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nononomayoo@reddit

There’s a lot but “hella” is most popular i believe.

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tootallforshoes@reddit

New England has a bunch. The use of Wicked being the best example

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nevermindthatyoudope@reddit

They also use bubbler in parts of Wisconsin, much to my surprise.

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ptfancollector@reddit

My wife is from Milwaukee. She uses bubbler and soda. I grew up in SW Wisconsin, it was water fountain and pop for me.

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MeglovRT@reddit

A bubbler is a water fountain for drinking

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I think it's an important distinction. It's specifically a drinking fountain, whereas the term "water fountain" is ambiguous. For me, a "water fountain" is what's in front of the Bellagio, and a "bubbler" is for drinking from.

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Oenonaut@reddit

In cases where context doesn’t already make it completely clear, I would tend to call it a “drinking fountain.”

I can’t think of a circumstance where an ornamental fountain was present that if I referred to “the fountain” someone wouldn’t understand which kind I meant.

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jiminak@reddit

Same. Most places I’ve lived, “drinking fountain” was the main term, but water fountain was just as acceptable. I’ve lived in a lot of places, but might have been somewhat sheltered, because up until a few minutes ago, I don’t think I’ve ever heard the term “bubbler”. lol

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MrSnrub87@reddit

We call it a drinking fountain. And here, a bubbler is a type of water pipe for smoking cannabis

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Nawoitsol@reddit

Belagio has fountains. I don’t think many native speakers would call those water fountains. Sure, they use water but they aren’t “water fountains“.

I changed “any” to “many” because it sounds like you might be an exception.

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Brisby820@reddit

Water fountain

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NarrowSalad5562@reddit

Came here to say this. I never heard of "bubbler" used anywhere outside of Wisconsin. I learned something new today!

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AuggieNorth@reddit

Even in Western New England far from the Boston accent zone, we had bubblers at all our schools in the 60's and 70's.

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scothc@reddit

Because Kohler patented the first one.

Honestly, I'm shocked that it pops up anywhere but here

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geaddaddy@reddit

And in Australia!

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print_isnt_dead@reddit

I have read in the past that the etymology of this is because of a company who made bubblers in WI, and lots of public buildings in MA purchased them

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SnooOwls8179@reddit

If you look at an exploded view of a water fountain, you'll find the part that actually expells the water. Is called a bubbler. I'm from Wisconsin.

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JimBones31@reddit

I always assumed it was because the water cooler bubbles when you use it.

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xenomega42@reddit

Kohler made a specific type of drinking fountain in Kohler, Wi called the Bubbler. The name stuck for much of Wisconsin and places in NE where a lot were also sold.

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Icy-Blacksmith-313@reddit

Guy.... always burst out laughing when I hear it on a job site

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TheDangerist@reddit

Pissah, clickah, etc. it goes on.

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jiminak@reddit

Curious if a clickah is a tv remote. If so, I’ve lived in many paces that call it a clicker. (Not pronounced with the New England accent, obviously, but same word. (Unless it means something else)

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prancingbobcat@reddit

Wicked pissah

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Rolenalong@reddit

Where in Rhode Island do you live? :P

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phydaux4242@reddit

That’s “bubbalah.”

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LurkMcGurt666@reddit

Upvote for packie

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PuddingImpressive389@reddit

How do yall use the word “wicked”?

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JimBones31@reddit

If someone hands you a wicked good sandwich, expect to enjoy it.

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PuddingImpressive389@reddit

I see yeah Ive actually never heard someone say that here in Texas. Ive heard it used like that in a song though

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JimBones31@reddit

I'm curious as to the song.

When I spent time in Texas, it was wicked hot. Even in the winter.

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notonrexmanningday@reddit

Wicked humid too

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Repulsive-Debt5492@reddit

Depends where you're at in the state. It gets drier as you go west

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PuddingImpressive389@reddit

Yeah I forgot but I remember it was a Chris Brown song like an old school 2000s song which is the only time ive really heard some use wicked like that.

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cntodd@reddit

It's still wicked hot.

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beyondplutola@reddit

And a “wicked grinder” (grindah) is not a repudiation of a hookup app.

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JimBones31@reddit

It's wicked pissah

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Metagator@reddit

"Pissah", also highly sought after soft shell clams

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lavasca@reddit

Pissah means clams?
I thought it was toilet.

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Metagator@reddit

They are soft shell clams, kind of like miniature geoducks, from your side of the states, that squirt water as you step near their low tide burrow. Dig fast because they go fast ..

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lavasca@reddit

Wow! Thankyou!!!

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JimBones31@reddit

I have no idea what that guy is talking about. Pissah is just good. Wicked pissah is super good.

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DragonScrivner@reddit

It's an intensifier like 'really' or 'very'. Wicked hot, wicked hungry, wicked nice, etc.

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poisonedkiwi@reddit

Oh, that's regional? I've heard that very often here in the Midwest too. Maybe it's one of those things people think are regional, but it really isn't.

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dkesh@reddit

It originated in New England but has spread since then.

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MrSnrub87@reddit

I always associated with surf and snowboard culture, at least that's how it was when I was a kid in the 80's/90's

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BroughtBagLunchSmart@reddit

Most good American things started in New England and then spread out from there.

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DragonScrivner@reddit

Well, midwest is a region, is it not?

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Equivalent-Pin-4759@reddit

We use it that way in Ohio also.

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This-Professional-39@reddit

Pretty much "very" or "to a great extent".

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distrucktocon@reddit

As an adjective. Wicked cool. Wicked good. Wicked retarded.

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SolOberlindes_2564@reddit

It’s an adverb, like very

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distrucktocon@reddit

We’re both correct. It’s used as an adjective and an adverb.

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Act1_Scene2@reddit

It's wicked useful

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notonrexmanningday@reddit

That's "wicked retahded"

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malachite_13@reddit

The same as we use “hella” I think. Lol

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atheologist@reddit

It’s an intensifier. Wicked good is really good. Wicked bad is very bad. Wicked far is really far.

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North81Girl@reddit

The Sox played wicked good against the Rangers lol

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notonrexmanningday@reddit

How far from New Hampshire to Massachusetts?

Oh, it's wicked fah.

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Hot-Tart1347@reddit

Not in the northeast, but any time we say it we imitate goodwill hunting

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tootallforshoes@reddit

Bingo

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Frosty_Employment171@reddit

Wicked is slang?

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tootallforshoes@reddit

Yes

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3mptyspaces@reddit

Grinder

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Frosty_Employment171@reddit

Hero

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Dick_of_Doom@reddit

This one. Haven't heard people say "wicked" (it's fairly uncommon where I am, only hear people from RI say it). Bu eveyone calls those sandwiches grinders.

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Freyjas_child@reddit

“ Bang a youee” for making a U-turn

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Extreme-Flan3935@reddit

Bang? we say “hang a youee” in MN

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Frosty_Employment171@reddit

Same in NY and the rest of the US.

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GlitterberrySoup@reddit

We say "flip a bitch" in my area of Illinois

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Able_Celery_8878@reddit

I'm in NE so I've only heard "bang a uey." First time in KY life I'm hearing "flip a bitch", and I love it.

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scothc@reddit

Whippin shitties

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GlitterberrySoup@reddit

For some reason I think of whippin shitties as a winter-only activity, like there's gotta be snow. Bare pavement = donuts. This could be only in my head though!

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LemonSkye@reddit

It's "hang a u-ie" in NY as well.

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floofienewfie@reddit

Have heard this in Oregon.

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earmares@reddit

We say hang a uuee in WY also

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Fit-Distribution2303@reddit

I've said both in Western NY.

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mxyzsptlk@reddit

I’ve never said either of those. It’s always been flip a bitch.

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JasminJaded@reddit

We say flip, but it could be “flip a u-ey” or “flip a bitch” depending on who’s in the car.

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peppermintmeow@reddit

Here we call it "flippin a bitch."

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r2d3x9@reddit

Done it

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DragonScrivner@reddit

I was in my late teens when i realized 'packie' was a regional thing

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Brisby820@reddit

Same. Also happens to be a homonym of a slur. Oops!

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JasminJaded@reddit

I feel like it’s a good thing it took me a while to figure out what else it could mean.

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JayPlays40k@reddit

The first time my ex-wife, who is from Connecticut, used that phrase, my Texan self was like "you can't say that!". She was confused by my response, but we were able to figure out what she meant. I'd never heard the phrase used before, so it was a bit of a culture shock.

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lavasca@reddit

I’d previously only heard the slur.

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DragonScrivner@reddit

Oh, you're right! Eeep

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notonrexmanningday@reddit

What's that mean in New England? In England it's used for Pakistani person or convenience stores stereotypically owned by Pakistani people.

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Standard-Jaguar-8793@reddit

A packie is short for “package store” which is what liquor stores are called in Massachusetts. You buy yah beeah at the packie.

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BoobearMagoo@reddit

In RI too. Never heard it used as a slur against Pakistani folk till I left New England. I want to move back home so badly.

