Ann I like what your husband said.
my husband was few too. but I can't put them in the forum.
She is so ugly,with a capital ug
Funny expressions
My husband's expression for an ugly woman is 'She has a face like a bag of spanners'. 
He has one for bad tempered women too, but it's too crude to put on here.
And when he's talking about someone who's not too bright, he'll say, 'If they had one more brain cell, they'd be dangerous'.
What does the expression 'It's no skin off my nose' actually mean.
He has one for bad tempered women too, but it's too crude to put on here.
And when he's talking about someone who's not too bright, he'll say, 'If they had one more brain cell, they'd be dangerous'.
What does the expression 'It's no skin off my nose' actually mean.
Pauline
That reminded me of what my dad would say if I was standing in the way of him watching the telly, 'You make a better door than window'.lizwiz wrote:When we left doors open someone always said we must hve been 'born in a barn'. If we did it constantly it was 'born in a field with the gate open.
Pauline
I say "No skin off my back" usually when I am referring to something that does not seem difficult, does not involve me, or if I don't care about it either way. I guess the nose could be used the same...popo wrote:What does the expression 'It's no skin off my nose' actually mean.
How about:
He/she is dumber than a stump
Strong like bull...dumb like chicken
It is hard to think of you as the end result of millions of years of evolution
You could be the love child of Anna Nicole Smith and Mike Tyson
I've seen the fountain of youth...I see you've seen the fountain of dumb
I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter
I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message
I like you, you remind me of myself when I was young and stupid
Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view.
What am I? Flypaper for freaks!?
Sarcasm is just one more service I offer
If I throw a stick, will you leave?
Too many freaks, not enough circuses
Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done
Oh I get it... like humour... but different!
Martha's Vineyard and good friends...Life can not get much better!
Somone who is mean. He has short arms and long pockets.
A big nose. He thought it was for eating so picked the biggest one.
A woman getting older. The Laws of Gravity have got to her.
Someone ugly. A face like a Lurgan spade.
When he/she was born, they didn't know which end to slap.
An optimist. As one door closes, another one opens.
A pessimist. As one door closes, another one slams in your face.
Someone forgetting a poor background.
Give a beggar a horse and he'll ride to hell.
He forgets when he had no seat to his britches.
Someone dirty. He's not a friend of soap and water.
A liar. He wouldn't recogognise the truth if it jumped up and bit him on the backside.
My mum used to say. "You'll go to bed, with your lip tremblin' and your backside shakin' wi' pride."
You'll be laughing the other side of your face.
My spinster aunt. I would've loved to have been a bride, didn't want a man tho'
OR. I always wanted to have children, skip the man part. OR If it wasn't for stupid people like me, none of you would look so clever. 
Mum. If you burn your backside, it's you who has to sit on the blister.
John. I love you twice as much as the day we married, there's twice as much of you!
A big nose. He thought it was for eating so picked the biggest one.
A woman getting older. The Laws of Gravity have got to her.
Someone ugly. A face like a Lurgan spade.
When he/she was born, they didn't know which end to slap.
An optimist. As one door closes, another one opens.
A pessimist. As one door closes, another one slams in your face.
Someone forgetting a poor background.
Give a beggar a horse and he'll ride to hell.
He forgets when he had no seat to his britches.
Someone dirty. He's not a friend of soap and water.
A liar. He wouldn't recogognise the truth if it jumped up and bit him on the backside.
My mum used to say. "You'll go to bed, with your lip tremblin' and your backside shakin' wi' pride."
You'll be laughing the other side of your face.
My spinster aunt. I would've loved to have been a bride, didn't want a man tho'
OR. I always wanted to have children, skip the man part. OR If it wasn't for stupid people like me, none of you would look so clever. Mum. If you burn your backside, it's you who has to sit on the blister.
John. I love you twice as much as the day we married, there's twice as much of you!
Minnie. (Polly's big sis)
Thanks to Kymmie.
Thanks to Kymmie.Davimad wrote:I love you twice as much as the day we married, there's twice as much of you!
A famous singer once sang:
I will love you till the end of time...Now I am praying for the end of time... Hurry up and arrive.
Andy says...You are my density (from a movie)
Martha's Vineyard and good friends...Life can not get much better!
Hillybilly Terms and Meanings
Hillbilly Terms and Meanings
Dayum: Dam I like to fish off the dayum levy."
They look like they've been rode hard and put up wet."
(they look tired,worn out,ruff,or often said about a 'ho
I clean up good." (I look good clean and dressed up)
Redneck words:Boston "My boston fired me today."
Meaning:My boss done fired me today.
Bols: Boys. "Em bols shor r big aint they?"
Sutumdet: Something to eat. "Lets go git sutumdet."
Heifer: term of endearment "Come ere ya little heifer
and give me some sugar."
What you would say if someone is not very pretty, "What a
face, what a figure, two more legs she'd look like trigger."
Y'Idiot: You Idiot "Shut-up, y'idiot." Meaning- shut-up
you idiot.
Aincha: Aren't You "Yer gonna whup him fer talkin' like that,
aincha" Meaning: You're going to spank him for talking like
that to you, aren't you? OR You're going to beat him up for
talking to you like that, aren't you?
Nanner puddin: Banana Pudding "Grammas homemade banana puddin.
Vanilla wafers bananas and vanilla flavored mixture poured over
then chilled.
Pin: Pen "Hand me an ink pin."
Hawt: Hot "It's hawt in Mississippi in the summertime."
HereTiz, Meaning here it is
Longer than a snake's neck". Means very Long.
Hotter than a tideup dawg". Means it very hot.
Redneck Sayings: "Shes finer than frogs hair.
Meaning that gals perrty."
If someone asks you if your truck will go through that mud hole
you say, does a cat got a climbing gear of course it will."
If someone asks are ya ready ya say, if ya waitin on me your
backing up."
If someone is actin crazy ya say, he's jumpin timming."
Georgia Sayings: "I'm hotter than a fresh frigged fox in a
forest fire!" (cleaned up) meaning, "It's very hot".
If God's willing and the Creeks don't rise". meaning, we'll
get it done somehow.
Pig in a poke- a bad deal, "He sold me a pig in a poke".
Funeralizin'- Going to a funeral or wake or any associated
activities. "He died yestiddy and we'll be funeralizin' for
two more days.
Lower Than a Snake's Belly in a Wagon Rut- low down. That boy's
morals are lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut.
Box of Rocks- used to describe one's intelligence, or lack thereof.
"That boy's dumber than a box of rocks".
Bag of Hammers- Same as "Box of Rocks"
Thrash it to Flinders- beat it until it falls apart.
Fring:Frying "Start fring the chicken while I finish making
the poke salad."
Whar-y'at: Where you at? "Just tell me whar-y'at and I will
come and pick you up."
Haid: Head "He bout yanked out every hair of her haid."
Snuk: Snuck "I snuk up on my dog to catch him."
Zink: Sink "Turn the water off on the zink."
Kudzu: The vine that ate the south, the cuss you vine,
mile-a-minute vine, foot-a-night vine, drop it and run vine,
we owe you one Japan vine. An invasive, triple leafed, semi
-woody, trailing or climbing perennial vine that is a member of
the legume family. Kudzu can grow a foot a day during growing
season,it is hard to kill and control.
Becous: Because "I sing becous I'm happy."
She used to ask me for sugar.... Gimme a lil sugar, hunny.
Which meant,give me a kiss, honey.'
Let-r-rip: Go for it/do it "I'm goin to get this mess taken
care of if its the last thing I do. Well, let-r-rip."
Big ol: Big old "That's a big ol' boy idinit?"
Saying: "Y'all come back now, Ya heah."
Ketchup:Catch Up "Ya batter ketchup wit dat work before
I give ya a hurtin boi."
Cawfee:Coffee "I like my cawfee strong."
Onyons: Onions "Give me a plate of peas, cornbread and
onyons, now that's good eats."
Fried taters : meaning fried potatoes,
Gussied-up: Dressed real nice "Wha cha all gussied-up fer?"
Git-r-done:Get it done "This garden needs planted,lets git-r-done."
Wrench Off: Shower "I'm fix'en to go wrench off" which means I
am going to take a shower.
Jury: Jewelry: "Customer needs assistance in the jury department."
My daddy in Louisiana lets us know he's hungry by saying, "I'm so
hungry, my bellybutton's rubbin my backbone!"
Risin: Rising "A pimple or lump that swells up."
Hope: Help "My father always said: HOPE instead of HELP."
Samage: Sandwich "My favorite word is samage (sandwich)."
Hant: Haunt "My word is "Hant" contry word for Haunt.
My great-grandmother used to say it. She even told a doctor
once thata if he let her die she would come back and hant him."
Not Nairn: Not One this means really none.
Redneck Caviar:Potted Meat "I like Cheetos diped in redneck caviar."
Bowed-Up: Bad Mood,Pouting,or Mad "What are you sitting there all
bowed-up about?"
Whaw-st: Wasp "Watch-out for that whaw-st nest!"
Looks like he/she was beaten by an ugly stick!"- Translation: Not
an attractive person. Did you see that Jo Marie's boyfriend?! That
boy looks like he was beaten by an ugly stick!"
Cream don't rise to the top." -Translation: not a very bright
person. Example: You know, I don't think that boy's cream rises
all the way to the top!"
Hosepipe" - Translation: garden hose. Example: Grab me that
hosepipe so that I can water the flowers.
Godnight to one another: "Road graters".
Catapillars" "Sweet dreams"
Lanky " hungry.
Mother: "fanny farkel"
Boyfriends: "Jim-napper"
Boys: "syphogrum"
Shirts: "Where is my shimmee?"
Pure-de-ole:Pure/100%"" That kid is pure-de-ole rotton!
Carry: " Take me to the store."
Goff: "What you do on Sunday if you can get your clubs out
of the house without your wife seeing you.
Gawd: God Oh my Gawd!
Betwixt:In between " Ya got sumthun betwixt yer frunt teeth".
Clum:Climed " I clum that tree an took a gander cross the way".
Bawlin:Crying "Oh stop yer bawlin an get back in the truck".
Year-go:Years ago " He wuz put in there bout three er four year-go"
Gulley Washers:When a big rain comes. "I hope them gulley washers
come soon."
Raisin Cain: Stirrin up a messa trouble. Cussing
I'm gonna go down to Bobbie Joes house and raise cain."
Critter: Animal usually furry. "Aw, if that cat ain't
just the cutest little critter I've ever saw."
Mason-Dixie line:"As far as a yankee gets to coming to the south."
Dudint:Doesn't it? "Your room needs cleanin' No it dudint."
An't:Ain't "You ain't heard nothing I said."
Yunz:One Person, "Where are yuns at?"
Yunzes: a group of people "What are yunzes doin'?"
