| Okay, so I get joked about a lot in the workplace since a lot of them aren't Southern (as in the South of USA) and I was wondering what are some phrases/dialect/words/etc. unique to where you live in the country/world that people wouldn't say or understand elsewhere? Yes, this even includes phrases that make sense in your language, but really wouldn't catch on in the English language. For example, instead of saying someone "flicked" me or "flicked" a bug off the table, I say "thump." I got a lot of shit for it actually haha. I also said something similar to "There's more than one way to skin a cat" but I say "There's more than one way to fry a chicken." I dunno. In the end no one got the way I said it OR the actual saying lol. What are some things you say that you feel like others wouldn't say or understand in other areas of your country or even the world? Perhaps you should mention your location when you do! Discuss pls. |
MaiTaiAug 19, 2014 6:22 PM
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| *phrases confused me loads and wasn't sure if i should click the thread |
| Impossible to translate as those are made-up words but : dicave, chourave, poucave, grayave... French dudes should get it. |
~ça vax~ |
| unique word maybe? "hella". Though I don't use this word much myself |
Tachii said: *phrases confused me loads and wasn't sure if i should click the thread gg |
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| ''Pussy on the chain wax'' |
| MAL conservatives Please read my new short story. |
KawaiiGod said: No, Monty Python.Azure719 said: ''Pussy on the chain wax'' Key and Peele ? |
| MAL conservatives Please read my new short story. |
| Twerk used to be one down here, but then Miley ruined it. |
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| "Dá carrim não, má". Then they slap you in the face. |
| If I listed all the phrases unique to the U.S. it would take me an hour or more. |
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| Pasma is unique word as far as filipino medicine is concerned, it even got a wikipedia page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasma |
| pop = western NY and who knows where else boston area used to say = wicked pissa! hehe |
| Where I'm from, "The Dose" is an STD/VD. |
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PureBlueSF said: It's not necessarily phrases but people around here have strange pronunciations of certain things, or awkward grammar. It's an Upstate New York thing I guess. - pronouncing a name like "Stewart" like "Stort" - pronouncing "sandwich" like "sanwich" - saying "across" like "acrosst" (I never understood this one at all) - "It don't mean nothin'" instead of "It doesn't mean anything" - "I ain't done nothin'" instead of "I didn't do anything" I could go on, but I'd rather not put my head through a wall. I've lived in Upstate NY my entire life and I still hate all that crap. I always thought people blamed double negatives on the south. The more you know. |
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| The aren't really any in my current location, but I used to live in the bay and they basically speak a different language down there. |
| Depends how broadly you define ''location'' The French spoken in my area is not much different than the French spoken in the rest of Québec. The one local expression I'm aware of is ''Se faire lutter par un char'' for ''Getting hit by a car'' The verb lutter wouldn't be used in that context outside my region, they would use the much more common ''frapper'' instead. If you mean the differences in beetween Québec french vs European French tough, we could discuss this matter for hundreads of pages XD |
| I just use more common slang like hella HELLA times. There are also hella more uncommon words: molly whop, hoot, hecka, scraped to name a few. |
Korrvo said: I like lolis. I don't like them sexually. It's hard to not like lolis, their cuteness pander to the same emotions that naturally makes us fathers. But it's hard to get off to anything that doesn't have any adult women characteristics like large tits, ass, and thighs. http://imgur.com/qgjKHGn |
| A lot of dubfucks pronounce pizza as "pisa" Fuck them, fuck them. holy fucking shit, I hate them. |
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| I guess howdy? Although I don't hear many people say it. |
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| Package Store, Packy All I can think of at the moment. |
| "Finna" meaning going to. "I'm sleep" meaning boring or ignorant. "Pound cake" meaning ass. |
| Caking = Flirting |
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Stalker-tan said: I think it's just swedish."Lagom", the closest you get in translation is "just right", but if I recall correctly then it's a unique word that only exists in Swedish and Korean(?). |