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Brisby820@reddit

Liquor store. Short for “package store”. Many words in Massachusetts are turned into slang by shortening them plus adding a “y” — “statey” for state police, “uey” for u-turn, etc

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notonrexmanningday@reddit

I think U-ey is common all over the US.

And ever since The Depahted, I think statey has become a lot more common. I've definitely heard people use it in Chicago to refer to Illinois State Police

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Brisby820@reddit

Cultural appropriation

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DragonScrivner@reddit

Ugh, I forgot it was a slur in England -- my bad, I've edited my reply above. I suck!

Anyway, liquor stores are sometimes referred to as 'package stores', a term originating in the post-Prohibition era when state laws required alcohol to be sold in the "original package" to prevent retailers from watering down the booze.

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captain_hug99@reddit

Package store. Aka liquor store

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lavasca@reddit

TIL

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peppermintmeow@reddit

Ha! Wicked is absolutely not.

Signed,

The entire BEST COAST.

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tootallforshoes@reddit

Excuse me?

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peppermintmeow@reddit

You're excused. Have a great day

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dropyopanties@reddit

Don't forget when you park it's " side be each other" and a U-turn is " Busting a U-ey!"

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tootallforshoes@reddit

What? Also it’s bangin a u-ey

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hornwalker@reddit

I feel like no one says Wicked anymore because it started appearing in Ads and became very lame

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tootallforshoes@reddit

Weird take

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r2d3x9@reddit

Tonic. Jimmies. Frappe

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tootallforshoes@reddit

Mom?

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LexiD523@reddit

I knew I had lived away from New England for too long when I stopped saying "wicked" on a daily basis.

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tootallforshoes@reddit

I have family in NYC and California who still laugh every time I say it. I’m also one of those people who used wicked often.

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Buhos_En_Pantelones@reddit

I'm from 'lower' upstate NY and grew up saying that as well.

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Mindless_Berry_4572@reddit

I'm from Elmira and never heard that in NY

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Buhos_En_Pantelones@reddit

Johnson City here, we said it all the time.

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Mindless_Berry_4572@reddit

Maybe that's why. I left in '84

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tootallforshoes@reddit

Ya because it’s wicked close to New England

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Buhos_En_Pantelones@reddit

I suppose relatively, but it's funny that that's the only New England-ism that I can remember. We don't even say it like you haha

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Able_Celery_8878@reddit

"Statey" for state police

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bluems22@reddit

Wicked smaht

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turdferguson3891@reddit

How do you like them apples?

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Aggressive_FIamingo@reddit

Stove up, down cellar, cunnin', dubbah.

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Stupid_Snowmeiser@reddit

I’m from Upstate NY and I grew up saying wicked thanks to my parents. They did spend time in the Capital Region so that may explain that.

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seahorseescape@reddit

Came here to say wicked for New England

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upnorthhickchick@reddit

Fudgie is Michigan slang for tourist.

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Old-Vermicelli7116@reddit

Trolls...

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upnorthhickchick@reddit

Yep, that‘s me

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charkleman@reddit

Toboggan = beanie

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thanatos0320@reddit

We definitely use toboggan for beanie as well.

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HorrorAlarming1163@reddit

This totally confuses everyone down here in Texas when I say it

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Elspetta@reddit

I live in Northern KY and my partner calls it a toboggan. The first time he said it, I couldn't figure out what he needed a sled for.

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RadioBoy93@reddit

Spent a lot of my teens and 20’s in western KY. A toboggan is a winter hat. A beanie is a kids hat with a propeller on top.

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Oscar-mondaca@reddit

Whippin shitties

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Ollly77@reddit

Is this not national? I’ve heard it in Iowa/illinois

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illegal_miles@reddit

Never heard it on the west coast.

Do you guys call making a U turn “flipping a bitch”?

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leo_the_lion6@reddit

Definition? Never heard that one

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SlippinJimE@reddit

In my region, it's a U-turn

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TrumpTheAntichrist@reddit

Other folks might call them donuts.

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Seeitontheway@reddit

A lot of Vermonters specifically call it “blowing donuts”

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deafballboy@reddit

Like, a car spinning around in circle donuts, not fried pastries.

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Background_Humor5838@reddit

Thank you for clarifying 🤣 I would have embarrassed myself

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SlippinJimE@reddit

I see some Minnesota call outs but this is common on Indiana too.

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HarlequinKOTF@reddit

We use this in Wisconsin too

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ninjanikki91@reddit

Dated a girl from Canada before and she used this one, I started saying it too just because I love it.

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Impressive_Ad8715@reddit

Oof da

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winenot_@reddit

Hello, Minnesota.

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Individual-Bread9286@reddit

I was coming to say this 😂

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dobie_dobes@reddit

Lol I see a fellow Minnesotan

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BlueFuzzyCrocs@reddit

That one definitely overlaps in Northern Wisconsin

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notonrexmanningday@reddit

This is my favorite regional slang

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IP_Janet_GalaxyGirl@reddit

Look up “Pittsburghese Not all of the words/phrases are unique to Pittsburgh or Pennsylvania, but some of the words/phrases are not well known outside of the region.

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IAmBaconsaur@reddit

Ope, just gonna sneak right past you there.

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im-dramatic@reddit

Ope is commonly mislabeled as a regional thing. I’ve lived all over the U.S. and almost everyone uses it lol.

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fromcjoe123@reddit

I think it’s mostly cus the strength of Big 10 schools and the relatively depressed economy until recently across the northern Midwest has resulted in the Midwest diaspora ending up everywhere.

I say it habitually and I’m from California originally but my folks are both from Michigan. And I was the only kid growing up who did so, and in ten years I’ve been on the east coast the only people I know who say it are from the Midwest or had parents from there.

Like a friend of mine from Connecticut was saying it and I was joking if midwestern culture had finally penetrated the capital of WASPlandia and then it turned out her parents were from Cleveland lol.

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im-dramatic@reddit

Nah I’m a 34 year old military brat/active duty. Been hearing it my whole life all over the country. It’s not a recent thing.

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Aprils-Fool@reddit

Agreed. The true regionalism is midwesterners thinking “ope” is a uniquely midwestern thing.

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im-dramatic@reddit

Lol yes 😂

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Outrageous-Pin-4664@reddit

I've grew up in the South, and never heard anyone say it irl.

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Aprils-Fool@reddit

I grew up in the south and have definitely heard it here.

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Outrageous-Pin-4664@reddit

We're both in Florida. Are you in North Florida or South?

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Aprils-Fool@reddit

North Florida

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Outrageous-Pin-4664@reddit

Same. Just different experiences, I guess.

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sunburntredneck@reddit

I grew up in the South and used to basically say "oh" where a South Canadian would use "ope," now for some reason ope usually comes out automatically even though still in the South

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im-dramatic@reddit

Funny you say that’s. It’s the only region I’ve never heard it. People seem more formal in the South.

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IAmBaconsaur@reddit

Ope is pretty Midwest, I grew up with more of an "oop" or "oops" in the northeast rather than the clear e at the end.

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Aprils-Fool@reddit

The e at the end is silent.

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IAmBaconsaur@reddit

Just because you don't specifically say a letter doesn't mean it doesn't change how the word is pronounced.

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Aprils-Fool@reddit

Final-e absolutely affects a words pronunciation. But “clear e” is not a way it would be described.

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poisonedkiwi@reddit

What do you mean, the clear e? Do you pronounce the e?

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Pauzhaan@reddit

I’ve never heard it. Lived in Ohio, upstate NY, Utah, Mississippi & Colorado.

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Litup-North@reddit

Oofdah

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Dick_of_Doom@reddit

Grew up hearing that. New England. Thought it was some thing old Italian-American men said, like a fancy way of saying "oof".

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DM7000@reddit

At least in Minnesota, "uffda" came about cause it's a Scandinavian phrase.

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SadLocal8314@reddit

My grandparents were from Minnesota - Humboldt and Minneapolis to be precise. Uffda has come down in our family. I had to explain it in Philadelphia as "anywhere you can use oy vey, Minnesota says uffda.

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Old-Vermicelli7116@reddit

Beat me to it. I was too busy whippin' shitties in the parking lot, while some little kids were playing duck duck gray duck... Time to eat some hotdish.

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mspolytheist@reddit

I was born and raised in the NYC metro area, have lived in Philly for decades, and have never heard of ”Ope.”

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im-dramatic@reddit

I’ve lived in New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Maryland and I heard it all the time.

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Strange-Employee-520@reddit

I grew in Massachusetts and moved to Chicago as an adult. I was so confused by Midwesterners claiming "ope". I do think they kind of say it loud and clear, whereas in New England it's more like "up", kind of mumbled.

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Ok-King2695@reddit

Yeah i'm from pa and I say it a lot. Not sure i've heard many other people say it though.

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originaljbw@reddit

right, it's literally a hurried version of the word oops.

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DeepBlue_8@reddit

I definitely use it and never thought it was a "Midwest" thing.