Ahr:Air "She's a real ahr-head." "Take a deep breath of ahr."
Flarder:Florida "Where South is North and North is South!"
Holler:Deep valley in the mountains
"Dat well's deeper than a holler!"
Arsh:Irish "I love fried arsh taters."
Arsh:"People born in Arland."
Yard Apes:Children playing in the yard.
Mayonaize:Man Theres "Mayonaize alot of people here
tanite: meaning "Man theres alot of people here tonight."
A'orta:I ought to: "A'orta cut that there grass before em
kids git hurt" meaning "They oughta cut the grass before the
kids get hurt."
Yew:You "I love yew better'n biscuits!"
Roll face" pizza, royal feast pizza.
Gimmee uh minner cheese, put ut in a poke sos ah can tote it home."
Translation -"Give me a pimento and cheese sandwich, wrap it and
put it in a sack so I can take it home."
Nerve Rackin: "Billy Bob you sur are nerve rackin."
(meaning someone is extremely annoying.)
Well now! Don't that just fry your tater?" (make you mad)
That's about as easy as nailin' Jell-O to the wall."
(almost impossible)
That's like tryin' to sneak sunup past a rooster!" (very hard)
You're about as useful as a bucket tucked under a bull!"
(not to handy to have around)
He'll never drown in his own sweat." (lazy)
He's about two jumps ahead of a fit." ( really ticked)
If it costs a dollar to go around the world, I couldn't get
out of sight." (broke)
Griyuts:GRITS "Of course, the wonderful breakfast, lunch,
and dinner staple instead of potatoes. It is also an acynonym
for "Girls Raised in the South."
Might could:"I might could meet you at the store later."
Fer:For/Far "What are you going to Jackson fer?
Don't you know that's a fer piece?"
Rode hard and put up wet." (Look rough)
Don't lay with dogs or you might end up with fleas."
(Watch who your keeping company with.)
Rurnt:Ruined "Don't eat that tater salad. Its rurnt. " **
Da'gum:Dang/Dag gum "Where did my da'gum boots run off to?"
PAH:Pie
Mayus:Mess "Pick up the mayus you made."
Israeli Southern Saying:"Shalom Y'all" is "southern hebrew" for
hello all.
DADGUMMIT:"Used in place of "gosh dang it. "Dadgummit that hurt!!"
Dang Skippy:Yes "Ya dang skippy I'm going!"
Terlit:Toilet "If I don't find a terlit soon, were goinna
be swimmin for it!"
Puddin:Term of indearment. "Are you still my lil' puddin?"
Thang:Thing Used for almost anything: "Hand me that thang,
I need to turn the sound down." "Honey, "Thang" (Yo' Mamma)
should of been here by now."
Just leave it to the dust and let the rain settle it."
Widder:Widow "She was a widder woman for five yars afterin
her fifth husband died."
Winder:Window "Don't woup Johnny fer busting that winder!
He didn't go to do it" Meaning: Johnny did not intend to break
the winder.
Chesterdrawers:Chest of drawers "Your clothers belong in the
chesterdrawers, not on the floor!"
Kentucky Saying:"You'll see lookie Boy! When your Paw gits home
your gonna think your thunder struck!"
Bayed:Bed "If you don't be quite I'm putting your tail to bayed!"
Zat:Is that: "Zat right?"
Zackly:Exactly "That comes to zackly $4.95."
Warshrag:Wash cloth/Bath cloth* "Grab that warshrag and warsh
the babies face."
Yale:Yell "Talk to me, don't yale at me!"
Tar arn:Tire iron "Don't go off without your tar arn incase
you have a flat tar."
Spect:Expect "I spect them any minute."
Shawt:Short "I'd say 5 foot is a little shawt to be playing
basketball."
Saar:Sour "The lemonade is to saar."
Ratcheer:Right here "You stay ratcheer until I get back!"
Phrasin:Freezing "It's phrasin outside today."
Plum:Very "I get plum tickled every time I think about it."
Sawt & Peppeh:Salt & pepper "These beans need a little sawt
and peppeh."
Pare:Power "The tree limbs are to close to the pare lines."
Orta:Ought to "I orta go to the store before it gets to late."
Oakree:Okra "I add oakree to my gumbo."
Munts:Months "There are twleve munts in a year."
Keer:Care "I don't keer if it hare-lips the devil, I'm going!"
Mere:Mirror "Stop primping in front of the mere!"
Laht:Light "Your the laht of my lafh."
Lafh:Life "Marriage and murder carry the same sentence, "Lafh."
Kumpny:Company "Help me straighten up before our kumpny arrives."
Jeyver:Did you ever. "Jeyver hear such nonsense?"
Idinit:Isn't it "It's a beautiful day idinit?"
Eyetalyun:Italian "Let's eat Eyetalyn tonight."
Crine:Crying " Dry your eyes and stop crine."
Cheer:Chair "Pull up a cheer and make yourself comfortable."
Caint:Can't/Cannot "I caint leave before I finish my homework."
Bidness:Business* "It ain't none of your bidness."
I got some more of these I finish posting tomorrow. Funny quotes.
Dayum: Dam I like to fish off the dayum levy."
They look like they've been rode hard and put up wet."
(they look tired,worn out,ruff,or often said about a 'ho
I clean up good." (I look good clean and dressed up)
Redneck words:Boston "My boston fired me today."
Meaning:My boss done fired me today.
Bols: Boys. "Em bols shor r big aint they?"
Sutumdet: Something to eat. "Lets go git sutumdet."
Heifer: term of endearment "Come ere ya little heifer
and give me some sugar."
What you would say if someone is not very pretty, "What a
face, what a figure, two more legs she'd look like trigger."
Y'Idiot: You Idiot "Shut-up, y'idiot." Meaning- shut-up
you idiot.
Aincha: Aren't You "Yer gonna whup him fer talkin' like that,
aincha" Meaning: You're going to spank him for talking like
that to you, aren't you? OR You're going to beat him up for
talking to you like that, aren't you?
Nanner puddin: Banana Pudding "Grammas homemade banana puddin.
Vanilla wafers bananas and vanilla flavored mixture poured over
then chilled.
Pin: Pen "Hand me an ink pin."
Hawt: Hot "It's hawt in Mississippi in the summertime."
HereTiz, Meaning here it is
Longer than a snake's neck". Means very Long.
Hotter than a tideup dawg". Means it very hot.
Redneck Sayings: "Shes finer than frogs hair.
Meaning that gals perrty."
If someone asks you if your truck will go through that mud hole
you say, does a cat got a climbing gear of course it will."
If someone asks are ya ready ya say, if ya waitin on me your
backing up."
If someone is actin crazy ya say, he's jumpin timming."
Georgia Sayings: "I'm hotter than a fresh frigged fox in a
forest fire!" (cleaned up) meaning, "It's very hot".
If God's willing and the Creeks don't rise". meaning, we'll
get it done somehow.
Pig in a poke- a bad deal, "He sold me a pig in a poke".
Funeralizin'- Going to a funeral or wake or any associated
activities. "He died yestiddy and we'll be funeralizin' for
two more days.
Lower Than a Snake's Belly in a Wagon Rut- low down. That boy's
morals are lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut.
Box of Rocks- used to describe one's intelligence, or lack thereof.
"That boy's dumber than a box of rocks".
Bag of Hammers- Same as "Box of Rocks"
Thrash it to Flinders- beat it until it falls apart.
Fring:Frying "Start fring the chicken while I finish making
the poke salad."
Whar-y'at: Where you at? "Just tell me whar-y'at and I will
come and pick you up."
Haid: Head "He bout yanked out every hair of her haid."
Snuk: Snuck "I snuk up on my dog to catch him."
Zink: Sink "Turn the water off on the zink."
Kudzu: The vine that ate the south, the cuss you vine,
mile-a-minute vine, foot-a-night vine, drop it and run vine,
we owe you one Japan vine. An invasive, triple leafed, semi
-woody, trailing or climbing perennial vine that is a member of
the legume family. Kudzu can grow a foot a day during growing
season,it is hard to kill and control.
Becous: Because "I sing becous I'm happy."
She used to ask me for sugar.... Gimme a lil sugar, hunny.
Which meant,give me a kiss, honey.'
Let-r-rip: Go for it/do it "I'm goin to get this mess taken
care of if its the last thing I do. Well, let-r-rip."
Big ol: Big old "That's a big ol' boy idinit?"
Saying: "Y'all come back now, Ya heah."
Ketchup:Catch Up "Ya batter ketchup wit dat work before
I give ya a hurtin boi."
Cawfee:Coffee "I like my cawfee strong."
Onyons: Onions "Give me a plate of peas, cornbread and
onyons, now that's good eats."
Fried taters : meaning fried potatoes,
Gussied-up: Dressed real nice "Wha cha all gussied-up fer?"
Git-r-done:Get it done "This garden needs planted,lets git-r-done."
Wrench Off: Shower "I'm fix'en to go wrench off" which means I
am going to take a shower.
Jury: Jewelry: "Customer needs assistance in the jury department."
My daddy in Louisiana lets us know he's hungry by saying, "I'm so
hungry, my bellybutton's rubbin my backbone!"
Risin: Rising "A pimple or lump that swells up."
Hope: Help "My father always said: HOPE instead of HELP."
Samage: Sandwich "My favorite word is samage (sandwich)."
Hant: Haunt "My word is "Hant" contry word for Haunt.
My great-grandmother used to say it. She even told a doctor
once thata if he let her die she would come back and hant him."
Not Nairn: Not One this means really none.
Redneck Caviar:Potted Meat "I like Cheetos diped in redneck caviar."
Bowed-Up: Bad Mood,Pouting,or Mad "What are you sitting there all
bowed-up about?"
Whaw-st: Wasp "Watch-out for that whaw-st nest!"
Looks like he/she was beaten by an ugly stick!"- Translation: Not
an attractive person. Did you see that Jo Marie's boyfriend?! That
boy looks like he was beaten by an ugly stick!"
Cream don't rise to the top." -Translation: not a very bright
person. Example: You know, I don't think that boy's cream rises
all the way to the top!"
Hosepipe" - Translation: garden hose. Example: Grab me that
hosepipe so that I can water the flowers.
Godnight to one another: "Road graters".
Catapillars" "Sweet dreams"
Lanky " hungry.
Mother: "fanny farkel"
Boyfriends: "Jim-napper"
Boys: "syphogrum"
Shirts: "Where is my shimmee?"
Pure-de-ole:Pure/100%"" That kid is pure-de-ole rotton!
Carry: " Take me to the store."
Goff: "What you do on Sunday if you can get your clubs out
of the house without your wife seeing you.
Gawd: God Oh my Gawd!
Betwixt:In between " Ya got sumthun betwixt yer frunt teeth".
Clum:Climed " I clum that tree an took a gander cross the way".
