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Regional Slang

behemothbehemoth 2,189 Posts
edited August 2010 in Strut Central
let's get into it...

today i heard some kid talk about putting a cigarette out and he said

"yo i told him he couldn't smoke here and he turned it off"

he turned the cigarette off? is that a NY thing? cuz i heard it a few times

what else?
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  • dreskieboogiedreskieboogie 951 Posts
    A couple of weeks ago I heard somebody say that he had to go home to get "Gatorade'd up". I dont know if that falls into the category but I have never heard that before.

    Dress
  • dreskieboogiedreskieboogie 951 Posts
    A couple of weeks ago I heard somebody say that he had to go home to get "Gatorade'd up". I dont know if that falls into the category but I have never heard that before.

    Dress
  • AlmondAlmond 1,427 Posts
    I find this sort of thing fascinating! I watched this PBS documentary called Do You Speak American. Though it's on the edge of boring, I recommend it for the information.

    The kids here in Northern California say "seriously" a lot. I say it a lot, too. Seriously. I've also heard it modified to "serially." Are you for serious? Are you for serial? Cereal? Is this everywhere now?
  • behemothbehemoth 2,189 Posts
    dreskieboogie said:
    A couple of weeks ago I heard somebody say that he had to go home to get "Gatorade'd up". I dont know if that falls into the category but I have never heard that before.

    Dress

    maybe it means G'd up?
  • StoneHandsStoneHands 341 Posts
    Toronto

    "grips me a drink" aka "get me a drink"
    "Seeen..." as in "Word."
    "Bredren" (bretheren), as in "guy" or "man"
    you hear "still" alot, like "yo the girl was fine, still" - i guess "still" usually serves as a comfirmation of whatever was said.
    most of the slang in toronto is carib-influenced..
  • GrandfatherGrandfather 2,303 Posts
    "Ese Bro"
    all the dam time
  • ennuiennui 111 Posts
    Hella.
    As in "tell you fools hella cool like ladies from cali talk."

    Born in northern california, slowly creeping over the globe.
  • dreskieboogiedreskieboogie 951 Posts
    What would G'ed up mean?

    Dress
  • gravelheadwrapgravelheadwrap corn 948 Posts
    Almond said:
    I find this sort of thing fascinating! I watched this PBS documentary called Do You Speak American. Though it's on the edge of boring, I recommend it for the information.

    The kids here in Northern California say "seriously" a lot. I say it a lot, too. Seriously. I've also heard it modified to "serially." Are you for serious? Are you for serial? Cereal? Is this everywhere now?

    People here in IOWA have been saying this for a long time now. I think it's funny actually.

    It seems there's been a resurgence of "what up blood?" in my city.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    New York = Soda

    The rest of America = POP
  • dwyhajlodwyhajlo 420 Posts
    batmon said:
    New York = Soda

    The rest of America = POP



    Check this jawn.
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    batmon said:
    New York = Soda

    The rest of America = POP

    Or "tonic."

    It's also "soda" in New England. Though I've heard "sody" in Maine.

    Then there's "bag" vs. "sack."
  • SunfadeSunfade 799 Posts
    My new favorite one is out of Queens. These dudes were referring to Red Bull & Vodkas as "Man Ups"
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    dwyhajlo said:
    batmon said:
    New York = Soda

    The rest of America = POP



    Check this jawn.

    :woah:
  • TheeeCasualMaleTheeeCasualMale 2,564 Posts
    Cockney rhyming slang has got to be the illest regional slang used anywhere in the world.

    trouble & strife = wife
    loaf of bread = head
    apple & pears = stairs
    titfer (from tit-for-tat) = hat
    tom (from tomfoolery) = jewelry
    bread & honey = money (why we call money "bread")
    raspberry tart ... ever wonder why some people call farts raspberries?

    The best usage has to be calling one's "ass" their "bottle and glass" then rhyming "Aristotle" off of bottle, shortening Aristotle to "Aris," rhyming that with "Plaster of Paris," then landing on "plaster" as slang for ass. Wow.
  • bobtheorangebobtheorange 432 Posts
    TheeeCasualMale said:

    bread & honey = money (why we call money "bread")
    .
    comes from breadwinner, meaning the person who brings the food/money home.
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    StoneHands said:
    Toronto

    you hear "still" alot, like "yo the girl was fine, still" - i guess "still" usually serves as a confirmation of whatever was said.

    haha - yes!

    How about "go for a taste"? I've never heard anywhere but here and from W Indian people 35+.
  • TheeeCasualMaleTheeeCasualMale 2,564 Posts
    bobtheorange said:
    TheeeCasualMale said:

    bread & honey = money (why we call money "bread")
    .
    comes from breadwinner, meaning the person who brings the food/money home.

    Aaaaaah yeah, I can see that.

    I'm always looking for good books about slang - anyone have any they've read and can recommend?
  • street_muzikstreet_muzik 3,919 Posts
    LA:

    Max Poppin
    Turnt Down
    Suss
    Brodie
    Doo Doo Mama
    AYEEEEEE!!!!
  • InnerSpaceInnerSpace 443 Posts
    dwyhajlo said:
    batmon said:
    New York = Soda

    The rest of America = POP



    Check this jawn.