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foxsable@reddit

I am convinced it is your brain combining “oops” and “oh crap/no/shit/my” and because you usually say it fast it comes out as a blend.

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zedazeni@reddit

Let me let you go

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Mindless_Berry_4572@reddit

My mom.used to say that NY / Pennsylvania

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jessipowers@reddit

“Lemmeletchyago” lol

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NoCountryForOldPete@reddit

Past three years I've spent more time talking to people in PA on the phone than any other single group, and now I've unfortunately absorbed this one into my vernacular permanently.

None of the other nonsense has made it in yet, but I'm getting nervous.

I've also corrupted a few PA residents into noticeably cursing a lot more, so I guess it's a fair trade.

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BusterBuddyGuy@reddit

Yeah no for sure = yes

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j_ly@reddit

Yeah, no = no

No, Yeah = yes

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BusterBuddyGuy@reddit

Yeah maybe = no Well I better get going = I’ll leave in an hour That’s interesting = what the fuck

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non-rhotic_eotic@reddit

I grew up in DFW (which has many Midwestern transplants) and somewhere I picked up "ope" but I only use it when I notice a mistake made by myself or someone else. "Ope, I got that wrong" or "Ope, you used the wrong part." Otherwise, I use "whoops" in all other contexts.

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UnoriginalInnovation@reddit

Yeah no yeah

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tough_breaks22@reddit

We drink from bubblers

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IAmBaconsaur@reddit

Nope, different Midwest state. Wisconsin doesn't get to claim "ope."

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DilaudidWithIVbenny@reddit

Yes! Ope belongs to Michigan and that’s that.

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TrumpTheAntichrist@reddit

I mean, absolutely not. Ope is MN and I’ll fucking die on this hill.

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goblin_hipster@reddit

At the very least, we do say it.

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TrumpTheAntichrist@reddit

We’ll allow it.

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NotAurelStein@reddit

Uffda-land!

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Hot_Depth_3367@reddit

We totally get to claim it! I mean we can share I GUESS...

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Litup-North@reddit

Oofdah

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LaLa_MamaBear@reddit

Born, raised and currently living in California. I have never said that phrase. Ha! I can hear the accent. 😄 I would just say. “Oh” “Oh, so sorry” or “Excuse me.”

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Golbeza@reddit

I’ve heard ope from California to Florida.

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notonrexmanningday@reddit

Oh no, yah

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Dhris6120@reddit

"Let's go cut through the gangway real quick"

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Brief_Author1318@reddit

Hella is California specific

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gdubh@reddit

Sorry but hella was/is everywhere.

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1-Mafioso-1@reddit

People have been stealing California slang for decades

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gdubh@reddit

The question wasn’t what slang originated in your state.

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RockShowSparky@reddit

You see what happens, the first person to say a California one and everybody’s gotta be like “nope we said that too” No shit, California slang became national slang because everyone else copied it.

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DepressedPancake4728@reddit

hate us cause they aint us

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PuddingImpressive389@reddit

Really? Used to hear that all the time in Texas

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Jswazy@reddit

There isn't a lot of regional slang anymore due to the internet

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1Negative_Person@reddit

“Hella” has been everywhere for longer than the ubiquity of the internet.

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PuddingImpressive389@reddit

True

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beyondplutola@reddit

Other parts of the country may pick it up. But it is specifically rejected in SoCal as the term is seen as a NorCal identifier. It’s also just… lame.

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ButtholeSurfur@reddit

Since when? People say it in the Midwest lol

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Libertas_@reddit

It used to be Northern California slang but everyone all over says it now.

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ButtholeSurfur@reddit

Fair. Must've been a long time ago. Certainly not something they can claim anymore.

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RedditWidow@reddit

I'm old enough to remember when Cartman started using "hella" on Southpark, and then suddenly everyone was saying it everywhere

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Forrestmarauder@reddit

California started “hella” but I think people all over use it at this point.

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Beautiful-Parsley-24@reddit

More of a NorCal thing. We don't say that in southland.

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animepuppyluvr@reddit

I say it still and Im in San Diego. I will carry this torch to the end of times.

But ive also only met like 1 other person who says it lol

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Beautiful-Parsley-24@reddit

San Diego is it's own thing lol

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PvtDipwad@reddit

Socal native. Used hella a lot when I was in highschool lol

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automaticmantis@reddit

Always thought hella was more norcal but I could be wrong

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RockShowSparky@reddit

You must have had NorCal transplant friends.

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PvtDipwad@reddit

Not that I'm aware of, unless my friends' parents were from NorCal, everyone I was close with was born and raised in the same county I was. I think it was just an infectious internet thing

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DosZappos@reddit

Started in Nor Cal, didn’t stay that way for very long

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warrenjt@reddit

I’ve heard it plenty in Indiana.

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thanatos0320@reddit

Toboggan, mane, junt

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getdownheavy@reddit

Yes.

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Heraghty07@reddit

New Mexico for sure!

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Heraghty07@reddit

Check out Johnny James on You Tube.

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manicpixidreamgirl04@reddit

It's deadass mad brick fr

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MajorPaper4169@reddit

Yo apparently we the only ones who say “Brolic” too.

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manicpixidreamgirl04@reddit

I don't even know that one

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New_York_or_nowhere@reddit

Brolic dates back to when I was a kid (90s) and maybe even earlier IDK. Same era when we said "herb" for loser/cornball

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manicpixidreamgirl04@reddit

Oh. I grew up in the 2000s and didn't hear either of those.

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MajorPaper4169@reddit

Born in the 80’s grew up in the 90’s. You being 2000’s is probably why.

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axv18@reddit

Yerrrrrr

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remix_sakura@reddit

Yo lemmegetta bacon egg and cheese

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lamb_ch0p@reddit

baconeggncheesesaltpepperketchup

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Background_Humor5838@reddit

It's fuggin brick city

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Randy_Magnum29@reddit

Thanks, I hate it.

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Barutano74@reddit

“A couple, two, tree”

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distrucktocon@reddit

Texas has some very different slang based on what part of Texas you’re in.

Off the top of my head:

All versions of Y’all. Like y’all’d’ve.

J’eet?

Feeder road, lean, hol’up.

Skeeters

Fixin’ta.

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Admirable_Carob_121@reddit

j’eet is also very common in NJ

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distrucktocon@reddit

In the northeast it’s often followed by “whatdjahave?”

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PhotojournalistNew6@reddit

Is j'eet how you say did you eat or does it mean something else?

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Intelligent-Invite79@reddit

Yep, just asking if they’ve eaten yet 🙂

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Stop_Already@reddit

Southwest CT is one of the only places that uses tag sale instead of garage or yard sale.

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_Molj@reddit

Choke donkeys.

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OrcaFins@reddit

Alaskan here. "Break-up" refers to the spring thaw, when the ice breaks up.

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eyetracker@reddit

Snow machine is an Alaska thing, what other people call snowmobiles.

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smokiechick@reddit

Vermont uses it too!

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dobie_dobes@reddit

You do???? I thought it was just an AK thing!

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smokiechick@reddit

I've never heard it outside Vermont - but I've never been to Alaska

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Atromnis@reddit

Bug Dope is insect repellent.

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OrcaFins@reddit

Yeah, I do call it a snow machine lol!

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dobie_dobes@reddit

I moved to the lower 48 years ago and still call my boots breakup boots 😂

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minkameleon@reddit

lower 48 I believe in another Alaska-specific term. Or at least more commonly used in AK

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dobie_dobes@reddit

Ha! Fair point. Didn’t even realize I did that.

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Necessary_Touch3877@reddit

out the road

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ManateeNipples@reddit

In Akron Ohio, the strip of land between the sidewalk and the street, commonly known as a tree lawn elsewhere, is know as a devil's strip. And that's metal af lol

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No-Type119@reddit

Yoopers — people in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

Trolls — people in the Lower Peninsula ( ie, under the Bridge.)

Fudgies — tourists in northern Michigan.

Michigan stop — A rolling non- stop at intersections .

Michigan basement — a dirt floor basement, or a very basic unfinished cement basement.

Detroit roll — carrying your paper money in a fat roll rather than in your wallet.

Chook — in the UP, a knitted watch cap; I think a corruption of the French “ toque.”

Holy wah! — A Yooper expression like “ Holy cow!”

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NSNick@reddit

A couple more that come to mind for Michigan:

Michigan left -- Turning left by first turning right, then making a U-turn.

Fordite -- the 'minerals' formed by layers of paint on automotive factory floors and surfaces.

I can't think of any from Ohio, though!

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No-Type119@reddit

Burritos cool. There’s a jeweler in Beulah that makes jewelry with it.

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IncidentAccording332@reddit

“Slashie” a liquor store in Chicago that is also a bar.

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TheSavourySloth@reddit

I feel like this is the perfect opportunity to ask. Is fire used to mean something’s good or cool outside of California? Because I once used it in front of a guy from Arizona and he had no idea what I meant.