Bawlin:Crying "Oh stop yer bawlin an get back in the truck".
Year-go:Years ago " He wuz put in there bout three er four year-go"
Gulley Washers:When a big rain comes. "I hope them gulley washers
come soon."
Raisin Cain: Stirrin up a messa trouble. Cussing
I'm gonna go down to Bobbie Joes house and raise cain."
Critter: Animal usually furry. "Aw, if that cat ain't
just the cutest little critter I've ever saw."
Mason-Dixie line:"As far as a yankee gets to coming to the south."
Dudint:Doesn't it? "Your room needs cleanin' No it dudint."
An't:Ain't "You ain't heard nothing I said."
Yunz:One Person, "Where are yuns at?"
Yunzes: a group of people "What are yunzes doin'?"
Ahr:Air "She's a real ahr-head." "Take a deep breath of ahr."
Flarder:Florida "Where South is North and North is South!"
Holler:Deep valley in the mountains
"Dat well's deeper than a holler!"
Arsh:Irish "I love fried arsh taters."
Arsh:"People born in Arland."
Yard Apes:Children playing in the yard.
Mayonaize:Man Theres "Mayonaize alot of people here
tanite: meaning "Man theres alot of people here tonight."
A'orta:I ought to: "A'orta cut that there grass before em
kids git hurt" meaning "They oughta cut the grass before the
kids get hurt."
Yew:You "I love yew better'n biscuits!"
Roll face" pizza, royal feast pizza.
Gimmee uh minner cheese, put ut in a poke sos ah can tote it home."
Translation -"Give me a pimento and cheese sandwich, wrap it and
put it in a sack so I can take it home."
Nerve Rackin: "Billy Bob you sur are nerve rackin."
(meaning someone is extremely annoying.)
Well now! Don't that just fry your tater?" (make you mad)
That's about as easy as nailin' Jell-O to the wall."
(almost impossible)
That's like tryin' to sneak sunup past a rooster!" (very hard)
You're about as useful as a bucket tucked under a bull!"
(not to handy to have around)
He'll never drown in his own sweat." (lazy)
He's about two jumps ahead of a fit." ( really ticked)
If it costs a dollar to go around the world, I couldn't get
out of sight." (broke)
Griyuts:GRITS "Of course, the wonderful breakfast, lunch,
and dinner staple instead of potatoes. It is also an acynonym
for "Girls Raised in the South."
Might could:"I might could meet you at the store later."
Fer:For/Far "What are you going to Jackson fer?
Don't you know that's a fer piece?"
Rode hard and put up wet." (Look rough)
Don't lay with dogs or you might end up with fleas."
(Watch who your keeping company with.)
Rurnt:Ruined "Don't eat that tater salad. Its rurnt. " **
Da'gum:Dang/Dag gum "Where did my da'gum boots run off to?"
PAH:Pie
Mayus:Mess "Pick up the mayus you made."
Israeli Southern Saying:"Shalom Y'all" is "southern hebrew" for
hello all.
DADGUMMIT:"Used in place of "gosh dang it. "Dadgummit that hurt!!"
Dang Skippy:Yes "Ya dang skippy I'm going!"
Terlit:Toilet "If I don't find a terlit soon, were goinna
be swimmin for it!"
Puddin:Term of indearment. "Are you still my lil' puddin?"
Thang:Thing Used for almost anything: "Hand me that thang,
I need to turn the sound down." "Honey, "Thang" (Yo' Mamma)
should of been here by now."
Just leave it to the dust and let the rain settle it."
Widder:Widow "She was a widder woman for five yars afterin
her fifth husband died."
Winder:Window "Don't woup Johnny fer busting that winder!
He didn't go to do it" Meaning: Johnny did not intend to break
the winder.
Chesterdrawers:Chest of drawers "Your clothers belong in the
chesterdrawers, not on the floor!"
Kentucky Saying:"You'll see lookie Boy! When your Paw gits home
your gonna think your thunder struck!"
Bayed:Bed "If you don't be quite I'm putting your tail to bayed!"
Zat:Is that: "Zat right?"
Zackly:Exactly "That comes to zackly $4.95."
Warshrag:Wash cloth/Bath cloth* "Grab that warshrag and warsh
the babies face."
Yale:Yell "Talk to me, don't yale at me!"
Tar arn:Tire iron "Don't go off without your tar arn incase
you have a flat tar."
Spect:Expect "I spect them any minute."
Shawt:Short "I'd say 5 foot is a little shawt to be playing
basketball."
Saar:Sour "The lemonade is to saar."
Ratcheer:Right here "You stay ratcheer until I get back!"
Phrasin:Freezing "It's phrasin outside today."
Plum:Very "I get plum tickled every time I think about it."
Sawt & Peppeh:Salt & pepper "These beans need a little sawt
and peppeh."
Pare:Power "The tree limbs are to close to the pare lines."
Orta:Ought to "I orta go to the store before it gets to late."
Oakree:Okra "I add oakree to my gumbo."
Munts:Months "There are twleve munts in a year."
Keer:Care "I don't keer if it hare-lips the devil, I'm going!"
Mere:Mirror "Stop primping in front of the mere!"
Laht:Light "Your the laht of my lafh."
Lafh:Life "Marriage and murder carry the same sentence, "Lafh."
Kumpny:Company "Help me straighten up before our kumpny arrives."
Jeyver:Did you ever. "Jeyver hear such nonsense?"
Idinit:Isn't it "It's a beautiful day idinit?"
Eyetalyun:Italian "Let's eat Eyetalyn tonight."
Crine:Crying " Dry your eyes and stop crine."
Cheer:Chair "Pull up a cheer and make yourself comfortable."
Caint:Can't/Cannot "I caint leave before I finish my homework."
Bidness:Business* "It ain't none of your bidness."
I got some more of these I finish posting tomorrow. Funny quotes.
Cat
Member of FOWL, Ms.Tweety Bird, Queen of Beautiful
Member of FOWL, Ms.Tweety Bird, Queen of Beautiful
My goodness CAT...that sure be a looonnnggggg list...
Yoo bin wuchin' Baloo coller werkers? Have both of the DVD's...Absolutely hysterical
"Give me a plate of peas, cornbread and onyons, now that's good eats." Have you been watching Alton Brown...my favorite cooking show
Up here in the North we refer to that kind of talk as "Woodchuck" or "Redneck"...Lots of my friends will appreciate this. I have a very good friend that actually says a lot of these...
Thanks for the laugh
Lori
Yoo bin wuchin' Baloo coller werkers? Have both of the DVD's...Absolutely hysterical
"Give me a plate of peas, cornbread and onyons, now that's good eats." Have you been watching Alton Brown...my favorite cooking show
Up here in the North we refer to that kind of talk as "Woodchuck" or "Redneck"...Lots of my friends will appreciate this. I have a very good friend that actually says a lot of these...
Thanks for the laugh
Lori
Martha's Vineyard and good friends...Life can not get much better!
That is nothing, I have another list just as long, I only put up half of them Then I have some southern saying to put on here.
Yoo bin wuchin' Baloo coller werkers?
( You been watchin)
I get this but the rest is confusing.
No I haven't even watched this show,I found these on the internet.
Been working of them for two days.
"Give me a plate of peas, cornbread and onyons, now that's good eats."
I love my beans and cornbread but the onyons dont agree with me.
Never heard of Alton Brown?
Your welcome, Glad you enjoyed them. ) 
I have another list just as long, I only put up half of them Then I have some southern saying to put on here.Yoo bin wuchin' Baloo coller werkers?
( You been watchin)
I get this but the rest is confusing.
No I haven't even watched this show,I found these on the internet.
Been working of them for two days.
"Give me a plate of peas, cornbread and onyons, now that's good eats."
I love my beans and cornbread but the onyons dont agree with me.
Never heard of Alton Brown?
Your welcome, Glad you enjoyed them. )
Cat
Member of FOWL, Ms.Tweety Bird, Queen of Beautiful
Member of FOWL, Ms.Tweety Bird, Queen of Beautiful
Having a Brit for a mother, and a Caper (Cape Breton, NS) for a father, plus a Newfie (Newfoundlander) for a grandmother, an Irish grandfather who was neither Orange nor Green, a Scottish grandmother and another grandfather from Ontario, I've got a few funny expressions.
"Keep it up young lady and I'll give you something to cry about" Worked like a charm, too.
"If your lip gets any lower, you'll step on it". That was Dad's favorite expression, and he always said it affectionately so I had to smile...that was the point!
"Never cry in bed, you'll get tears in your ears!" Another favorite of Dad's.
"Three sheets to the wind" I've heard that one a lot growing up, it's British Naval in origin, I think.
"Nor'easter" - Maritimes expression, Newfoundland in origin, and means a strong wind blowing in from the north east and brings rain, sleet, hail and often snow.
"Just a wee bit of a blow" - Newfie expression again, and it's stronger than a Nor'easter. When you hear that, it's time to "batten down the hatches".
"Beaten with an ugly stick" pretty obvious really.
"Built like a brick sh*thouse" Means he's a big boy.
"Water the lilies" He's urinating in the bushes
"I'm addlepated or I'm flabbergasted" Dumbstruck. British I think.
"Godstruth" Is actually "God's Truth", and mom often yelled this when she was mad at us.
"Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey" It's sounds much worse than it is. It's navel, and on the old ships, the compasses were kept in brass tubes bolted onto the deck of a ship. When the seaspray froze, the brass covers over the bolts would often crack and fall off.
"Kitty corner"...that's from the west coast, and took me ages to figure it out. It means diagnally. The house is kitty corner from the street sign. Meaning that when you find the sign, the house is on the other side of the intersection, on the diagnal corner.
"Go up" the road/street means to turn left, "down" the road/street means to turn right. This has nothing to do with hills.
"Squamish" means your feeling nausious.
"Lights are on, but no one's home, elevator doesn't go to the top floor, not the brightest light on the Christmas tree, a brick shy of a full load, not the sharpest tool in the shed, dumber than a bag of hammers, dumb as an oak tree."
"Presterds" having heard it all my life, I understood what mom was saying, but no one else did. She'd tell someone to do up their "presterds" and point to the snaps on the shirt. It wasn't until I met someone years later, or read something that I realized what she was actually saying. "Press studs" everyone else calls them "snaps"
"Tables are for glasses, not for a**es" Don't sit on the table
"Laugh before breakfast, cry before dinner" It works too!
"Red sky at night, sailor's delight, red sky in the morning, sailors take warning" Never mind the weather station, this is very true.
"Dumber than a sunf*cked onion and retarded cheezie" came from a militia guy at boot camp. They make no sense, but they are fun.
But my all time favorite saying: "He's got duck's disease. His a** is closer to the ground than his knees." This was how my father described anyone with short legs. Himself and me included
"Keep it up young lady and I'll give you something to cry about" Worked like a charm, too.