Wecc said: All hail HaXXspetten king of the loli traps!  |
| south african babbelas (bub-buh-luss) – A hangover. bakkie (buck-ee) – A pick-up truck. biscuit – In South Africa a cookie is known as a "biscuit". The word is also a term of affection, as in, "Hey, you biscuit". blooming (blimmin) – A variation on "very", as in, "That new bakkie is blimmin big. boet (like "book", with a t) – A term of affection, from the Afrikaans for "brother". braai (br-eye) – An outdoor barbecue, where meat such as steak, chicken and boerewors are cooked, served with pap and bredie. bru (brew) – A term of affection, shortened from Afrikaans broer, meaning "brother". An example would be, "Hey, my bru, howzit?" café (kaf-ay, kaff-ee or kayff) – The ubiquitous small neighbourhood convenience store, often found on street corners and stocking cigarettes, cold drinks and newspapers. china – To most people, China is the world’s most populous country, but to a South African it can mean something entirely different. China means "good friend", as in, "This oke's my china". It's one of the few Cockney rhyming slang words to survive in the country, coming from "china plate" = "mate". dinges (ding-us) – A thing, thingamabob, whatzit, whatchamacallit or whatsizname, as in, "When is dinges coming around?" dop (dawp) – An alcoholic drink: "Can I pour you a dop?" It can also mean failure: "I dopped the test." flog – No whips implied. South Africans use flog to mean "sell", as in "I think it's time I flogged this old car." graze – Eat. howzit – A traditional South African greeting that translates roughly as "How are you?", "How are things?", or simply "Hello is it (as one word: izit) – An expression frequently used in conversation and equivalent to, "Is that so?" jol (jawl) – A versatile word with many meanings, including "party", "disco", "having fun", or just "thing". just now – If a South African tells you they will do something "just now", they mean they'll do it in the near future – not immediately, as in, "I'll do the dishes just no kif – Cool, neat, great or wonderful. From the Arabic kayf, meaning enjoyment or wellbeing. lekker (lekk-irr with a rolling r) – Nice, good, great, cool or tasty. oke, ou – A man, similar to "guy" or "bloke". The word "ou" (oh) can be used interchangeably. robots – Traffic lights. rock up – To arrive somewhere unannounced or uninvited. It's the kind of thing friends do: "I was going to go out but then my china rocked up." sarmie – Sandwich. Boer - Afrikaans word for farmer Boerewors (boerie) - spicy South African farmers' sausage Choon - South African Indian slang for telling someone something, could also be a song Doss - nap Hundreds - excellent, good - Hi buddy how are you? I am hundreds Monkey's wedding - a rain shower when the sun is out Laaitie (Pronounces as "lighty") - a young person, usually a young male such as a younger brother or son Larney - fancy / designer Siff - Used in South African English to discribe disgusting, horrible or ugly - "This milkshake is siff!" Kak Pron. Kuk, meaning crap/shit - as in "That Boerie is really Kak!" Doos Pron. Do-is. Afrikaans for 'box"/or cunt - used to decsribe a stupid person (very rude, not to be used in poilte company) referring to a woman's genitalia! As in " Stop being such a complete doos!" Bankie – Bank bag filled with dope Blind – Embarrassing Boot – Trunk Chop – Moron Connection – Person (Can be a friend or a vaguely related person) Dagga (pronounced: ‘duh-ch*-uh’) – Marijuana Deck – Punch Fong-Kong – Fake Full on – Absolutely Fully – Yes Goofed – Stoned Half and half – Half brandy, half coke drink Ja-nee (pronounced: ‘yaa’ ‘knee-ya’) – Equivalent of ‘I don’t know’ / sure Johnnie Walker – Someone who doesn’t own a car Lank – A lot Pull in! – Come around Scale – To steal / To jump over Smaak (prounounced: ‘smaark’) – To like/love Waai – leave/go |
| Selaw = Slow pretty stupid..... |
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| Marving - Starving Mucky Dees - Mc Donalds Thats all i can think of atm |
| "Bah! What a total pussy!" |
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| There either aren't any unique phrases in my location, or I have just not recognized them yet. |
| In like the few months after the new year in the winter the students at my last college called it the 'suicide season', because every year during that time lots of people would jump in front of the train and as a result trains home and to college were delayed by hours. People who didn't go to my college thought i was talking about some band when I mentioned it in conversation so. |