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SunnyShadows1958@reddit

I'm from Arizona and have heard people use it in that context before. Maybe he was just out of the loop

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TheSavourySloth@reddit

None of his friends who were with him knew it either. Maybe they were all sheltered or something because I couldn’t believe they’d never heard it 😅

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ThePickleConnoisseur@reddit

Never heard rad outside of CA and maybe AZ

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Narrow-Durian4837@reddit

There's a whole book: How To Talk Minnesotan.

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anneylani@reddit

and a PBS special! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiSzwoJr4-0

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ohshit-cookies@reddit

And a musical! Its great!

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Dont_Wanna_Not_Gonna@reddit

Grey Duck

Whippin’ shitties

Jeeps Cripes

Yeah but no

No but yeah

Jack Pine Savage

Oh for…

Hard water

Kuh-roakie

Dinner (for the midday meal)

Supper (for the evening meal)

Lunch (for a post-supper snack)

The Range

Ranger

Finlander

The Cabin

Come with

A whole nother

Boughten (present perfect tense of buy)

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RawBean7@reddit

JoJo potatoes. Not really slang, but telling someone to "eat a bag of Dick's" is a genuine restaurant recommendation, not an insult.

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116wins@reddit

I LOVE jojos. I once tried to order them at a grocery store deli on the east coast and the guy had no idea what I meant. I didn’t know it was regional until then!

Other PNW slang includes “spendy” where other regions use “pricey”, although I think it’s less exclusive to this area recently. Also “tolo” for the high school dance other areas call “Sadie Hawkins”.

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Anxious-Minx@reddit

Jojos are a thing in NE Ohio, too ( but most in Central Ohio haven't heard of them, although I have found one place that calls them Jojos)

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NSNick@reddit

My trivia bar recently swapped from fries to jojos on the menu!

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justdisa@reddit

The Mountain is out.

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RawBean7@reddit

You just made me look!

(It's not.)

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lilsmudge@reddit

I had a bag of dicks yesterday. So fucking good.

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so_slzzzpy@reddit

No, everything we start saying becomes appropriated by other English speakers worldwide; dude, bro, hella, stoked, bomb, kickback, bail, sketchy, low-key, dank, clutch, etc.

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Fubai97b@reddit

Whipping shitties and duck, duck, grey duck! One's for doing donuts and the other is duck, duck, goose.

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Reasonable-Company71@reddit

Hawaiian Pidgin is a whole language based off of slang

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anneylani@reddit

spock ya on da bumbye

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therealfetusfajitas@reddit

Howzit, bruddah?

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baybaybythebay@reddit

Yeah and it varies a bit by island too. The two that come to mind for this tho are “shoots” and “if can, can. If no can, no can”

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rbrancher2@reddit

That’s what I said! Cheeeehooooo!

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HorizonEast832@reddit

I moved to Texas a little over a year ago and went to AA. It took me a minute to figure out people were talking about when they were saying they used to drink a “handle” of liquor a day

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cfbluvr@reddit

this is an american thing not texan

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Aware-Goose896@reddit

I didn’t realize that was a regional term. Where did you move from? Do you have a different term for a 1.75 liter bottle of booze there?

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DisneyDragonfly17@reddit

I'll just leave this right here. Yinz. Iykyk

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Hiredgun77@reddit

In Washington’s puget sound area if I say “the mountain is out” then that means it’s a clear, beautiful day.

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Energy_Turtle@reddit

This one feels really performative tbh. It feels like forced slang that caught on with those who hang unused kayaks in their garage.

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1-Mafioso-1@reddit

California has a shit ton but everyone ends up copying it at some point.

You’ll still hear some unique shit like calling a kid a Grom or the phrase “take it on the head” if you live on the coast.

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Ckelleywrites@reddit

Does “go birds” count as slang?

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Bigtunacassarole@reddit

Go birds 🦅

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zagnuy@reddit

Go birbs

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thickjamaicanuncle@reddit

Go birds dickhead

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ThePurityPixel@reddit

I'd say so, largely due to the missing comma.

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Yeegis@reddit

“Dude, like…”

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ElijahNSRose@reddit

Gat for Gatling for revolver.

Jayhawker use to mean Union militiaman but now it's a sportsfan.

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FormerPrize2485@reddit

Drinking fountain = bubbler

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Derminac@reddit

Pennsylvania has plenty lol Pittsburgh and Philadelphia alone make a new one every week — “Jawn” “Hoagie” “Buggy” Yinz” etc.

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ThePurityPixel@reddit

In the South, a "buggy" is apparently a shopping cart

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GeneralBlumpkin@reddit

Those are strollers at least in my family

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ThePurityPixel@reddit

So… what do you call the things you push babies around in?

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CatPurrsonNo1@reddit

A buggy is also a shopping cart in the Pittsburgh area.

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Extreme-Flan3935@reddit

it’s a “trolley” somewhere, too … also South maybe?

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TooManyDraculas@reddit

A lot of New England it's a trolley.

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jigokubi@reddit

In Old England, it's also a trolley.

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floofienewfie@reddit

Northern WV calls a shopping cart a buggy.

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Derminac@reddit

Yeah it’s definitely normal in many places, but PA has a town (Mifflinburg) also known as “Buggy Town” was a big manufacturer of the carts.

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ImColdandImTired@reddit

Yep

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CaptainTenneal2@reddit

Am from south. Is called buggy

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CatPurrsonNo1@reddit

How about, “Kennywood’s open”?! LOL

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goddessofgoo@reddit

Djit? Let's all go to my cheese steak jawn then I'll buy yous wooder ice, y'na mean?

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libananahammock@reddit

Go swimmin downa shore and dry off with a tail

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MischaBurns@reddit

Should I feel relieved or worried that this made immediate and total sense?

(PA native, I know the answer is both.)

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Metagator@reddit

Yuns.. you'uns..

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Peculiar-Interests@reddit

You did it perfectly 👌🏻

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Ancient0wl@reddit

My favorite is jagoff. Regional insults are always fun.

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Stupid_Watergate_@reddit

What's "yinz"?

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Derminac@reddit

Yinz/Yous = Ya’ll or you guys

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BobithanBobbyBob@reddit

Like "ya'll" but superior

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BobithanBobbyBob@reddit

Who dosnt say buggy?

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Crab_Rangoon_bby@reddit

Jag off

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Prudent-Marsupial-42@reddit

That's a Chicago thing too, probably more cities as well if I had to guess

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foodweneedfood@reddit

And that’s not even including the Pennsylvania Dutch lexicon.

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Bigtunacassarole@reddit

Jawn

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k8username@reddit

Yinz!

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Specialist_Stop8572@reddit

Wisconsin- we say "bubbler" instead of 'drinking fountain" or whatever bs other people call it

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Major_Spite7184@reddit

Straight drive. In NC, that means manual transmission. “Can you drive a straight?” Vs. stick. Racing thing.

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TCFNationalBank@reddit

I am told the following are Chicago-isms:

"gym shoes" for sneakers, tennis shoes

"front room" for the formal living room or parlor room, pronounced frunchroom

"2-flat/3-flat/4-flat" for a multi family residential building where the units are stacked

"gangway" for the narrow walkway between buildings

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Bellmaster@reddit

Gym shoes is also a Cincinnati thing, but rare outside these two cities, as I understand it. The prevailing theory I’ve heard for it is that we have lots of Catholic schools which in the past required students to wear dress shoes. And you’d have different shoes for gym.

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MukadeYada@reddit

A lot of people in Nevada think that the word "hella" was specific to our state in the beginning, even though they're, you know, wrong.

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Knifey___Spoony@reddit

Thats a nor cal thing

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NeverSeenItPodcast@reddit

People from California don't say "nor cal" they say northern California

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formerprincess@reddit

Wrong. We use nor cal and socal. We do not use cali.

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earmares@reddit

They absolutely do use Cali.

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DeathandHemingway@reddit

We really don't, outside of it appearing on clothing. It's almost never spoken.

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earmares@reddit

My half brother is from La Jolla, 54 years old, born and raised. Says it all the time. My best friend is from Temecula, says it all the time. So do her neighbors.

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DeathandHemingway@reddit

Then they are outliers, it's not a term we use to refer to the state.

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formerprincess@reddit

You don't live here , do you?

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earmares@reddit

I do work there for a fair amount of the year.

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CPGFL@reddit

No they say Bay Area

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NeverSeenItPodcast@reddit

Yeah if you're referring to the bay area. Last time I checked Northern California is more than just the Bay area.

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MukadeYada@reddit

It's true. They also have Yreka, where the party never stops.

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NeverSeenItPodcast@reddit

I've been to Eureka. Cool little town.

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MukadeYada@reddit

Yea, but I'm talking about Yreka, not Eureka.

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Lopsided_Tomatillo27@reddit

Fun fact: Yreka was going to be the capitol of the State of Jefferson. It would have been the 49th state.

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OkConsideration123@reddit

I say NorCal and SoCal. But also, Northern California and Southern California. Down south. Up north.

Never “Cali” though. “Cal” alone is UC Berkeley, not California.

