What is your favorite local slang?

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8:35a, 7/21/21
What slang terms do you hear or use that are completely unique to your area? Living in Michigan, there are quite a few. My favorites:

Fudgies -- Mackinac Island tourists. Because you can't throw a road apple on that island without hitting a fudge shop.

Trunk Slammers -- people from the Detroit metro area who own homes/cabins up north and turn I-75 into a state-wide traffic jam every weekend.

Timmy Ho's -- Tim Horton's coffee & donut shops (imo one of the best things to ever come out of Canada, btw)

Yoopers -- People who live in the U.P., Michigan's upper peninsula

Trolls -- Used by Yoopers to describe people from the lower peninsula (they live under the Mackinac Bridge).
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8:37a, 7/21/21
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Fudgies
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9:23a, 7/21/21
yinz - Pittsburgh's version of y'all

Worked with a kid from Pitt who had the full accent and put french fries on everything. He wouldn't eat a salad without fries on it, nothing down here was as good as a Primanti sandwich, etc. I loved working with that guy.
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In reply to Direct Enter Enter • 9:47a, 7/21/21
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Used to work with some Michiganders and learned a little about the state. Now when I meet someone from Michigan I hold up my hand so they can point to which part they're from, and they always seem to appreciate that
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9:52a, 7/21/21
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M*******s.

What Mainers call all the Bostonians who flock north each weekend.
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9:59a, 7/21/21
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Chelas - beers
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In reply to Direct Enter Enter • 10:46a, 7/21/21
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Direct Enter Enter said:

Timmy Ho's -- Tim Horton's coffee & donut shops (imo one of the best things to ever come out of Canada, btw)


Probably been 5 years since I've been to a Timmy Ho's and I know they were bought out by some big company that owns Burger King and others so maybe it's gone downhill....but damn, Timmy Ho's is fantastic.
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11:03a, 7/21/21
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San Antonio/South Texas - two pieces of bread with a protein between them is called a "sangwich"
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11:11a, 7/21/21
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Peepers.Vermont term for Fall leaf-watching tourists.
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11:20a, 7/21/21
San Antonio - puro pinche
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11:55a, 7/21/21
"It's buttah" which means its cool, hip and trendy.
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In reply to azul_rain • 12:00p, 7/21/21
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hedge said:
San Antonio - puro pinche
Dude...that's just our people. We've been saying that forever in El Valle
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In reply to HarleySpoon • 12:01p, 7/21/21
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We call the people who go drive to see the Aspens color change "leafers" in CO.
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12:31p, 7/21/21
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In Thailand, Cheap Charlie for anyone who won't spend much money in the bars or restaurants. Also. Amongst the bar girls, ATM for a western BF.
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12:38p, 7/21/21
Meximerge

Attempting to merge on to the interstate or other major highway at 35mph.

Not that dangerous for the merger. Extremely dangerous for people on the ramp behind them.

Common from Brownsville to Houston and beyond.
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In reply to Charpie • 12:51p, 7/21/21
I've never heard it outside of san antonio
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In reply to Stat Monitor Repairman • 7:54p, 7/21/21
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I was an unwitting participant in one of those yesterday in Austin.
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8:04p, 7/21/21
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Yat - Perpetually intoxicated New Orleanians who play up a caricature of their oh so distinct culture. "Where ya at?"
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8:05p, 7/21/21
Gig 'em!
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8:40p, 7/21/21
I still use feeder

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In reply to Direct Enter Enter • 8:56p, 7/21/21
Direct Enter Enter said:
What slang terms do you hear or use that are completely unique to your area? Living in Michigan, there are quite a few. My favorites:

Fudgies -- Mackinac Island tourists. Because you can't throw a road apple on that island without hitting a fudge shop.

Trunk Slammers -- people from the Detroit metro area who own homes/cabins up north and turn I-75 into a state-wide traffic jam every weekend.

Timmy Ho's -- Tim Horton's coffee & donut shops (imo one of the best things to ever come out of Canada, btw)

Yoopers -- People who live in the U.P., Michigan's upper peninsula

Trolls -- Used by Yoopers to describe people from the lower peninsula (they live under the Mackinac Bridge).
Never heard Trolls. I like though.

Wisconsinites have a few interesting ones:
Bubbler - Water fountain
Stop-and-go-lights - Traffic Lights
Tyme Machine - ATM
Believe you me - I swear
Tennies - any sort of athletic shoe
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In reply to Tanya 93 • 8:59p, 7/21/21
Tanya 93 said:
I still use feeder

What else would a proper Texan call it?
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In reply to jkag89 • 9:14p, 7/21/21
jkag89 said:
Tanya 93 said:
I still use feeder

What else would a proper Texan call it?
It is a outer road here

And I always thought that feeder was pretty much Houston and the surrounding area
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9:27p, 7/21/21
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Buggy=shopping cart
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In reply to jkag89 • 9:27p, 7/21/21
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jkag89 said:
Tanya 93 said:
I still use feeder

What else would a proper Texan call it?

Frontage or maybe access road.
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9:42p, 7/21/21
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Jawn- the Philly word for anything you want it to be. Pass me that jawn, the Longhorns are trying to get in this jawn, etc.
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In reply to BlueAg2003 • 9:46p, 7/21/21
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Or Forget about it.

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In reply to JD Shellnut • 7:29a, 7/22/21
Drifter. said:
Buggy=shopping cart
They use that one in Charleston too.

Otherwise people just ***** about Ohio the same way everyone over there does about California. It's nothing but Ohio refugees coming down I-26 down to move here.

Also the guv'nuh sounds like Foghorn Leghorn but he's ok.
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In reply to The Fife • 7:54a, 7/22/21
One of my flight instructors from way back in the day sounded like Foghorn Leghorn. Every time he opened his mouth all I could picture was that rooster stuffed into the rear cockpit: "No, that ain't right. pass me them controls, lemme show ya"
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8:10a, 7/22/21
Yankee - anyone from north of i-10
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In reply to evestor1 • 8:18a, 7/22/21
Yankee or Yanqui?
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8:47a, 7/22/21
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dijeet - did you eat
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In reply to jokershady • 9:21a, 7/22/21
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jokershady said:
dijeet - did you eat
That's also the name of my Indian (dot not feather) co-worker.
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In reply to JD Shellnut • 1:30p, 7/22/21
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Drifter. said:
Buggy=shopping cart
My wife's family (from Houston) calls them "bascarts" (bass-carts). Which just sounds stupid.

Here is B/CS, there are people who insist on using the phrase "C-Stat." These people are idiots.
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In reply to GiveEmHellBill • 1:58p, 7/22/21
GiveEmHellBill said:
Drifter. said:
Buggy=shopping cart
My wife's family (from Houston) calls them "bascarts" (bass-carts). Which just sounds stupid.

Here is B/CS, there are people who insist on using the phrase "C-Stat." These people are idiots.


Still not as bad as "tine" users.
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