Loli_Sensei said: In like the few months after the new year in the winter the students at my last college called it the 'suicide season', because every year during that time lots of people would jump in front of the train and as a result trains home and to college were delayed by hours. People who didn't go to my college thought i was talking about some band when I mentioned it in conversation so. Jesus. Is your college in a prison or something? |
| Mighta already been mentioned but "Heyna" is a pretty big one where I live, or was when I was younger anyway. It's basically seeking confirmation. It's another way of saying "Isn't that so?" For example you might say or hear someone say something like "Nice weather today heyna?" |
| I grew up in Virginia Beach and there, people say "weak" to describe something that's funny. Strangely, even in other places in Virginia that aren't too far away (such as Williamsburg or Richmond), people don't use the term at all. Ex. "That joke had me weak, bro." here's the urban dictionary thing for it. |
| There's a train depending on what you are referring to out here. I know this one pretty well because I started this trend. I started a Tumblr and on my last Facebook I had a lot of friends. One of my friends is always prone to learning about certain things later than everyone else so I called him out one day by saying, "welcome to the late train!" The phrase "late train" now refers to anybody who catches on late. It expanded to different trains still completely dependent on the situation, but more people reference "late train" more often. It also became an adjective, so instead of saying "[blank] is on the late train," people just say, "[blank] is so late train." I left for college back in 2012, but I know it's still here. I still hear it. |
| Just need to find out how to quote this every time so I can dodge the stupid 30-character limit. |
| "Don't stick your finger up others' butts because that's so dirty you slut" It's said when someone stick his finger up your ass and you find that too dirty. |
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Satan-sama said: "Don't stick your finger up others' butts because that's so dirty you slut" It's said when someone stick his finger up your ass and you find that too dirty. ^ lolwtf What's trending here is removing a letter from a word i.e "That guy is hella sketch(y)" or "She is my ba(b)e" |
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ruraljurors said: I grew up in Virginia Beach and there, people say "weak" to describe something that's funny. Strangely, even in other places in Virginia that aren't too far away (such as Williamsburg or Richmond), people don't use the term at all. Ex. "That joke had me weak, bro." here's the urban dictionary thing for it. I've heard that used down here (South Louisiana) too, but not enough to consider it part of our vocabulary. Interesting. |
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jesusdiedLOL said: how charmingwe call our dicks pissers when you get a blowjob, the girl smoked your pisser |
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| A whole shitton. Vienna slang is the best slang. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| Ohioans (And to a greater extent, THE FGC) like to use the term "Salty" for anytime a person gets frustrated or angry. If a person/team loses a game and were close to winning, they are salty. A teacher who got corrected by a student and was correct, they are salty. Principle suspends a student, they are salty. "On a scale of one to pretzel, how salty are you?????" Got beat by Marn and sent to losers of EVO? they are salty. Dancers in the area enjoy saying everything is dope or tight. Killed a beat, dope. Finally got your flares down, tighttt. New pair of chachi-mamas came in, dope. I remember during my stay in Melbourne a few years ago, ass was a thing to add to the end of anything. It was just extra emphasis "That was cool-ass" |
Zelot said: Ohioans (And to a greater extent, THE FGC) like to use the term "Salty" for anytime a person gets frustrated or angry. I'm going to Ohio tomorrow. seeyousoon |
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| Considering my city is waaaaaaay too multicultural, the only thing that do comes to mind is just how easily and frequently the word "sorry" comes up. We apologize way too much. But I only been to China and I know this isn't the case there. We say sorry at the smallest things here, like being on the sidewalk and people walking to opposite directions gets stuck as both tries to walk on the same side. Or not holding the doors for someone behind. Just yesterday someone said sorry to me as they accidentally touched my hair in the bus lol |
| o, an expression that really amuses the europeans is ''crisser le camp'' It means ''getting the fuck out'' in Québec French. |
| "Dont burn the house down to catch a rat" |
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