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silversurf1234567890@reddit

Heard it in Ohio my whole life. Over 40 years

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MukadeYada@reddit

Reno's just a few hours from Sacramento. It was in both places at roughly the same time. I'm pretty sure it flowed west to east, although some guys around here would get pretty pissed off if I admitted that.

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DepressedPancake4728@reddit

not sure why the proximity to sacramento matters when its decidedly bay area slang. originated in black communities in oakland and then spread to the rest of the bay

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FondleGanoosh438@reddit

It goes from NorCal to Washington. It’s not a thing in SoCal from what I’ve experienced living there. If someone saying it is a good indicator they aren’t a local.

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Silkies4life@reddit

It was in an episode of South Park in the late 90s, that’s where a lot of people learned it.

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theegodmother1999@reddit

i lived in northwest WA for a few years and they all said it up there too

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Archercrash@reddit

I heard Hella in the Seattle area in the late 90s.

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ethan26565@reddit

Illinois, specifically Chicago. I’ve heard hella for yeaaaars and years before it was mainstream

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Bogside_Bibliophile@reddit

In Minnesota (mostly) casserole = hotdish.

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extremefuzz777@reddit

Pittsburgh has a bunch, although some are more widespread than we realize. For instance “hoagie”, which is a term for a sub sandwich, can be heard in the northeast and I’ve heard it in Ohio. “Yinz” however, which is used similarly to “y’all”, is mostly a Pittsburgh term.

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Mediocre_Length_9526@reddit

Hoagie started in Philly not the Burgh. Stick to your Cole slaw sandwiches.

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0micron247@reddit

Yinz jagoffs also skip the "to be" in needs red up (and similar phrases), lack a syllable in "towel" and slippy, get nebby, and run the sweeper.

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goldentalus70@reddit

A long history of surf and skateboard slang going back decades in California.

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DeathandHemingway@reddit

Also a lot of gang slang comes from LA, like 'cuz', and also things like ' a grip' to mean ' a lot'.

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goldentalus70@reddit

Yeah, well, gang slang is a whole other thing.

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N8_Tge_Gr8@reddit

"Like, dude, just hop on the four-oh-five."

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goldentalus70@reddit

Gnarly!

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MedicineMann710@reddit

Eat a Bag of Dicks has a whole new meaning in the Greater Seattle Area (Washington State)

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silversurf1234567890@reddit

“Dicks is the place where the cool hang out”

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RatonhnhaketonK@reddit

We call Northern Americans who travel to our state during winter time, "Snowbirds". Not sure if others do that, too.

Texas calls em Winter Texans.

People here refer to The Grand Canyon as "the Big Ditch" because a lot are unimpressed by it lol.

We refer to dust storms as "haboobs", which we kind of just took from the Middle East (Arabic word is habūb/هبوب). Even weather forecasters will call it this on live TV.

Swamp Box/Swamp Cooler for evaporative coolers.

Its a dry heat.

And this one is not really slang, just regional pronounciation. There is a town up north called Prescott, but we say Press-Kitt. Also Press-Kitt valley. The name Prescott is pronounced normally lmfao

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MiserableMemory5149@reddit

From PA, we call those that go down south for the winter snowbirds too, pretty sure it's common all over.

Just as hated here too. Soon as the weather warms back up, you'll find them flocking back with southern license plates and swarming up our roads with terrible driving habits.

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Louisianimal09@reddit

Louisiana definitely, New Orleans alone has tons unique just to the metropolitan area

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silversurf1234567890@reddit

Briar. Term in southern Ohio and the tri state. Similar to white trash.

http://briar.urbanup.com/3055094

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thatonebitchL@reddit

Missouri - hoosiers are redneck/white trash power combo.

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im-dramatic@reddit

Dude used to be a California thing but now it seems to have spread. I’m talking 2000s. When I moved there, everyone was saying it and now it seems everyone uses it after leaving the state.

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silversurf1234567890@reddit

Dude was part of our regular vocabulary in Ohio. In the 90s

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Equivalent-Speed-631@reddit

Dude was a part of the regular vocabulary everywhere for Gen Xers.

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OGMom2022@reddit

In my particular region of my state we pronounce “-ville” as “-vull”. Nashvull, Knoxvull. And we pronounce the cit of Lebanon “Leb-nun” but the country the way it’s spelled.

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lilsmudge@reddit

“The mountain’s out” means it’s a sunny clear day and you can see Mt. Rainier.

It’s dying out but we also had Skookum, which means strong, good, “Everybody feeling skookum?” It comes from Chinook Jargon.

We have several for different types of rain/sun combos too.

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yallbiscitheads@reddit

My parents used "high muck-a-muck" to refer to something that was posh, and I only recently learned that comes from Chinook jargon too.

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lilsmudge@reddit

Yes! I forgot that one, even though I use a version of it.

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GSilky@reddit

No. My state population is mostly people who got sick of their original state and brought all of their bullshit with them, so we hear everyone's slang.

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newhappyrainbow@reddit

Is calling big mountains 14ers a Colorado thing, or is that everywhere? It’s the only possibility I can think of.

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GSilky@reddit

That might be a Colorado thing, but I put it with "mile high" anything, so I don't want to claim it if is.

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vanillablue_@reddit

Colorado

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Lieutenant_Meeper@reddit

Literally the only thing I can think of that’s specific to Colorado is “fourteener”

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GSilky@reddit

Yup.

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voltairesalias@reddit

A lot of Texans and Floridians there eh? I really noticed that when I was in Denver. I don't know why that surprised me but it did.

I also met a lot of fellow Albertans down there too. I hiked all over that state and I always managed to meet someone from Calgary, Canmore, Edmonton, etc. Maybe it just reminded them of home (Colorado is definitely like an American mirror image of Alberta - Denver and Calgary especially were just eerily similar).

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GSilky@reddit

2/3rds of the population was born elsewhere in the USA, and most of it moved here in the last 20 years. It's been interesting.

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voltairesalias@reddit

Oh wild I didn't realize it was to that incredible extent. Yeah I can see how that's been interesting. The traffic makes a lot more sense now that you say that.

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GSilky@reddit

Lol. Yeah, this town got too big for its britches.

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voltairesalias@reddit

Especially on that I-70 man holy fuck. After venturing off to Lake Dillon one day I just decided to veer away and closer to Indian Peaks to hike (at least on the Front Range). Less busy up there. That highway is a total nightmare it's way too crowded.

One nice aspect of CO is that there are lots of options outside of Denver. Obviously more expensive closer to the mountains (like Boulder and Longmont), but if one is willing to venture east of the I-25 there's still some affordable nice towns.

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vanillablue_@reddit

On my way to sic more New England slang upon the metro. 😂 Moving this summer

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NeverSeenItPodcast@reddit

It's mostly Texans and mid-westerners

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Sparkle_Rott@reddit

DMV?

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PhoneJazz@reddit

Florida?

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MtogdenJ@reddit

Or idaho

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_Focality_@reddit

For Wisconsin: Drink Wisconsinbly For Illinois (Chicagoland area): Jagoff and Frunch room

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Granadafan@reddit

Pretty regional but we Southern Californians say The in front of freeways: Take the 10 west to The 405 North, then The 101 to Burbank

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Madame-ovary1713@reddit

Yes you're right. I was up near SF and PCH is called the One. But they just call it One... no "the' in front

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Granadafan@reddit

Whenever I visit family up north I have to check myself when I talk about the freeways and not put THE in front. They always make fun of me

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Madame-ovary1713@reddit

Sounds weird, Don't it???? Lol

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IHaveBigPants78@reddit

Not even state, but City specific. Hoosier does not mean someone from Indiana in St. Louis.

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Mediocre_Length_9526@reddit

Jawn on the east side of my state and yinz on the west side. Obviously I’m from PA!

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TheArgonianBoi77@reddit

Jit =kid/teen

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Horangi1987@reddit

That’s what I was going to bring. It’s short for jitterbug

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evo-1999@reddit

Down East NC/ Outer Banks has a bunch- my favorite is mommicked.

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Equivalent-Speed-631@reddit

PA/MD- I need to redd up the room. It means to clean up.

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Equivalent-Speed-631@reddit

Maryland - Steamer = Sloppy Joe

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Humble-Tree1011@reddit

Bubbler = drinking water fountain

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leeloocal@reddit

Birdie sip is apparently specific to Orange County.

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CoachedEgg@reddit

Y'all'd've

As in “you all would have”

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Structure-Disastrous@reddit

Maybe not slang, but some -ism
Jeet? (Did you eat), wooder (water), warsh (wash), fronted O's
"fixina cop that" (I'm gonna get that)

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gucknbuck@reddit

Bubbler and Tyme Machine

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165averagebowler@reddit

I’d add “FIB” too

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Electrical-Arrival57@reddit

I’m 62 and have lived outside of WI for 27 years….and still have to stop myself on occasion from saying “I need to get to the TYME machine” or “where’s the nearest TYME machine?” “ATM” just isn’t the same.