"If your lip gets any lower, you'll step on it". That was Dad's favorite expression, and he always said it affectionately so I had to smile...that was the point!
"Never cry in bed, you'll get tears in your ears!" Another favorite of Dad's.
"Three sheets to the wind" I've heard that one a lot growing up, it's British Naval in origin, I think.
"Nor'easter" - Maritimes expression, Newfoundland in origin, and means a strong wind blowing in from the north east and brings rain, sleet, hail and often snow.
"Just a wee bit of a blow" - Newfie expression again, and it's stronger than a Nor'easter. When you hear that, it's time to "batten down the hatches".
"Beaten with an ugly stick" pretty obvious really.
"Built like a brick sh*thouse" Means he's a big boy.
"Water the lilies" He's urinating in the bushes
"I'm addlepated or I'm flabbergasted" Dumbstruck. British I think.
"Godstruth" Is actually "God's Truth", and mom often yelled this when she was mad at us.
"Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey" It's sounds much worse than it is. It's navel, and on the old ships, the compasses were kept in brass tubes bolted onto the deck of a ship. When the seaspray froze, the brass covers over the bolts would often crack and fall off.
"Kitty corner"...that's from the west coast, and took me ages to figure it out. It means diagnally. The house is kitty corner from the street sign. Meaning that when you find the sign, the house is on the other side of the intersection, on the diagnal corner.
"Go up" the road/street means to turn left, "down" the road/street means to turn right. This has nothing to do with hills.
"Squamish" means your feeling nausious.
"Lights are on, but no one's home, elevator doesn't go to the top floor, not the brightest light on the Christmas tree, a brick shy of a full load, not the sharpest tool in the shed, dumber than a bag of hammers, dumb as an oak tree."
"Presterds" having heard it all my life, I understood what mom was saying, but no one else did. She'd tell someone to do up their "presterds" and point to the snaps on the shirt. It wasn't until I met someone years later, or read something that I realized what she was actually saying. "Press studs" everyone else calls them "snaps"
"Tables are for glasses, not for a**es" Don't sit on the table
"Laugh before breakfast, cry before dinner" It works too!
"Red sky at night, sailor's delight, red sky in the morning, sailors take warning" Never mind the weather station, this is very true.
"Dumber than a sunf*cked onion and retarded cheezie" came from a militia guy at boot camp. They make no sense, but they are fun.
But my all time favorite saying: "He's got duck's disease. His a** is closer to the ground than his knees." This was how my father described anyone with short legs. Himself and me included
Hillbilly Terms and Meanings
Hi All, a lot of the but this is all of them! Enjoy
Hillbilly Terms and Meanings
Awl:Oil "I gotta change the awl in my truck fore it blows up."
Awfis:Office "I ain't no awfis kinda man."
Awf:Off "Cut awf that light!"
Awduh:Order "Can I take your awduh?"
Ast:Ask "I done ast you one time!"
Arn:Iron "Go arn yore clothes and git ready for school!"
Tailor:Teller "Kentucky word meaning "A bank teller."
Argy:Argue "Don't you argy with me!"
Airish:Drafty "It's a lil' airish out here,I might need a coat.
Ah:I/eye "Ah ain't got no idy (idea)."
Arsh taters:Irish potatoes "I love fried arsh taters and onions."
Hawg:Hog "You eat like a hawg."
Bahs:Boss "I'm the bahs around here, if you don't believe
it, just start something."
Beholden:Indebted "I'm beholden to ya for all your help."
Aw Shucks:Oh heck "Aw shucks, it weren't nothin, glad to do
it fer ya."
G-haw:Clash "Don't mesh, don't see things the same way, can't
seem to get along, clash" "We just don't g-haw."
Wuter:Water "You shure that wuter is good?" 3
Whutn tarnation!- trans- "What in the world?!" or "What is that?!"
Mess an gom -(sounds like bomb) - trans- "Making a mess"
cute asa bug ina rug or "cute as a bugs ear"-trans- "very cute"
Slow as malasses in winter time" - trans- "very slow"
old as dirt" - trans- "VERY old"
He lives so fer outina boonies, the sun sets tween him and town."
- trans- "lives very far out in the country"
Ugly asa mud fence" - trans- "very ugly"
Nervous asa long tail cat ina room full of rockers"-
trans- "very nervous acting"
Red dope and a Moonpie - trans- "Red soft drink and a great
snack cake made in Chattanooga, TN"
Hunker Down:Get Down "Let's hunker down behind the couch so's
we can scare Mamma when she get's home!"
Ridges,hills,draws or hollers - area of ground lower than
ridges
Spell, sick "Granpa's havin' anuther spell."
a measurement of time. "We was up there a spell."
Flahr:Flour "This recipe calls for self-rising flahr."
Deptee:Deputy... This ain't Mayberry and I ain't Deptee
Fife, this here's Forest, and I'm Poe-Lease Chief Bubba Lee."
Bawston: Boston Adlanna:Atlanta Challston:Charleston
Nawlins':New Orleans Richmon:Richmond Muntgumry:Montgomery
Nyshvul:Nashville Jawjuh:Georgia
Cayun:Can "Open up a cayun of mayters!" Mayters:Tomatoes
Shur-nuff:Sure enough, yes, yep, that's right, it sure is, you bet,
uh huh, yeah, really, defiite.. "It's shur-nuff gonna be cold tonite!"
Play Purties:Toys "Y'all behave now and I might get you some play
purties."
Piddlin' around:Playing around "Well, I gotta start supper directly,
so I reckon I'll stop piddlin' around here.
"They look like they've been suckin' a sow." (Dirty face)
"I'm fixin' to commence to begin to get ready to start." ( ironing,
cleaning....whatever.)
Whoda:Who would of "Whoda thunk it?" Translation..."Who would of
thought it?"
"I don't know wither to pick my nose or scratch my end."
What you say when you're confused.
Nurse: Comfort or care for. "Let me nurse the baby while you do the
dishes."
Tote:Carry "Let me tote that it's heavy."
Coon's Age:A long time. "I haven't seen them in a coon's age."
Sweet Milk:Homogenized Milk "This recipe calls for a cup of sweet milk."
Nahsuh:No Sir "Nahsuh, don't thank I ever seen anythang as ugly before."
Yesum:Yes ma'am "Did you do your chores?" "Yesum."
Dang Nar:Dang near "It dang nar killed me."
Wharhouse:Warehouse "We need to go to the wharhouse and load up."
Country Pin:Bedspread
Wurds:Words
Shuld:Should "You shuld watch your wurds, you may have to eat
them one day."
Hankerin:Craving "I'm hankerin fer some sorgum lassis and biscuits."
Bernt Near: Almost done or almost there. "I'm a bernt near done."
Hoss:Horse "That's a real fine hoss."
Ditty:Daddy "I asked my Ditty if he wanted to go to Sunday Skoo,
he said, no, I graduated already."
Emplawee:Employee: "My bahs-man made me emplawee of the month."
Yumpferit" "Are you up for it?"
Hunnerd:Hundred "You should of seen all them thar dubba wides, I
bet thar wuz a hunnerd ofum, one even had a pi-anner in it; and
that sales whoamun was rite plight."
Caught-a-far:Caught on fire: "The Johnston's house burned down
last night it caught-a-far."
Flares:Flowers "Pick me some purdy flares."
Suh:Sir "Yes suh, that's my baby, no suh, I don't mean maybe."
Rightly:Really "I don't rightly know."
Swang:Swing "It don't mean a thang if it ain't got that swang."
Ranch:Wrench " You gall-darn idjit, before you take that ranch
and try and fix that pareline, holler"
Idy:Idea "I got no idy whar Tom lives."
Daid:Dead "Ol' Billy Ray hollored, Hey Y'all Watch This, just
before he dove off that bridge; now he's daid."
Rench:Rinse "I best rench this mud outta my har."
Iunkare: I don't care "Iunkare if you are a hillbilly."
Wimmin:Women "Those southern wimmin, our belles of the south."
Yeller:Yellow That's sum yeller dawg ya got thare mister.
Skiter:Mosquito Them dang skiters are thick!!
Hail: Hell/or frozen ran "If you don't strighten up, your
goin to hail."
Waffel:Wife Will: "You better eat that chicken leg, or my waffle
eat it for you."
Ain'tcha: Aren't you "Your a little ignert ain'tcha"
Plum Tuckered: Very Tired "I walked until I was plum tuckered."
Sugah:Sugar Term of endearment "Hey sugah, how wuz your day?"
Gove'nuh: Governer: "Our Gove'nuh lives in Gubment Housing"
If someone says something to the effect of, "I wish I had more
money", then you reply with: "If you had more money and I had a
feather up my end, then we'd both be tickled!"
Toadthumper" is what he calls a 'tornado.' I've also heard it
referred to one as a "Tornader".
Well, I gotta go UP-Town to get some stuff."
Uptown ,any location besides home)
How r ya?: How are you? "Well, I'm fine as a frog hair split 'n
half, how r ya'll?"
Switch, Definition: part of a tree limb used for spankings.
Yonder: My granny has alway's said, "You see that thing over
YONDER?" Yonder meaning over there, or she would say "Put this
over YONDER"
Fixin to:Getting ready to do something. "I'm fixin to cook up some
supper right now."
Hissie Fit:Tantrum "I pitched a saucer throwin, foot stompin,
cabinet slammin, get out of my face, this better be the last time
this dab-blame mess happens, hissie fit!"
Gawed:Diaper Rash That babys' bottom is as gawed as can be.
Pumpknot: Lump Knot on top of your head: Being a lump on knot on
your head. People call it a 'goose-egg'.
Great Day: Used as an exclamation: "Great day!
Wrasslin:Wrestling That's the biggest wrassler I've ever seen."
Bald:Boiled "As in "Bald Peanuts" (boiled)
Arkansas Saying: "He lives so fer out here, he has ta go tords
town to go squarrel huntin'."Translation He lives so far out,
he has to go towards town to go squirrel hunting.
Poke:Paper Bag A poke is a paper bag.
Smatter:What is the matter? "What's smatter with you today?
Evertime:Every time "Evertime that dawg gits out, he heads
straight for the road."
Taint:There ain't "Taint nothin' toit." "There ain't nothing to it."
Amerkin:American "I'm just as Amerkin as anyone, I just talk a
little strange, and eat grits."
Sensuous:Since you was "Babe, sensuous up, why don't you bring
me my chew?"
Rite smart:Smart, intelligent "Lou is a rite smart child."
Aig: Egg "What came first, the chicken or the aig?"
Enuff:Enough "Ya'll settle down now, enuff is enuff already."
Farner:Yankee "Anyone that's not from the south."