    This is really funny! I was born in Indiana and people always call it pop, and now I live in Texas and Coke is generic for everything! Like someone would ask you "what kind of coke do you want?" and the answer is not diet or cherry coke like you would expect, it is Dr. Pepper or Sprite or just a regular Coke! No kinda sense! Anyway, it's a trip. By the way, I also lived in New Orleans and and no one called it coke down there that I lived around, it was always called a cold beverage or soda. Also when someone would go to the grocery store, you would say you were gonna go "make groceries".
  • AlmondAlmond 1,427 Posts
    batmon said:
    New York = Soda

    The rest of America = POP

    The only time I've ever heard anyone call it pop was last Saturday in Canada. Otherwise, I've only heard it on TV or read it in books.
  • AlmondAlmond 1,427 Posts
    ennui said:
    Hella.
    As in "tell you fools hella cool like ladies from cali talk."

    Born in northern california, slowly creeping over the globe.

    Hella and hecka were the first words I learned when I moved to NorCal in 7th grade, which was over a decade ago.
  • street_muzikstreet_muzik 3,919 Posts
    Almond said:
    ennui said:
    Hella.
    As in "tell you fools hella cool like ladies from cali talk."

    Born in northern california, slowly creeping over the globe.

    Hella and hecka were the first words I learned when I moved to NorCal in 7th grade, which was over a decade ago.
    I used hella/hecka in Berkeley back in '90.
  • Mr_Lee_PHDMr_Lee_PHD 2,042 Posts
    In England there are a few words that have been going for years...

    SAFE - Meaning good. People also use it as a greeting a lot too though, so instead of a rhetorical 'Alright?', people just say 'Safe'. Common non-greeting uses include... 'Safe as fuck.', or 'That's safe as.', or sometime people get creative with it, like 'Safe as black ice', or 'Safe as war'.

    SOUND - Meaning good. People also use this one as a greeting too... basically swap all the above 'safe's with this word. Other uses include... 'Sound as a safe, safe as a sound.' or 'Sound as a pound.'.

    One other, word that seems to be fairly regional is:

    DAPS - Those plimsole-like training shoes that kids wear in gymnasiums.
  • JATXJATX 258 Posts
    behemoth said:
    let's get into it...

    today i heard some kid talk about putting a cigarette out and he said

    "yo i told him he couldn't smoke here and he turned it off"

    he turned the cigarette off? is that a NY thing? cuz i heard it a few times

    what else?

    I think thats county lock up slang. I've heard that expression a few times and it's usually from people who have taken state sponsored vacations.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    dwyhajlo said:
    batmon said:
    New York = Soda

    The rest of America = POP



    Check this jawn.

    I was gonna say...we just call em cokes down here. Both soda and pop sound so gay to me.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Almond said:
    ennui said:
    Hella.
    As in "tell you fools hella cool like ladies from cali talk."

    Born in northern california, slowly creeping over the globe.

    Hella and hecka were the first words I learned when I moved to NorCal in 7th grade, which was over a decade ago.

    Prince sang "she's hecka slamming" in U Got the Look circa the mid-80's
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    PelvicDust said:


    Then there's "bag" vs. "sack."

    Or a zip.
  • MjukisMjukis 1,675 Posts
    TheeeCasualMale said:
    Cockney rhyming slang has got to be the illest regional slang used anywhere in the world.

    trouble & strife = wife
    loaf of bread = head
    apple & pears = stairs
    titfer (from tit-for-tat) = hat
    tom (from tomfoolery) = jewelry
    bread & honey = money (why we call money "bread")
    raspberry tart ... ever wonder why some people call farts raspberries?

    The best usage has to be calling one's "ass" their "bottle and glass" then rhyming "Aristotle" off of bottle, shortening Aristotle to "Aris," rhyming that with "Plaster of Paris," then landing on "plaster" as slang for ass. Wow.

    I'll go have an Aristotle of Nelson Mandela...

    And something to eat, I'm Hank.

    Cockney= :next_level:
  • Mr_Lee_PHDMr_Lee_PHD 2,042 Posts
    Mjukis said:
    TheeeCasualMale said:
    Cockney rhyming slang has got to be the illest regional slang used anywhere in the world.

    trouble & strife = wife
    loaf of bread = head
    apple & pears = stairs
    titfer (from tit-for-tat) = hat
    tom (from tomfoolery) = jewelry
    bread & honey = money (why we call money "bread")
    raspberry tart ... ever wonder why some people call farts raspberries?

    The best usage has to be calling one's "ass" their "bottle and glass" then rhyming "Aristotle" off of bottle, shortening Aristotle to "Aris," rhyming that with "Plaster of Paris," then landing on "plaster" as slang for ass. Wow.

    I'll go have an Aristotle of Nelson Mandela...

    And something to eat, I'm Hank.

    Cockney= :next_level:

    And after eating, you might need to go take a...
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