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kermac10@reddit

Massachusetts natives use Bubblah too (I’m assuming this is water fountain, if not please disregard)

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gucknbuck@reddit

Well it originated in Wisconsin due to the Kohler corporation so I guess we should thank Massachusetts for the homage

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mklinger23@reddit

There's a bunch of Philly specific slang. Way too much to write here. Jawn is probably the most famous.

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QuarterNote44@reddit

My home state of Utah? More than most places.

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accidental_Ocelot@reddit

Gosh darn it! Freakin heck

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cathemeralcrone@reddit

Uff Da

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165averagebowler@reddit

That’s is WI and MN

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gorobotkillkill@reddit

Oh, for cute.

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j_ly@reddit

Looks like ya gotta a little chubbie going on there!

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Maybole@reddit

My state has a complete language of its own, and a pidgin version also. Aloha!

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Asparagus9000@reddit

Yah, sure, you betcha.

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FarMagician8042@reddit

Uff Da

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165averagebowler@reddit

Lots of us Norwegian decedents in WI say uff da too!

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Randy_Magnum29@reddit

They definitely say that in the UP, too.

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HorizonEast832@reddit

UP MI?

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Punkinpry427@reddit

Hewlew

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Livid_Accountant1241@reddit

Hinky in Illinois specifically Chicago.

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_Bon_Vivant_@reddit

Yeah, there's hella slang.

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jungle_rot@reddit

Jiffy Feet

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rogaladriel@reddit

Only ever heard the word "gank" in Michigan. So clunky and gross. But it's slang for "to steal": I ganked the chocolate from Meijer.

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phydaux4242@reddit

The liquor store is called “the Package Store.” We abbreviate it to “Packie.”

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DavyDavisJr@reddit

Slang? We have two other languages, Hawaiian and Hawaiian Pidgin. Words and phrases constantly get shared between the three main languages. Most are unique to Hawai'i. Aloha

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Far-Radio8247@reddit

Grinder (submarine sandwich) in Connecticut.

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kermac10@reddit

Massholes go to packys too

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Mean-Concentrate-257@reddit

And we have grinders.

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silversurf1234567890@reddit

We do to. In Ohio.

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Dismal-Yoghurt4801@reddit

Grinder and packages you say?

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BobithanBobbyBob@reddit

Hm...

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pinniped90@reddit

Don't a few Eastern states have package stores?

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LemonSkye@reddit

Yeah, but they're not universally called that. In NY it's a liquor store; PA calls them state stores. In other places they're known as ABCs.

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Away_Analyst_3107@reddit

First time one of my friends said they were going to the packy in college, I was so confused

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Money-Mud912@reddit

Oh ya, you betcha.

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BobithanBobbyBob@reddit

I say this unironically now as a Pennsylvanian 😭

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herehaveaname2@reddit

St. Louis - we use hoosier as a derogatory term or an insult, mostly to describe what others might call "white trash" or "redneck."

https://www.ninepbs.org/blogs/history/the-history-of-hoosiers-in-st-louis/

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silversurf1234567890@reddit

Used to call cigarettes “grits” Dayton, OH area

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althill@reddit

DMV (DC,Maryland,Virginia) area: Geeked - laughing hard, Pressed - upset, Lunchin - doing something stupid, Bama - a dumbass, I’m hip - I understand, Brick - a long time.

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Spirited-Way2406@reddit

Alaska, more common in older generations: Every part of the world not Alaska, but especially the other U.S. states, is Outside, pronounced out-SIDE. An out-SIDE-er is a person who is not Alaskan. An OUT-side-er is a person who does not belong. They should not be mixed up.

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BobithanBobbyBob@reddit

"Yinz"

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Black_Dog_Industries@reddit

Hell-ah is a NorCal thing.

It’s a hell-ah good sandwich

We use it like the say wicked in New England

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n_dude1@reddit

Hella…

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No-Possibility5556@reddit

Hella, is supposedly very much a NorCal thing or so I’ve been told (mocked)

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Odd-Television-2679@reddit

NJ likes to use the term BENNIES. It represents all the folks who come to the Jersey shore just for the summer to take advantage of the benefits it has to offer.

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BannedByDemand@reddit

Hoosier in Missouri?

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kinetic_cheese@reddit

This is a specifically St. Louis thing

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MountainTomato9292@reddit

Not my state but my city, mane

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Castronautik@reddit

Not exactly at the state level, but on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Western Montana, growing up I always hear (mostly) natives saying "Ayys" (like the letter A, but multiples of them). It meant "Jokes" (which was probably slang from the 90s) "just kidding" "lol", etc. I've asked people in other areas, and doesn't seem like its been heard in other areas.

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S_Wow_Titty_Bang@reddit

Slicky-slide (a slide) Buggy (grocery cart) Toboggan (a knit winter hat)

Those are all pretty specific to WV or at least that area of Appalachia.

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chekhovsdickpic@reddit

WV has a whole dialect.

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GlitterberrySoup@reddit

The first time I heard a hat referred to as a toboggan I was SO confused. Where I'm at, that's a sled. What do you mean, you're wearing it? 😭

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S_Wow_Titty_Bang@reddit

You wear a toboggan when you're riding a toboggan lol.

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cats-n-cafe@reddit

Northern California: Hella and dude.

We can literally have a back and forth conversation using only the word “dude”.

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MajorPaper4169@reddit

Apparently “Brolic” and “Brick” are NYC slang. “Deadass” used to be one too but it spread around.

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M8NSMAN@reddit

Y’all, fetching, fixn to

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goblin_hipster@reddit

Wisconsin calls drinking fountains "bubblers." Also, people from Illinois are FIBs (fucking Illinois bastards); this usually applies to drivers with Illinois license plates.

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Electrical-Arrival57@reddit

Or “flatlanders” 🙂

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EmploymentEmpty5871@reddit

Midwest speak.

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EagleEyezzzzz@reddit

Wyomingites call Coloradoans “Greenies” because their license plates used to be all dark green a long time ago. There are a LOT of Wyoming parking lots at trailheads, campgrounds, lake, etc full of “greenies”.

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RequireMoMinerals@reddit

Jawn. It’s common in Philly and its suburbs. It basically can take the place of any noun.

“This jawn is expensive”

“Its crowded up in this jawn”

“Let’s check this jawn out”

“That jawn came at me out of nowhere”

“Try this jawn”

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lfxlPassionz@reddit

A lot of slang or pronunciations are specific to Michigan.

"Ope" is a Midwest thing but in Michigan you'll hear it like 100 times a day.

We also have our own version of Spanglish.

We pretty much gave a whole language referencing different places and people in the state as well.

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zelda_moom@reddit

Don’t forget Fudgie (upper lower and upper reference to tourists who come to buy fudge).

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queenchubkins@reddit

Don’t forget Devil’s Night.

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lfxlPassionz@reddit

We actually don't usually say that in Michigan

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jessipowers@reddit

I’ve said it my whole life. Maybe it’s more specific to Detroit area?

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zelda_moom@reddit

It is.

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queenchubkins@reddit

I lived in Michigan from my birth in 1973 until 2018. Unless you stopped when I left, Devil’s Night is a Michigan phrase.

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Fish-x-5@reddit

Yooper and Up North is the most Michigan slang. Ope is Midwest in general.

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EMAW2008@reddit

Shucky darns!

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nykiek@reddit

Devil's night. Refers to the night before Halloween.

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Main_Needleworker661@reddit

In Louisiana, instead of spelling it "Go" we spell it "Geaux". It started with "Geaux Tigers" (LSU) But now it's just everything, because it's so ingrained in our culture.

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j_ly@reddit

But why use more characters when you don't have to?

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iceage99@reddit

French style spelling

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im-dramatic@reddit

Yea when I first moved to the gulf coast, I was so confused. Thought it was ge-ux 😂 My bf who was from the area had to teach me.

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bubba1834@reddit

Mad brick out

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nalonrae@reddit

Louisiana uses many words from other languages, mostly French but they usually keep the same meaning, so it isn't really slang.

One word that became slang is boucane (boo-kan) original meaning was to smoke meats/seafood, but by the 1970s it was used to refer to smoking weed. If someone asks you to go boucane, they want to go smoke a joint.

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TenMoon@reddit

Yuns is specific to just a handful of older people in the Ozarks region, so southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas.

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Rogue_Centurion7@reddit

Colorado has stuff like 14ers(for the mountains), transplant/native to describe whether somebody is born in Colorado or not, up the hill(going to the mountains), and The People's Republic(for Boulder)

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Maleficent-Hawk-318@reddit

New Mexico has some, I think.

Probably the one that comes up the most in conversations about slang is "peepee hearted" (or "pipi" sometimes), which just means being upset/mad.

"A la..." or "a la v..." are really common, and oddly more common than the actual Spanish-language curse they're shortened versions of. I'm Anglo AF and I still will go "a la..." pretty often, lol. I don't think that's entirely unique to NM, but it's pretty unusual among US citizens as a whole.