Bleeve:Believe "O, yu gotta bleeve me, mamma."
Near Bout:Almost "Are you near bout ready?"
Haze:He's "Bubba can't fix that flat, haze to ignert?"
Neckkid: Unclothed "It ain't your birthday, quit running
around here neckkid."
Agin: Again "Play it agin Boo."
Thawt:Thought "You must of thawt it, you ain't had time to dream it."
Tawk:Talk "Tawk, tawk, tawk, that's all you do is bump your gums."
Nem: Them "Hows yo' mamma n' nem?"
Ain't'e: Isn't he "He's a pretty good ol' fellar ain't'e?"
Couse: Cause "Watcha mouth now; you do it couse I said so!"
Ignert: Uneducated "He's to ignert to know better."
Kin Folks: Relatives "Down here a car is considered
fully loaded when it's filled with kin folks."
Y-oncha: Why don't you "Y-oncha c'mon over here."
Tayvay: TV "Hey, turn on the tayvay for the futbawl game."
Gawna: Going to "I'm gawna carry those folks to town."
Purdy: Pretty "She's a purdy lil' thang."
Sardey: Saturday "Werk on Fridey,Warshen on Sardey,
Church on Sundey."
FLAW: Floor "You need to put a mop to that dirty flaw."
Goobers: Peanuts "Give me some of them goobers."
Redneck: Backwoods Country "Ol' redneck bubba's so backwoods
he should of been cast as a Beaverly Hillbilly"
Brang: Bring "Brang me in a switch, I'm gonna whup
ya fer sassin me."
Fair Ta' Middlin: Alright but not great.
"How are you feeling?" "Ah, fair ta' middlin."
Warsh: Wash "I gotta do the warsh."
Whup: Whip "I'm counting to three, and if you haven't
stopped, I'm gonna whup your butt."
Fitin:Good "Those biscuits sure were fitin."
Fahr: Fire "Throw some wood on that fahr."
Nawth: North "If your not from the south, your from the nawth."
Skrane: Screen "Close that skrane door befo the flies git in."
Waf: Wife "Yelp! I'm bout to have me a waf; just as soon
as she makes that last payment on that thare rang at Wally
World, we'll be mayrd."
Dab-blame: Southern Cuss Word- "You better give me that
dab-blame thang, before I beat the dab-blame mess out of
you, dab-blame-it!"
Younguns:Kids "You younguns, quit playing with that dawg,
and git on in this hause."
Po' Mouthin: Poor Mouthing Negative talk, Complaining
"Stop all of that po' mouthin."
Stankin: Stinking "Sis was making chitlins the other day
and the hole house was stankin."
Surp: Syurp "I love surp and butter with my biscuits."
Dja: Did you "Dja get the wood cut?"
Fergit: Forget "I fergit just how many grand-younguns we have now."
Dubya:W "How do you spell well?" "Dubya-e-l-l."
Whut: What "Whut did you say?" or in reply usually drawn out "Whuut".
Preshate: Appreciate "You can't imagine how much I preshate your help."
Arncha: Aren't you "Arncha ever gonna git up and go to work?"
Nuthun: Nothing "Tell me whut you see out that wender Beau?"
Beau replied, 'nuthun.'
Ovare: Over there "Go on ovare and pick up that stick."
Playze: Please "Brang me uh cup uh coffee, playze."
Anuther-un: Another one "Here comes anuther-un."
Tween: Between "I'm tween a rock and a hard place."
Gist: Just "Why don't you gist pick up a two-by-four and
adgist his attitude?"
Thankin: Thinking "Be quite, I'm thankin'."
Wite: White "That youngun is as wite headed as his daddy."
Awraht: Alright "If it's awraht wit'chu, It's awraht wit me."
Reckin: Think "I don't reckin I've ever heard anything so funny."
Ratcheer: Right here "She's ratcheer!"
Tuck: Took "I never tuck a thang without paying fer it."
Tar: Tire "Look yonder, that truck tar is low."
Blong: Belong "The dogs don't blong with the cats in that cage."
Astor: Ask her "If you want mamma to let you go, just astor."
Yurpein: Europeon "People that live in Yurp."
Hillbilly Terms and Meanings
Awl:Oil "I gotta change the awl in my truck fore it blows up."
Awfis:Office "I ain't no awfis kinda man."
Awf:Off "Cut awf that light!"
Awduh:Order "Can I take your awduh?"
Ast:Ask "I done ast you one time!"
Arn:Iron "Go arn yore clothes and git ready for school!"
Tailor:Teller "Kentucky word meaning "A bank teller."
Argy:Argue "Don't you argy with me!"
Airish:Drafty "It's a lil' airish out here,I might need a coat.
Ah:I/eye "Ah ain't got no idy (idea)."
Arsh taters:Irish potatoes "I love fried arsh taters and onions."
Hawg:Hog "You eat like a hawg."
Bahs:Boss "I'm the bahs around here, if you don't believe
it, just start something."
Beholden:Indebted "I'm beholden to ya for all your help."
Aw Shucks:Oh heck "Aw shucks, it weren't nothin, glad to do
it fer ya."
G-haw:Clash "Don't mesh, don't see things the same way, can't
seem to get along, clash" "We just don't g-haw."
Wuter:Water "You shure that wuter is good?" 3
Whutn tarnation!- trans- "What in the world?!" or "What is that?!"
Mess an gom -(sounds like bomb) - trans- "Making a mess"
cute asa bug ina rug or "cute as a bugs ear"-trans- "very cute"
Slow as malasses in winter time" - trans- "very slow"
old as dirt" - trans- "VERY old"
He lives so fer outina boonies, the sun sets tween him and town."
- trans- "lives very far out in the country"
Ugly asa mud fence" - trans- "very ugly"
Nervous asa long tail cat ina room full of rockers"-
trans- "very nervous acting"
Red dope and a Moonpie - trans- "Red soft drink and a great
snack cake made in Chattanooga, TN"
Hunker Down:Get Down "Let's hunker down behind the couch so's
we can scare Mamma when she get's home!"
Ridges,hills,draws or hollers - area of ground lower than
ridges
Spell, sick "Granpa's havin' anuther spell."
a measurement of time. "We was up there a spell."
Flahr:Flour "This recipe calls for self-rising flahr."
Deptee:Deputy... This ain't Mayberry and I ain't Deptee
Fife, this here's Forest, and I'm Poe-Lease Chief Bubba Lee."
Bawston: Boston Adlanna:Atlanta Challston:Charleston
Nawlins':New Orleans Richmon:Richmond Muntgumry:Montgomery
Nyshvul:Nashville Jawjuh:Georgia
Cayun:Can "Open up a cayun of mayters!" Mayters:Tomatoes
Shur-nuff:Sure enough, yes, yep, that's right, it sure is, you bet,
uh huh, yeah, really, defiite.. "It's shur-nuff gonna be cold tonite!"
Play Purties:Toys "Y'all behave now and I might get you some play
purties."
Piddlin' around:Playing around "Well, I gotta start supper directly,
so I reckon I'll stop piddlin' around here.
"They look like they've been suckin' a sow." (Dirty face)
"I'm fixin' to commence to begin to get ready to start." ( ironing,
cleaning....whatever.)
Whoda:Who would of "Whoda thunk it?" Translation..."Who would of
thought it?"
"I don't know wither to pick my nose or scratch my end."
What you say when you're confused.
Nurse: Comfort or care for. "Let me nurse the baby while you do the
dishes."
Tote:Carry "Let me tote that it's heavy."
Coon's Age:A long time. "I haven't seen them in a coon's age."
Sweet Milk:Homogenized Milk "This recipe calls for a cup of sweet milk."
Nahsuh:No Sir "Nahsuh, don't thank I ever seen anythang as ugly before."
Yesum:Yes ma'am "Did you do your chores?" "Yesum."
Dang Nar:Dang near "It dang nar killed me."
Wharhouse:Warehouse "We need to go to the wharhouse and load up."
Country Pin:Bedspread
Wurds:Words
Shuld:Should "You shuld watch your wurds, you may have to eat
them one day."
Hankerin:Craving "I'm hankerin fer some sorgum lassis and biscuits."
Bernt Near: Almost done or almost there. "I'm a bernt near done."
Hoss:Horse "That's a real fine hoss."
Ditty:Daddy "I asked my Ditty if he wanted to go to Sunday Skoo,
he said, no, I graduated already."
Emplawee:Employee: "My bahs-man made me emplawee of the month."
Yumpferit" "Are you up for it?"
Hunnerd:Hundred "You should of seen all them thar dubba wides, I
bet thar wuz a hunnerd ofum, one even had a pi-anner in it; and
that sales whoamun was rite plight."
Caught-a-far:Caught on fire: "The Johnston's house burned down
last night it caught-a-far."
Flares:Flowers "Pick me some purdy flares."
Suh:Sir "Yes suh, that's my baby, no suh, I don't mean maybe."
Rightly:Really "I don't rightly know."
Swang:Swing "It don't mean a thang if it ain't got that swang."
Ranch:Wrench " You gall-darn idjit, before you take that ranch
and try and fix that pareline, holler"
Idy:Idea "I got no idy whar Tom lives."
Daid:Dead "Ol' Billy Ray hollored, Hey Y'all Watch This, just
before he dove off that bridge; now he's daid."
Rench:Rinse "I best rench this mud outta my har."
Iunkare: I don't care "Iunkare if you are a hillbilly."
Wimmin:Women "Those southern wimmin, our belles of the south."
Yeller:Yellow That's sum yeller dawg ya got thare mister.
Skiter:Mosquito Them dang skiters are thick!!
Hail: Hell/or frozen ran "If you don't strighten up, your
goin to hail."
Waffel:Wife Will: "You better eat that chicken leg, or my waffle
eat it for you."
Ain'tcha: Aren't you "Your a little ignert ain'tcha"
Plum Tuckered: Very Tired "I walked until I was plum tuckered."
Sugah:Sugar Term of endearment "Hey sugah, how wuz your day?"
Gove'nuh: Governer: "Our Gove'nuh lives in Gubment Housing"
If someone says something to the effect of, "I wish I had more
money", then you reply with: "If you had more money and I had a
feather up my end, then we'd both be tickled!"
Toadthumper" is what he calls a 'tornado.' I've also heard it
referred to one as a "Tornader".
Well, I gotta go UP-Town to get some stuff."
Uptown ,any location besides home)
How r ya?: How are you? "Well, I'm fine as a frog hair split 'n
half, how r ya'll?"
Switch, Definition: part of a tree limb used for spankings.
Yonder: My granny has alway's said, "You see that thing over
YONDER?" Yonder meaning over there, or she would say "Put this
over YONDER"
Fixin to:Getting ready to do something. "I'm fixin to cook up some
supper right now."
