"Tonic" = soft drink
"Frappe" = milkshake
"Milkshake" = milk with syrup in it
"Square" = any intersection of more than two streets
"Wicked" = very
 
Jimmy, you dont call someone dressed like a dag, flyblown. So no. I guess not.
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Originally posted by Angela Harlem:
Jimmy, you dont call someone dressed like a dag, flyblown. So no. I guess not.
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"Dressed like a dag"
"Looks daggy"
"Had daggy fashion sense"

Are all acceptable expressions where I'm from, which incidentally is the same region where "dag" is commonly used.
 
What do you call the sprinkles on your ice cream?

I'm in Mass and we say "jimmies"
my friend from CT says "shots"

"lit" to describe being drunk, but not wasted.

plus New Englanders put "wicked" as an adjective for everything... i.e. it's getting wicked late, i gotta jet...


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Originally posted by oliveu2cm:
What do you call the sprinkles on your ice cream?

plus New Englanders put "wicked" as an adjective for everything... i.e. it's getting wicked late, i gotta jet...


And here "wicked" can mean "awesome"
 
Originally posted by OzAurora:

Jack shit- nothing

I think this one is popular in every English speaking country.
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What I find about U.S. slang is that each generation has new words. "Groovy" was a hip work 35 years ago, but it'd be questionable to use it now (in the right setting, you can get away with it, but not part of your every day slang).

Today, words like a'ight (for all right) are used alot, as well as most words used in rap lyrics. Just look through some Eminem lyrics, for example, and you'll get a good sampling of the vernacular of today's U.S. youth.
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But the biggest changes I see in the English languare (in all countries) are technology driven. Computers and home entertainment systems really alter the way we speak. A few years ago, saying DVD would generate a quizzical response - now everyone's heard of them.
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[This message has been edited by doctorwho (edited 05-03-2002).]
 
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