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Not-Banksy@reddit

Not eeeeeven ey, you sound all sick when you say it.

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no_clever_names@reddit

All sick immediately came to mind, and ending a question with no?

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Maleficent-Hawk-318@reddit

Ey what, you're not even being for real here. It's all good tho.

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bridgeloop1937@reddit

Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Panking the snow.

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Danno505@reddit

NJ. Anything from the Sopranos or Jersey Shore.

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Azule330@reddit

Ohio we got “pop” not soda. Also that strip of grass between the street and sidewalk.. it’s called a “devil strip” “Flip flops” can be called “thongs” in some parts of the state.

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BlueGrottoMaillot@reddit

Hotdish

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bonzai113@reddit

in my part of Indiana we use the phrase "Laying out on the road". It just means driving around for no particular reason.

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Yaakovsidney@reddit

What up doe - Detroit, MI

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mrgraff@reddit

“Christmas” I want red chilé and green chilé on my plate of New Mexican food.

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N47881@reddit

Hose pipe confuses folks not from mid-TN and TN in general

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nalonrae@reddit

It's a thing in South Louisiana too.

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fiestybox246@reddit

Isn’t that just a southern thing?

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N47881@reddit

Lived here my whole life and traveled the SE for decades and it was often met with a head tilt.

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YoVoldysGoneMoldy@reddit

Utah refers to skipping school as “sluffing”.

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Ghost-of-Black-47@reddit

Jagoffs and gym shoes

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smokiechick@reddit

Dooryard - the area in front of your house that includes your driveway and front walk. Almost always unpaved.

Rig is a truck of any size that can tow a trailer

Snow machine is a snow mobile and snow shoes can refer to snow tires (usually studded)

Jeezum or Jeezum crow

Pretty sure witch windows isn't slang, it's just a Vermont architectural oddity. It's a regular window put in on the second story of a gabel end of a house parallel to the roof slant, usually above a single story addition.

All of which sound better in a Yankee accent.

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Spyderbeast@reddit

Not really anymore, but I think most older native or near native Nevadans know more gaming terms than the average person

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earth_worx@reddit

Fetch in Utah instead of fuck

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Zillajami-Fnaffan2@reddit

Its brick outside

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ResolutionKlutzy2249@reddit

in new jersey toursits are either called shoobies (south) or bennies (central/north)

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Comfortable-Dish1236@reddit

I worked with a guy years ago from the Finger Lakes area. One day as we were clocking out, he asked me if I wanted to go get some “pounders”. I had no clue what the hell he was talking about. He meant 16 oz. beers. Never heard that one again.

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Embarrassed_Fig1801@reddit

Hella in northern California. We hella say that word.

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sleepyraccoon77@reddit

Here in Utah, we call skipping class/school "sluffing"

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deadpuppet137@reddit

Ope.

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LionCM@reddit

Hella. Dude. Fer sure (very 80’s)

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ladytal@reddit

"Hon" and "Natty Boh" originated here. We also say Balmor (Baltimore) and "Terps" (Either terrapins or UMD students/employees). I'm a proud Terp and I love Balmor.

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Comfortable-Dish1236@reddit

Or BMore. Which is what is on the O’s new City Connect jerseys.

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tonkarunguy@reddit

Minnesota has "whipping shitties" for doing donuts in a car.

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poeticjustice4all@reddit

Hella

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Ok-Divide702@reddit

Yoopers and Trolls

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7o_Ted@reddit

All Sick!!

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Electrical-Title-698@reddit

Peepee hearted

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Acenin1@reddit

Creamy = soft serve

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bunrakoo@reddit

Here we have jawn. It means...anything.

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suffaluffapussycat@reddit

I dunno. CA. Is hella specific to CA?

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Fresh-Cost9915@reddit

Pretty sure dude is a California thing.

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Old-Vermicelli7116@reddit

In MN, Whipping Shitties = doing donuts (as in a vehicle doing tight circles while burning rubber in a parking lot.)

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baybaybythebay@reddit

Hawai’i has pidgin which is a mashup of ‘ōlelo Hawai’i, English, and languages that were commonly spoken by immigrants who moved here to work on the sugar and fruit plantations. Like Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, etc. Each islands pidgin is also slightly different.

There’s a ton to choose from but one common ‘slang’ word is “shoots”. It’s a laid back way to say sounds good, thanks, bye, etc, depending on the context.

Another common one is “if can, can. If no can, no can” which means “if you can, cool. If you can’t, then that’s ok too”, but it can also be referring to yourself too.

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carryon4threedays@reddit

Every soft drink is a coke.

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Michael-Balchaitis@reddit

Youse guys. Similar to Y'all.

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Somewhere_overthere8@reddit

Jit. Younger. Yout(Ute?) Raggamuffin.

These all mean young people basically. I’m from Utah so I think we just stole all of them. Or it could just be my friend group.

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WolfThick@reddit

Ahwatukee Arizona it's mostly Mormons and white people so we call it all white tookie.

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RageDeemz@reddit

Ope

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Key_Assistance_2125@reddit

Hella, hecka if you’re under 12.

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bambixanne@reddit

Deep cuts. I would say it’s more regional specific here.

https://youtube.com/shorts/UfqObJReqJY?si=jNVeiQp_lqq7qEgJ

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Knifey___Spoony@reddit

Dude- CA

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Soundtracklover72@reddit

Dude is now fully all States. Started probably with Fast Times and grew slowly.

And dude is gender neutral.

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PersusjCP@reddit

Everyone knows straight guys love to have sex with dudes.

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Aromatic-Ad-9688@reddit

Absolutely, that is like so gnarly! Gag me with a spoon!

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Outrageous-Pin-4664@reddit

The first thing that occurred to me was Valley Speak.

I don't think Florida has anything specific to us, but we're mostly made up of people who came here from somewhere else.

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SmellGestapo@reddit

Brah

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paka96819@reddit

Hawaiian Pidgin English. If you listen, you can hear it differs by location, but it is merger into one.

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HurricaneAlpha@reddit

Jit originated in Florida. It's a term for a young rambunctious teen. Teens usually call each other jit, and parents/adults will use it to describe a troublesome teen.

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Soundtracklover72@reddit

I can’t believe “hot dish” isn’t on the list. That’s mainly a Wisconsin/Minnesota thing. The rest of use refer to it as a casserole.

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spinnyride@reddit

Wisconsin has

Bubbler - drinking fountain

Tyme machine - ATM

Chaser - small glass of beer served with a Bloody Mary

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TominNJ@reddit

“Shoobie” is a term we use in NJ to describe tourists from Pennsylvania. It comes from almost a century ago (!) when tourists rode trains from Philadelphia to Atlantic City to escape the summer heat. They carried their lunches in shoeboxes.

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home-like-noplace@reddit

Sure do, cher

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ms_directed@reddit

GA here.
“bless your heart” changes meaning depending on the context - generally, its a southern “fuck you”, but can also be pity or genuine concern for someone’s feelings.

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Admirable_Carob_121@reddit

Benny.

SPK.

Twentyregularcash.

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kibblesandbeer@reddit

Shoobie

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Soundtracklover72@reddit

You go to the State Store to buy liquor. Not beer though. That’s at a different store. Wine will be at both locations.

Because Pennsylvania is stupid that way. And I’ve lived here since 87.

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Jass0602@reddit

Florida we say swamp puppies for gators, noles for fsu football, canes for Miami hurricanes, pubsub (publix sub). I’m sure some of these are used in other places too.?

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Fancy_Sleep6093@reddit

Yinz

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RedditWidow@reddit

Not necessarily state specific, but there are Appalachian regions with practically their own language

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Locksley_1989@reddit

A sentence that makes perfect sense to a Florida high schooler: “I’m definitely applying to UT and UF, I’m considering UCF, but should I try for UNF? And would I have a better shot at USF or FSU?”

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MadDocHolliday@reddit

I have a favorite saying, because it's used by such a small number of people and there's not many chances to use it. When it's raining but the sun is shining, we say, "The devil's beating his wife."

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Financial_Island2353@reddit

Memphis has "junt" and I love it

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BrettScr1@reddit

I’m from South Dakota and for the longest time I didn’t understand what people were talking about when they talked about ope because I’ve never said that in my life nor does anyone around me say it. Then I realized that what I say is “o’” (The IPA transcription is [oʔ] and [ʔ] represents a glottal stop, the same sort of stop you make in the middle of uh-oh.) I say it several times a day every day and it’s what people around me say. Is o’ just the South Dakota variant of ope?

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Notorious_mmk@reddit

People from the greater seattle area say "prefunk" instead of "pregame" & supposedly its short for "pre-function" but since there's so many transplants I think its kinda dying, I haven't heard it in a while (i am also a transplant lol)

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darose@reddit

Why do youse guys wanna know?