Hissie Fit:Tantrum "I pitched a saucer throwin, foot stompin,
cabinet slammin, get out of my face, this better be the last time
this dab-blame mess happens, hissie fit!"
Gawed:Diaper Rash That babys' bottom is as gawed as can be.
Pumpknot: Lump Knot on top of your head: Being a lump on knot on
your head. People call it a 'goose-egg'.
Great Day: Used as an exclamation: "Great day!
Wrasslin:Wrestling That's the biggest wrassler I've ever seen."
Bald:Boiled "As in "Bald Peanuts" (boiled)
Arkansas Saying: "He lives so fer out here, he has ta go tords
town to go squarrel huntin'."Translation He lives so far out,
he has to go towards town to go squirrel hunting.
Poke:Paper Bag A poke is a paper bag.
Smatter:What is the matter? "What's smatter with you today?
Evertime:Every time "Evertime that dawg gits out, he heads
straight for the road."
Taint:There ain't "Taint nothin' toit." "There ain't nothing to it."
Amerkin:American "I'm just as Amerkin as anyone, I just talk a
little strange, and eat grits."
Sensuous:Since you was "Babe, sensuous up, why don't you bring
me my chew?"
Rite smart:Smart, intelligent "Lou is a rite smart child."
Aig: Egg "What came first, the chicken or the aig?"
Enuff:Enough "Ya'll settle down now, enuff is enuff already."
Farner:Yankee "Anyone that's not from the south."
Bleeve:Believe "O, yu gotta bleeve me, mamma."
Near Bout:Almost "Are you near bout ready?"
Haze:He's "Bubba can't fix that flat, haze to ignert?"
Neckkid: Unclothed "It ain't your birthday, quit running
around here neckkid."
Agin: Again "Play it agin Boo."
Thawt:Thought "You must of thawt it, you ain't had time to dream it."
Tawk:Talk "Tawk, tawk, tawk, that's all you do is bump your gums."
Nem: Them "Hows yo' mamma n' nem?"
Ain't'e: Isn't he "He's a pretty good ol' fellar ain't'e?"
Couse: Cause "Watcha mouth now; you do it couse I said so!"
Ignert: Uneducated "He's to ignert to know better."
Kin Folks: Relatives "Down here a car is considered
fully loaded when it's filled with kin folks."
Y-oncha: Why don't you "Y-oncha c'mon over here."
Tayvay: TV "Hey, turn on the tayvay for the futbawl game."
Gawna: Going to "I'm gawna carry those folks to town."
Purdy: Pretty "She's a purdy lil' thang."
Sardey: Saturday "Werk on Fridey,Warshen on Sardey,
Church on Sundey."
FLAW: Floor "You need to put a mop to that dirty flaw."
Goobers: Peanuts "Give me some of them goobers."
Redneck: Backwoods Country "Ol' redneck bubba's so backwoods
he should of been cast as a Beaverly Hillbilly"
Brang: Bring "Brang me in a switch, I'm gonna whup
ya fer sassin me."
Fair Ta' Middlin: Alright but not great.
"How are you feeling?" "Ah, fair ta' middlin."
Warsh: Wash "I gotta do the warsh."
Whup: Whip "I'm counting to three, and if you haven't
stopped, I'm gonna whup your butt."
Fitin:Good "Those biscuits sure were fitin."
Fahr: Fire "Throw some wood on that fahr."
Nawth: North "If your not from the south, your from the nawth."
Skrane: Screen "Close that skrane door befo the flies git in."
Waf: Wife "Yelp! I'm bout to have me a waf; just as soon
as she makes that last payment on that thare rang at Wally
World, we'll be mayrd."
Dab-blame: Southern Cuss Word- "You better give me that
dab-blame thang, before I beat the dab-blame mess out of
you, dab-blame-it!"
Younguns:Kids "You younguns, quit playing with that dawg,
and git on in this hause."
Po' Mouthin: Poor Mouthing Negative talk, Complaining
"Stop all of that po' mouthin."
Stankin: Stinking "Sis was making chitlins the other day
and the hole house was stankin."
Surp: Syurp "I love surp and butter with my biscuits."
Dja: Did you "Dja get the wood cut?"
Fergit: Forget "I fergit just how many grand-younguns we have now."
Dubya:W "How do you spell well?" "Dubya-e-l-l."
Whut: What "Whut did you say?" or in reply usually drawn out "Whuut".
Preshate: Appreciate "You can't imagine how much I preshate your help."
Arncha: Aren't you "Arncha ever gonna git up and go to work?"
Nuthun: Nothing "Tell me whut you see out that wender Beau?"
Beau replied, 'nuthun.'
Ovare: Over there "Go on ovare and pick up that stick."
Playze: Please "Brang me uh cup uh coffee, playze."
Anuther-un: Another one "Here comes anuther-un."
Tween: Between "I'm tween a rock and a hard place."
Gist: Just "Why don't you gist pick up a two-by-four and
adgist his attitude?"
Thankin: Thinking "Be quite, I'm thankin'."
Wite: White "That youngun is as wite headed as his daddy."
Awraht: Alright "If it's awraht wit'chu, It's awraht wit me."
Reckin: Think "I don't reckin I've ever heard anything so funny."
Ratcheer: Right here "She's ratcheer!"
Tuck: Took "I never tuck a thang without paying fer it."
Tar: Tire "Look yonder, that truck tar is low."
Blong: Belong "The dogs don't blong with the cats in that cage."
Astor: Ask her "If you want mamma to let you go, just astor."
Yurpein: Europeon "People that live in Yurp."
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Southern Sayings
Ok This Is All for Today!
Southern Saying: "If you can't run with the big dogs stay
on the porch."
Southern Sayings: When my mom was very positive of what she was
saying she would say, "Sure as God made green apples."
Southern Woeds: Fixinbouto "Don't worry momma, I's fixinbouto
do mah chores."
Southern Saying: When someone says you, "You caught a bottle by
a tree,'' means you caught a good man.
Southern Sayings: People that think they are better then you:..
"You think your all that and a bowl of grits!"
"Y'all stop dat rairen on da bed !" Meaning: Jumping on the bed.
Southern Sayings: When my mom was very positive of what she was
saying she would say, "Sure as God made green apples."
Southern Woeds: Fixinbouto "Don't worry momma, I's fixinbouto
do mah chores."
Southern Saying: When someone says you, "You caught a bottle by
a tree,'' means you caught a good man.
Southern Sayings: People that think they are better then you:..
"You think your all that and a bowl of grits!"
"Y'all stop dat rairen on da bed !" Meaning: Jumping on the bed.
Southern Saying: "Eatin high on the hog".....meaning "eating good"
Southern Sentence: "Squeet" Means "Let's go eat" Hungary? Squeet!
Southern Saying: "Set like a hair in a biscuit."
Which means there doing good money wise in life.
Southern Saying: Here is what I say when my youngins want something
they hate it: "Don't look at me like a dying calf wantin' milk!"
Southern Saying: "Hotter'n two billygoats in heat."
Meaning it's very, very hot out or inside.
Southern Sayings: "Fatter than MUD". Means Very Fat..
Don't know him from Adams's House Cat". Means I have no
idea who he is..
Southern Saying: "Colder'na witches teat." Meaning: it's very
cold inside or out.
Southern Saying: "Im going to see a man about a horse." It means
oneof two things: I am going to the bathroom and you don't need to
go withme or I am going somewhere that is not any of your bees wax.
Southern Saying: "He's the spittin image of his grandfather."
Translation: "He's the spirit and image of his grandfather."
Southern Saying: "Eatin high on the hog".....meaning "eating good"
Southern Sentence: "Squeet" Means "Let's go eat" Hungary? Squeet!
Southern Saying: "Set like a hair in a biscuit."
Which means there doing good money wise in life.
Southern Saying: Here is what I say when my youngins want something
they hate it: "Don't look at me like a dying calf wantin' milk!"
Southern Saying: "Hotter'n two billygoats in heat."
Meaning it's very, very hot out or inside.
Southern Saying:"Hotter than a goats butt in a pepper patch."
That'shot!
Southern Saying: Don't get none of that on your head or your tongue
will beat your brains out trying to get to it? Preferring to good
food especially a plate of grits and eggs buttered up just right
Southern Saying: "Bless her heart." What a southerner say's to
soften an insult... Yo' mamma's so bucktoothed, she could eat a
corn cob through a picket fence.
Southern Saying: "If: ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all
have a merry Christmas.
Southern Saying: "That ole boy is tighter than Dick's hat band...
mean'n he dont spend his money on nut'n."
Southern Saying: "Wonderin' 'round not doin'
Wonderin' 'round like a chicken with it's head cut off"!
Southern Saying: "Pitched a fit and fell into it." (a temper tantrum)
Southern Saying: "Say it aint so!" Translation
Tell me it isn't true!
Southern Saying: "Southern ladies don't sweat...They glisten."
Southern Saying: "They betta get up off their high horse
(attitude) before it knocks them off."
Southern Sayings: "Their dumber than dirt." (very dumb/scatter
brained)
Southern Saying:"Gooder than grits."
Southern Sentence:"Heyhireyew" Translation. "Hello how are you?
Southern Sentence:"Purtnearit" Translation...Pretty near it"
You ready to go?" "Purtnearit."
Southern Saying:"It's colder than a well-diggers end." Real cold!
Southern Sentence:"Whichyadidya" With you did you...
You didnt bring your truck whichyadidya?"
Southern Saying: "Don't pee down my back and tell me its raining."
Don't try and con me.
Southern Saying:"Drunker than Cooter Brown"
Southern Saying:"I'll be swaney." Translation...I'll be darned.
Southern Saying:"It's raining like a cow pee'n on a flat rock."
Mean'n it's raining very hard.
Southern Sayings:"It's so good, it'd make a freight train take a
dirt road!" (real good)
Southern Saying:"That'll learn ya. or That'll learn em."
It means to learn something the hard way.
Southern Saying: "Pitched a fit and fell into it." (a temper tantrum)
Southern Saying:"Independent as a hog on ice"
very being stubborn, wanting to do things MY way.
Southern Woeds: Fixinbouto "Don't worry momma, I's fixinbouto
do mah chores."
Southern Saying: "Have a good'un" "Ya'll have a good'un."
(Meaning have a good day.)
Southern Saying: Full as a tick Full, stuffed-
"Supper was fitin and I'm full as a tick."
Southern Saying: "Steppen' high like a rooster in ankle deep mud."
Southern Saying: "Higher the hair, closer to God."
Southern Saying: "I've got to make hay while the sun shines."
Southern Sayin "This taste so good, it make's you want to slap
your mamma.
Southern Saying: "A southerner does not have a hissie fit, they
pitch one."
Southern Saying: "It's coming up a cloud." (storm)
Southern Saying: "By and by" "In the future, eventually,
after a while, we will get there by and by."