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Atypical-lurker@reddit

You missed 4

Statue. State Police

Jimmiies Sprinkles for ice cream

Cabinet. Thick milkshake/frappe

Awful Awful. see Cabinet

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malachite_13@reddit

“Cheechako” is someone new. We call “snow mobiles” “snow machines” instead. “Termination dust” is the snow that appears on the mountains before it snows in town for the first time of the season. I noticed what other people call “quads” we say “4-wheeler” …and some people will correct you. We call someone who comes in the summer only and leaves for the winter a “snowbird”. Probably a lot more .

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StOnEy333@reddit

Hella, and it’s only used in Northern California. Not the whole state.

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Hot_Aside_4637@reddit

I admit as a non-native Minnesotan, "borrow me" annoys me.

Example: "Can you borrow me twenty?"

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dobie_dobes@reddit

I often wondered about that too, and it’s largely because of German being such a prevalent “under language” here. To lend/borrow is the same verb, but is distinguished by the context. Similar with “boughten” as a past participle. I hear that a lot in MN.

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igottathinkofaname@reddit

I mean, slang originates in places, but moves, so idk if that counts?

Plus states are big and a lot of slang can be more regionally specific.

I don’t think I’ve heard “yadidimean” outside the Bay Area, yadidimean?

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XFilesVixen@reddit

Ope

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jreid1985@reddit

Water fountains are known as bubblers in MA. Especially when one is close to Boston.

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Scrappy_The_Crow@reddit

Other than words/phrases for specific locations, I can't think of any.

Some are:

Pill Hill (GA-400 and I-285, so named due to the extensive medical facilities in the area)
The Connector (I-75 and I-85 merged together thru downtown)
Spaghetti Junction (I-85 and I-285)(yeah, yeah, "But that's not unique, we have a 'Spaghetti Junction' too!")
The Gulch (the train yard area at the original street level of downtown Atlanta)

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OneSignature7178@reddit

It's not slang but a very specific conversation in Georgia is when is construction going to be finished on 285 🥲

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Randy_Magnum29@reddit

As a Wisconsinite living in Minnesota for over 8 years now, does “duck, duck, gray duck” count?

Also, IT’S NOT GRAY DUCK, IT’S GOOSE!

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Ok-Energy-9785@reddit

More like to my city

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SlimmThiccDadd@reddit

Wicked pissah dood

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17Girl4Life@reddit

Making groceries

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Kitty_Kat_Attacks@reddit

I have one that is specific to my city! We use the ‘feeder road’ instead of ‘access road’ for the road that goes along the freeway.

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wrongseeds@reddit

Was in a Michigan restaurant with friends from DC. This place was packed. One of the patrons told my friends it was “Cheek to jowl.” My friends including a fellow Michigander from the west side of the state had never heard this. I had to explain and it became our catch phrase for the remainder of the trip

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Intricatetrinkets@reddit

St Louis calls hillbillies “Hoosiers”

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sillykitty100@reddit

This is a little outdated these days, but it wasn't uncommon for my parents' generation in Wisconsin to use "tyme machine" to refer to an ATM.

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Lumbergod@reddit

Ya, you betcha.

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Styx_Renegade@reddit

Bubbler around the New England area. Wisconsin has this term too. It’s drinkable metal water fountain.

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dobie_dobes@reddit

Minnesota we have uff da, hotdish, ope.

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rbrancher2@reddit

Lots and lots. Although it could also be argued that Hawaiian Pidgin is a language on its own.

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greenleo33@reddit

I don’t know if it I don’t know if it is super specific to Oregon or not but Oregon says you guys instead of y’all. We also call potato wedges, JoJos.

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loganp8000@reddit

Shoots cuz, uncle squidy wrap kine. Try wait

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JosephBlowsephThe3rd@reddit

I don't think ABC store or cook out really count as specifically NC. Plenty of southern states colloquially differentiate between grilling steaks/burgers/etc and cooking barbecue, and ABC stores (unfortunately) exist in other states with ass backwards liquor laws.

I did have to look up Taj Mateeter though. Have never heard that one, though I gather it's more of a reference to a specific Harris Teeter location than the chain as a whole (my local HT doesn't have the Taj Mahal look). I would say Cackilacky is definitely NC (and possibly SC) specific slang.

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JimFive@reddit

People who live in Michigan's upper peninsula are Yoopers and people who live below the Mackinac Bridge are Trolls.

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stoolprimeminister@reddit

this was in california mind you……i was at a gas station register once (i think it was in 2008) and i didn’t really hear what she said so i said “do what?”. she asked me if i was from tennessee. i think i kinda laughed and said yes and she said her husband is from there and says that. i don’t know if that’s mainly a tennessee thing, but that made it seem like it kinda was.

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therealbellydancer@reddit

Hella. Specifically the Bay Area of SF

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chriswaco@reddit

Traditionally some states use the term “soda”, some “pop”, and oddly some “coke” even for other flavors.

Michigan traditionally used “pop“, although I think it’s shifting towards “soda” now.

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BookLuvr7@reddit

I'm from all over, but currently in Utah:

Funeral potatoes, dirty soda, soaking, jump humping/Provo pushing. Yes, they're sexually repressed and have filthy minds fairly often. They're also pushed into marriage in their late teens/early 20s culturally.

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WannabeSteveHolt@reddit

Does this qualify as slang? In Eastern Tennessee they say “do what?” (or “do what now”?) instead of “say what?” I also heard people say “travel trip” to describe … a trip somewhere 🤣

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LiberalTomBradyLover@reddit

Jawn, Buggy, Wooder, Yous, Yinz, Dippy Eggs, Jagoff

Heard some of these in other states. Another one would be referring to the state by its abbreviation. As far as I know it’s really only a PA thing.

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RedLegGI@reddit

Ohio - TBDBITL, O-H, TTUN

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Fart_Barfington@reddit

Couple two tree

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Shoddy_Bet9619@reddit

SLC - 'fetch'

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Forrestmarauder@reddit

California started “hella” but I think people all over use it at this point.

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oswin13@reddit

Ope.

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basszameg@reddit

Snowbird. Probably used in other places with mild winters and not just Florida.

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Affectionate_Case750@reddit

Whippin shitties

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Turdulator@reddit

It’s more by city than by state, and yes, they all have local slang

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League-Ill@reddit

Aye mane, pass me that junt.

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TheOnlyJimEver@reddit

In Connecticut we call sub sandwiches "grinders."

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Wafflebot17@reddit

I’ve never heard a pota potty called a kybo outside of central Iowa

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Golbeza@reddit

Jit was big when I was living in Florida. Jit is basically just a young person.

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BlindPelican@reddit

Louisiana and New Orleans has some great slang. One of my favorite English slang words borrowed from Canjun French is lagniappe which means "a little extra" or a "bonus".

It's a very happy word :)

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foxsable@reddit

“Flogrown” is a person born and raised in Florida. So many people here, if not most, are from other states originally.

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notonrexmanningday@reddit

We got some pretty good ones.

We call sneakers gym shoes, and we also got a sandwich called a gym shoe.

Our ultimate insult is "friggin jagoff"

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Couyon87@reddit

Louisiana, we have a whole different language.

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litone420420024@reddit

Hella

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JBeeWX@reddit

North Carolina : Cook out for BBQ?

BBQ is a type of food. Cook out is what you do.

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KentuckyJam@reddit

It’s not used much any more, but the Cincinnati area had “pony kegs” which are liquor stores. Some say it only applied to drive-through stores, but I’ve heard it used for any mom & pop corner store situation.

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NIN10DOXD@reddit

A Toboggan is a hat here.

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AshtonCopernicus@reddit

Misery. I actually quite like it here though lol

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Inevitable-Fruit6814@reddit

I don’t think so?

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Libertyprime8397@reddit

Hon

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RallyBaja@reddit

Walking in an Essex Wonderland...

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russgrim@reddit

What up doe

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Yggdrasil-@reddit

Detroit slang vs yooper slang might be the biggest disparity you'll find in a single state lol

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soulsista04us@reddit

Detroit love

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Knifey___Spoony@reddit

That’s everywhere

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thebiglerm@reddit

Don't get it twisted

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GryphonCough@reddit

Denver uses slang to describe each of the neighborhoods.

LoDo - Lower Downtown RiNo - River North LoHi - Lower Highland SloHi - Sloans Lake and Highlands Etc…

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axiom60@reddit

“Pitch-in” for a potluck, only heard that in Indiana.

“bubbler” for drinking fountain in wisconsin

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BigBearOnCampus@reddit

What up doe

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BigFatGreekPannus@reddit

Gaaao O’s

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jjcoolel@reddit

Coon ass, person from bayou country. Couyon, jack ass. Lagniappe, little bit extra like a baker’s dozen.

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Bigtunacassarole@reddit

"Go birds!" as a greeting to anyone during the football season or anyone who is wearing eagles gear anytime of the year.

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ThePurityPixel@reddit

I still don't know what a go bird is.

Sigh.

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mustbethedragon@reddit

To my city, not the state. There are so many transplants to Nashville that a born-and-bred resident is called a unicorn. When I first heard someone introduce themselves as a unicorn, I thought it was just them, but I've now heard several use it.

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