Southern Saying: "Spit before you drown." What you tell
someone with a mouth full of tobacco juice.
Southern Saying: Over here in Texas; we say, "Don't let yer
alligator mouth overload yer humming bird hinny."
Southern Saying: "Well, I'll be a flop-eared mule." Used in
place of a curse word, like when you drop something and want
to say 'darn.'
Southern Sayings: "Happy as a dead pig in sunshine."
Meaning not happy at all.
Southern Saying: "That dog don't hunt." That's when you
don't believe what your hearing, especially when your being
lied to. My husband said,"He ain't been out drinking with the
boys." "Well, that dog don't hunt,'cause I can smell it on ya."
Southern Saying: "Well, Jimney crickets"
(meaning) "I'll be dog, or you don't say".
Southern Sentence:"Yeontto?" Translation: "You want to?"
Southern Saying: "I'm figna tan yur hide."
Translation: "I'm fixing to spank your butt."
Southern Saying: "It made my behind want to pucker up and sew
button holes." (ticked, mad, discusted) "I spoke to someone the
other day that was so grouchy and arrogant, it made my behind want
to pucker up and sew button holes."
Southern Saying "If I tell you that mule don't ride, don't
get on him." (translation) "If I tell you something, you can
believe it."
Southern Saying She's purty as a picture.
Southern Saying; "American by birth,Southern by the grace of God."
Southern Saying: "Well spit in the fire, and call the dogs!"
Said when someone unexpected shows up at the door, or someone
you really don't care to see.
Southern Sentence: "Yaeatyet?" Translation: "You eat yet?"
Southern Saying:"I don't see any corn in your crib."
Translation: Unwanted advise from someone who has no idea what
they are talking about.
Southern Saying: "Well, I declare!" Translation:"Well, I never!"
Southern Saying: "Hold their feet to the fire."
Translation: Don't let them off the hook.
Southern Saying: "Awerite howbout youns?" "Here'd of thatn
before." Translation: "Alright how about you guys?"
"Heard of that one before."
Southern Sentence: "Ijistet." Translation: "I just ate."
Southern Saying: "Hold their feet to the fire."
Translation: Don't let them off the hook.
Southern Saying: "She's as cute as socks on a rooster.
Southern Sentence: "Ipreshadit." "I appreciate it."
Southern Saying:"Busy as a stump-tailed cow in fly time.
Translation...Very busy.
Southern Sentence:"Yeontsum" "Do you want some?"
"I'd like a bowl of ice cream, yeontsum?"
Southern Saying: "They act like they have a thorn up their
backend." What you say when someone is in a real bad mood.
Southern Sayin "I'm not just whistlin dixie."...Translation...
I mean it, I mean business, I'm fer shur serious this time, or
I agree...
Southern Saying: "I'm busier than a one-armed paper hanger."
Southern Saying:"Well, shut my mouth.".Translation."I am speechless!"
Southern Saying: "Sun don't shine on the same dog's tail all the
time." Translation...The tables will turn.
Southern Saying: During inclement weather (rain & ankle deep
mud at a local fair)... apair of good-ole boys were trying to
negotiate the slippery path. I overheard one say to the other..
"this 'ere's slicker 'n snot on a doorknob!"
Southern Saying:Sam Hill What you say when your bewildered...
"How in the Sam Hill do I put this thing together?"
Southern Sayings: "I jumped on that like a duck on a June bug.
"I'll knock a knot on you and dare it to rise."
Southern Saying "I am humbled by your mastery of "southronese"!
Translation..."I am humbled by your ability to master the southern
language."
Southern Words Sayings:"I don't matta me no nevermine."
I don't care, it doesn't matter to me, whatever you want
Southern Saying:"She looks like the back side of hard times."
...meaning she looks awful.
Southern Saying:"And if that ain't true, grits ain't
groceries, eggs ain't poultry, and Mona Lisa was a man."
Southern Saying:"Don't sit der like a bump on a lawg."
translation..."Don't just sit around."
Southern Saying:"Sing before breakfast, cry before night."
Southern Saying:"Southern to the bone." "Very southern, born
and raised in the south, your southern roots go back for
generations, you talk southern, think southern, and your very
proud of your southern heritage."
Southern Sayings:"I'm so hungry, my stomach thinks my throat
has been cut."
Southern Saying:"Your about as useful as chicken mess on a
pumphandle."
Southern Saying:I'm tellin you what's the truth son!
Translation: I'm telling you the truth son!"
Southern Saying: "Just because your Children were born in the
South does not make them Southerners. After all, if a cat had
kittens in the oven, that wouldn't make them biscuits.
Southern Saying: "My hand to God" Meaning, I am telling the truth.
Southern Saying: "I tell you whut" What one says if they are in
agreement to a statement. Ex: Bobby Joe says to Johnny Sue, "Her
teeth are so gapped she could eat corn through a picket fence!"
To which Johnny Sue would reply, "I tell you whut!" (For those
of you who have moved to the the greater Chicagoland area like
I have, the transalation would be "How 'bout it!")
Southern Sentence: "I her'd dat" Meaning I heard that.
Southern
Shorez: Sure is "You shorez lookin purty in dat dress."
Southern Saying: "If you can't run with the big dogs stay
on the porch."
Southern Sayings: When my mom was very positive of what she was
saying she would say, "Sure as God made green apples."
Southern Woeds: Fixinbouto "Don't worry momma, I's fixinbouto
do mah chores."
Southern Saying: When someone says you, "You caught a bottle by
a tree,'' means you caught a good man.
Southern Sayings: People that think they are better then you:..
"You think your all that and a bowl of grits!"
"Y'all stop dat rairen on da bed !" Meaning: Jumping on the bed.
Southern Sayings: When my mom was very positive of what she was
saying she would say, "Sure as God made green apples."
Southern Woeds: Fixinbouto "Don't worry momma, I's fixinbouto
do mah chores."
Southern Saying: When someone says you, "You caught a bottle by
a tree,'' means you caught a good man.
Southern Sayings: People that think they are better then you:..
"You think your all that and a bowl of grits!"
"Y'all stop dat rairen on da bed !" Meaning: Jumping on the bed.
Southern Saying: "Eatin high on the hog".....meaning "eating good"
Southern Sentence: "Squeet" Means "Let's go eat" Hungary? Squeet!
Southern Saying: "Set like a hair in a biscuit."
Which means there doing good money wise in life.
Southern Saying: Here is what I say when my youngins want something
they hate it: "Don't look at me like a dying calf wantin' milk!"
Southern Saying: "Hotter'n two billygoats in heat."
Meaning it's very, very hot out or inside.
Southern Sayings: "Fatter than MUD". Means Very Fat..
Don't know him from Adams's House Cat". Means I have no
idea who he is..
Southern Saying: "Colder'na witches teat." Meaning: it's very
cold inside or out.
Southern Saying: "Im going to see a man about a horse." It means
oneof two things: I am going to the bathroom and you don't need to
go withme or I am going somewhere that is not any of your bees wax.
Southern Saying: "He's the spittin image of his grandfather."
Translation: "He's the spirit and image of his grandfather."
Southern Saying: "Eatin high on the hog".....meaning "eating good"
Southern Sentence: "Squeet" Means "Let's go eat" Hungary? Squeet!
Southern Saying: "Set like a hair in a biscuit."
Which means there doing good money wise in life.
Southern Saying: Here is what I say when my youngins want something
they hate it: "Don't look at me like a dying calf wantin' milk!"
Southern Saying: "Hotter'n two billygoats in heat."
Meaning it's very, very hot out or inside.
Southern Saying:"Hotter than a goats butt in a pepper patch."
That'shot!
Southern Saying: Don't get none of that on your head or your tongue
will beat your brains out trying to get to it? Preferring to good
food especially a plate of grits and eggs buttered up just right
Southern Saying: "Bless her heart." What a southerner say's to
soften an insult... Yo' mamma's so bucktoothed, she could eat a
corn cob through a picket fence.
Southern Saying: "If: ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all
have a merry Christmas.
Southern Saying: "That ole boy is tighter than Dick's hat band...
mean'n he dont spend his money on nut'n."
Southern Saying: "Wonderin' 'round not doin'
Wonderin' 'round like a chicken with it's head cut off"!
Southern Saying: "Pitched a fit and fell into it." (a temper tantrum)
Southern Saying: "Say it aint so!" Translation
Tell me it isn't true!
Southern Saying: "Southern ladies don't sweat...They glisten."
Southern Saying: "They betta get up off their high horse
(attitude) before it knocks them off."
Southern Sayings: "Their dumber than dirt." (very dumb/scatter
brained)
Southern Saying:"Gooder than grits."
Southern Sentence:"Heyhireyew" Translation. "Hello how are you?
Southern Sentence:"Purtnearit" Translation...Pretty near it"
You ready to go?" "Purtnearit."
Southern Saying:"It's colder than a well-diggers end." Real cold!
Southern Sentence:"Whichyadidya" With you did you...
You didnt bring your truck whichyadidya?"
Southern Saying: "Don't pee down my back and tell me its raining."
Don't try and con me.
Southern Saying:"Drunker than Cooter Brown"
Southern Saying:"I'll be swaney." Translation...I'll be darned.
Southern Saying:"It's raining like a cow pee'n on a flat rock."
Mean'n it's raining very hard.
Southern Sayings:"It's so good, it'd make a freight train take a
dirt road!" (real good)
Southern Saying:"That'll learn ya. or That'll learn em."
It means to learn something the hard way.
Southern Saying: "Pitched a fit and fell into it." (a temper tantrum)
Southern Saying:"Independent as a hog on ice"
very being stubborn, wanting to do things MY way.
Southern Woeds: Fixinbouto "Don't worry momma, I's fixinbouto
do mah chores."
Southern Saying: "Have a good'un" "Ya'll have a good'un."
(Meaning have a good day.)
Southern Saying: Full as a tick Full, stuffed-
"Supper was fitin and I'm full as a tick."
Southern Saying: "Steppen' high like a rooster in ankle deep mud."
Southern Saying: "Higher the hair, closer to God."
Southern Saying: "I've got to make hay while the sun shines."
Southern Sayin "This taste so good, it make's you want to slap
your mamma.
Southern Saying: "A southerner does not have a hissie fit, they
pitch one."
Southern Saying: "It's coming up a cloud." (storm)
Southern Saying: "By and by" "In the future, eventually,
after a while, we will get there by and by."
Southern Saying: "Spit before you drown." What you tell
someone with a mouth full of tobacco juice.
Southern Saying: Over here in Texas; we say, "Don't let yer
alligator mouth overload yer humming bird hinny."
Southern Saying: "Well, I'll be a flop-eared mule." Used in
place of a curse word, like when you drop something and want
to say 'darn.'
Southern Sayings: "Happy as a dead pig in sunshine."
Meaning not happy at all.
Southern Saying: "That dog don't hunt." That's when you
don't believe what your hearing, especially when your being
lied to. My husband said,"He ain't been out drinking with the
boys." "Well, that dog don't hunt,'cause I can smell it on ya."
Southern Saying: "Well, Jimney crickets"
(meaning) "I'll be dog, or you don't say".
Southern Sentence:"Yeontto?" Translation: "You want to?"
Southern Saying: "I'm figna tan yur hide."
Translation: "I'm fixing to spank your butt."
Southern Saying: "It made my behind want to pucker up and sew
button holes." (ticked, mad, discusted) "I spoke to someone the
other day that was so grouchy and arrogant, it made my behind want
to pucker up and sew button holes."
Southern Saying "If I tell you that mule don't ride, don't
get on him." (translation) "If I tell you something, you can
believe it."
Southern Saying She's purty as a picture.
Southern Saying; "American by birth,Southern by the grace of God."
Southern Saying: "Well spit in the fire, and call the dogs!"
Said when someone unexpected shows up at the door, or someone
you really don't care to see.
Southern Sentence: "Yaeatyet?" Translation: "You eat yet?"
Southern Saying:"I don't see any corn in your crib."
Translation: Unwanted advise from someone who has no idea what
they are talking about.
Southern Saying: "Well, I declare!" Translation:"Well, I never!"
Southern Saying: "Hold their feet to the fire."
Translation: Don't let them off the hook.
Southern Saying: "Awerite howbout youns?" "Here'd of thatn
before." Translation: "Alright how about you guys?"
"Heard of that one before."
Southern Sentence: "Ijistet." Translation: "I just ate."
Southern Saying: "Hold their feet to the fire."
Translation: Don't let them off the hook.
Southern Saying: "She's as cute as socks on a rooster.
Southern Sentence: "Ipreshadit." "I appreciate it."
Southern Saying:"Busy as a stump-tailed cow in fly time.
Translation...Very busy.
Southern Sentence:"Yeontsum" "Do you want some?"
"I'd like a bowl of ice cream, yeontsum?"
Southern Saying: "They act like they have a thorn up their
backend." What you say when someone is in a real bad mood.
Southern Sayin "I'm not just whistlin dixie."...Translation...
I mean it, I mean business, I'm fer shur serious this time, or
I agree...
Southern Saying: "I'm busier than a one-armed paper hanger."
Southern Saying:"Well, shut my mouth.".Translation."I am speechless!"
Southern Saying: "Sun don't shine on the same dog's tail all the
time." Translation...The tables will turn.
Southern Saying: During inclement weather (rain & ankle deep
mud at a local fair)... apair of good-ole boys were trying to
negotiate the slippery path. I overheard one say to the other..
"this 'ere's slicker 'n snot on a doorknob!"
Southern Saying:Sam Hill What you say when your bewildered...
"How in the Sam Hill do I put this thing together?"
Southern Sayings: "I jumped on that like a duck on a June bug.
"I'll knock a knot on you and dare it to rise."
Southern Saying "I am humbled by your mastery of "southronese"!
Translation..."I am humbled by your ability to master the southern
language."
Southern Words Sayings:"I don't matta me no nevermine."
I don't care, it doesn't matter to me, whatever you want
Southern Saying:"She looks like the back side of hard times."
...meaning she looks awful.
Southern Saying:"And if that ain't true, grits ain't
groceries, eggs ain't poultry, and Mona Lisa was a man."
Southern Saying:"Don't sit der like a bump on a lawg."
translation..."Don't just sit around."
Southern Saying:"Sing before breakfast, cry before night."
Southern Saying:"Southern to the bone." "Very southern, born
and raised in the south, your southern roots go back for
generations, you talk southern, think southern, and your very
proud of your southern heritage."
Southern Sayings:"I'm so hungry, my stomach thinks my throat
has been cut."
Southern Saying:"Your about as useful as chicken mess on a
pumphandle."
Southern Saying:I'm tellin you what's the truth son!
Translation: I'm telling you the truth son!"
Southern Saying: "Just because your Children were born in the
South does not make them Southerners. After all, if a cat had
kittens in the oven, that wouldn't make them biscuits.
Southern Saying: "My hand to God" Meaning, I am telling the truth.
Southern Saying: "I tell you whut" What one says if they are in
agreement to a statement. Ex: Bobby Joe says to Johnny Sue, "Her
teeth are so gapped she could eat corn through a picket fence!"
To which Johnny Sue would reply, "I tell you whut!" (For those
of you who have moved to the the greater Chicagoland area like
I have, the transalation would be "How 'bout it!")
Southern Sentence: "I her'd dat" Meaning I heard that.
Southern
Shorez: Sure is "You shorez lookin purty in dat dress."
Cat
Member of FOWL, Ms.Tweety Bird, Queen of Beautiful
Member of FOWL, Ms.Tweety Bird, Queen of Beautiful
"Like a bear with a sore head" meaning.... what?... oh... yes of course...
Robbie steps aside as OB steps up to the microphone
...
when someone's not all there...
"a few cans short of a 6-pack"
"light's on, no-one's home"
"a couple of sausages short of a barbe(que)"
"mall's open, no-one's shopping"
Robbie
Robbie steps aside as OB steps up to the microphone
...
when someone's not all there...
"a few cans short of a 6-pack"
"light's on, no-one's home"
"a couple of sausages short of a barbe(que)"
"mall's open, no-one's shopping"
Robbie
descriptions of dumb people
Some useful descriptions of dumb people you may come into
contact with from day today.
1. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
2. Got into the gene pool while the lifeguard wasn't watching.
3. A room temperature IQ.
4. Got a full 6-pack, but lacks the plastic thingy to hold
them together.
5. A photographic memory, but the lens cover is glued on.
6. A prime candidate for natural de-selection.
7. Bright as Alaska in December.
8. During evolution, his ancestors were in the control
9. Fell out of the family tree.
10. Gates are down, the lights are flashing,
but the train isn't coming.
11. Has two brains one is lost and the other is out
looking for it.
12. He's so dense, the light bends around him.
13. If he were any more stupid, he'd have to be
watered twice a week.
14. If you stand close enough to him,
you can hear the ocean
15. It's hard to believe that he beat 100,000 other sperm.
16. Some drink from the fountain of knowledge,
but he just gargled.
17. Takes him a hour-and-a-half to watch 60 Minutes
18. One burger short of a happy meal.
contact with from day today.
1. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
2. Got into the gene pool while the lifeguard wasn't watching.
3. A room temperature IQ.
4. Got a full 6-pack, but lacks the plastic thingy to hold
them together.
5. A photographic memory, but the lens cover is glued on.
6. A prime candidate for natural de-selection.
7. Bright as Alaska in December.
8. During evolution, his ancestors were in the control
9. Fell out of the family tree.
10. Gates are down, the lights are flashing,
but the train isn't coming.
11. Has two brains one is lost and the other is out
looking for it.
12. He's so dense, the light bends around him.
13. If he were any more stupid, he'd have to be
watered twice a week.
14. If you stand close enough to him,
you can hear the ocean
15. It's hard to believe that he beat 100,000 other sperm.
16. Some drink from the fountain of knowledge,
but he just gargled.
17. Takes him a hour-and-a-half to watch 60 Minutes
18. One burger short of a happy meal.
Cat
Member of FOWL, Ms.Tweety Bird, Queen of Beautiful
Member of FOWL, Ms.Tweety Bird, Queen of Beautiful
It's amazing how these expressions cross borders and oceans.
We've been saying those three expression of yours, Davimad, for years in Nova Scotia. Although we say "When they were handing out brains, he thought they said trains" Nearly the same thing, but isn't it funny how sentances can change. It reminds me of that old parlor game we used to play, where one person whispers something in your ear, and you say it to the next person, and so on, until it comes full circle and it's completely warped!
Ted tells me that if I had "half a brain, I'd still be a blond"
My mom says "running around like a chicken with her head cut off" I've seen this actual event (neighbors had chickens when I was growing up) and it really does look like she's running around without a head. 'Specially when she's "discombobulated"
Here's another expression I heard awhile ago, and I've kind of adopted it as one of my own favorite sayings:
"It may be awesome to soar like an eagle...but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines"
We've been saying those three expression of yours, Davimad, for years in Nova Scotia. Although we say "When they were handing out brains, he thought they said trains" Nearly the same thing, but isn't it funny how sentances can change. It reminds me of that old parlor game we used to play, where one person whispers something in your ear, and you say it to the next person, and so on, until it comes full circle and it's completely warped!
Ted tells me that if I had "half a brain, I'd still be a blond"
My mom says "running around like a chicken with her head cut off" I've seen this actual event (neighbors had chickens when I was growing up) and it really does look like she's running around without a head. 'Specially when she's "discombobulated"
Here's another expression I heard awhile ago, and I've kind of adopted it as one of my own favorite sayings:
"It may be awesome to soar like an eagle...but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines"
Yes, we say 'Running around like a headless chicken.'
Here's some of my mum's.
If, ifs and ands were pots and pans, there'd be no need for tinkers.
Die with a face like that and nobody will wash it for you.
There's no pockets in a shroud.
"It's amazing how my children can get a tan in winter, it's even more amazing that it washes off!"
"He's a rotten dancer, it's like shovin' a wheelbarrow round the floor."
Here's some of my mum's.
If, ifs and ands were pots and pans, there'd be no need for tinkers.
Die with a face like that and nobody will wash it for you.
There's no pockets in a shroud.
"It's amazing how my children can get a tan in winter, it's even more amazing that it washes off!"
"He's a rotten dancer, it's like shovin' a wheelbarrow round the floor."
Minnie. (Polly's big sis)
Thanks to Kymmie.
Thanks to Kymmie.
My grandmother used to say:
(Regarding age) My wild oats have turned into shredded wheat.
(If we sat on the coffee table) Tables are for glasses not for ....
(Regarding brats) That mother should have thrown away the kid and kept the stork. (I believe Mae West actually coined this one)
What he lacks in intelligence, he more than makes up for in stupidity.
Oscar Wilde...Women are made to be loved, not understood.
John Cantu...She has such a narrow mind that when she walks fast her earrings bang together.
George Bernard Shaw...The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
(Regarding age) My wild oats have turned into shredded wheat.
(If we sat on the coffee table) Tables are for glasses not for ....
(Regarding brats) That mother should have thrown away the kid and kept the stork. (I believe Mae West actually coined this one)
What he lacks in intelligence, he more than makes up for in stupidity.
Oscar Wilde...Women are made to be loved, not understood.
John Cantu...She has such a narrow mind that when she walks fast her earrings bang together.
George Bernard Shaw...The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
Martha's Vineyard and good friends...Life can not get much better!