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So we were talking on another post about the funny things Bostonians say. I"ll admit we've got some that other people don't use.
Wicked- an adverb meaning very
Pissa- an adjective meaning either really awesome or really tough
Jimmies-Chocolate Sprinkles
Blinker- Car directional (we don't use them anyway)
Bubbler (Bubbla)- water fountain
Frappe-Ice cream shake. To us a milkshake does not have ice cream.
Packie-Liquor store (short for package store)
Pocket Book-Purse
Do you guys use any of those? Or have your own funny words or phrases?
I was born and raised in Boston, and I use all of the above. 
I'm now living in the south, and I recently said "y'all" and cringed a little bit. I never thought I'd say it!
People always make fun of me for saying "Down the shore" When I talk about going to the Jersey Shore. It's a Philly thing..
Upstate, NY here! We use wicked and blinker. Funny, I thought everyone used the term blinker. Guess I learn something new everyday.
I'm from Boston too! When I was in college people always thought it was weird that I said "Bureau" instead of "dresser".
Also... people have now begun using "wicked" as an adjective which really annoys me for some reason. You can't say "oh that movie was so wicked"... ummmmm, wicked what?!
I use all those words except pissa. I was born & raised in Boston and I never ever hear people use the word pissa.
@Bostongrl25: Haha I don't use pissa either unless we're making fun of the stereotypical Bostonian shown in movies. Other my FSIL says it like it's cool
Upstater too -- we use wicked and blinker! I lived in RI for a while and was so confused by words like Bubbla and Packie. WTH?!
Heh, then I lived in the city where sandwiches are referred to as "wedges" but I always called then a "sub". I had no effing clue was a wedge was until I met FI and he explained it to me (and that was after a year of city living!!).
I know there was a post recently on "cola", "pop" and "soda". I always say soda!
When you say funny words, are those slang words? I was born and raised in Philly and I could list a lot of slang words we used.
@Moose1209: I say bureau, too. And yes wicked can only be used alone if it's evil Like a wicked witch.
Minnesota here and we say blinker for "turn signal" as well. I think that one is pretty common but I've never heard the rest used.
Here's phrases my FI says regularly:
ya'll
fixin' to
flip a bitch - make a u-turn
@SoontobeMrsA: Oooh yeah...every time it goes something like this "now up ahead, flip a bitch"
I'm Canadian (Ontario specifically) and we use blinker too!
Some people use "wicked" as an adverb here but it's not huge. It was used as an adjective widely about 10 years ago LOL.
I am trying to think what other slang words we say right now other than the stereotypical "eh" which we use to turn a statement into a question. For example, "It's freezing out, eh?" And yes we do say it regularly!
I am finding that gamers terms are really big right now here but I think they are fairly common in North America:
- Noob - Noun - A take at a newbie etc. to mean idiot or moron
- Epic - Adjective - To describe somethings epic greatness ;-)
I'll post more if I can think of any more local ones!
From Texas - I think everyone uses blinker. To me pocket book is the old fashioned way of refering to a purse. I haven't heard of the other words listed.
I say blinker, thats about it from your list =) FH says pocket book for purse too.
FH and I differ on what we say, I'm from the midwest, he's from the south. I say cream rinse, he says conditioner. I say hose, he says pipe. I say cart, he says buggy. I say Soda, he says coke no matter what type of soda. I say hoosier and mean a redneck/hillbilly, he says hoosier and thinks Indiana
FH also uses phrases like, fixin to, ya'll come along (when he's leaving as a form of bye), packed out and cook out. He also called sewer holes, plugs for the longest time but I think that was just him.
I use "flip a bitch" all the time. But I dont' use any of the other words above. LOL I'm fom the west coast and it's not common. But good to know what they mean when I visit the east coast. :)
@R.Elliott:fi claims everyone in vegas said "flip a bitch" for a u-turn when he lived there...i HATE it.
and i thought everyone said blinker? i'm from the south and we used it too!
i say buggy instead of shopping cart...fi thinks it's hilarious.
Okay, more Canadian input. Yes, we say "eh" a lot. We also say toque for a knit winter hat. I've never heard anyone call anyone else a "hoser" other than on bad Canadian television and I've never personally said or heard anyone say "aboot" rather than "about". We say pop instead of soda.
Mostly we just spell our words the British way. So colour rather than color or centre rather than center for example. That means lots of red underlines in word documents if you don't set it right ;)
@texasmeredith: Agreed, I only ever hear old people say "pocket book". Lots of people use "handbag" to refer to (any kind of) purse, though.
One thing that drives me crazy is when people say "might could". As in, "We might could barbecue later if the weather's nice." I have no problem with "y'all", "reckon", or "yonder" (though I've only ever heard that one in North Texas), but "might could" gives me goosebumps.
@Future Mrs. Martin: I always thought noob and epic were gaming terms. Along the lines of pwn and lawl.
.... I should not admit I know these things on a public forum.
I have NEVER heard the term "flip a bitch".... I really wanna start using that now! Haha.
@R.Elliott: Fixin' to...haha i never use it but a lot people around here do. i do say y'all or All Y'all a lot.
Bless your heart - an expression of sympathy or pity
@SoontobeMrsA: I was "wicked" pissed when I ordered a milkshake for the first time when I moved to Boston and it didn't have ice cream in it!! :-)
Ahh, 'fixin' to'! My bosses are from NY and they always make fun of us when we say that, or the mushed together version of it 'finnda'!
In the South, I've noticed everybody says "we're gonna (oh, look, another one, meaning 'going to') 'cook out' today", where as most of the rest of the country seems to say "we're going to barbeque today". Down here, 'barbeque' refers to the actual meat, usually pork, that will be cooked, whereas the rest of the country (maybe the world??) uses 'barbeque' as the actual act of the cooking out.
I say Blinker, haha. I always tell Fi. "Turn on your blinker." He then says "You mean turn on my turn signal." I say "Yea your blinker." and he just shakes his head, haha. My grandma says Pocket Book.
I was born in Wisconsin, and we say Pop there for soda. If someone asks you want you want to drink you say "Pop." if you want soda, haha.
@SoontobeMrsA:I'm in NJ and we say...
pocket book
jimmies
blinker
wicked
Maybe it's a north east thing?
I can't think of anything we say but maybe like the word "mad" for very...like "that dinner was mad good!" hahah...lame.
@moderndaisy:ughhh i hate that! but i grew up at the beach [haha probably where you come visit when you go 'down the shore'] so we say "we're going to the beach!"
I say pocket book. (Talk about a stupid phrase. It is not a book that fits in my pocket). Guess that makes me an old lady.
My friends that moved here from the Midwest and East Coast would always comment on little things I say that I don't think are strange at all. Here's one I can think of...need to rack my brain a little more.
"For sure" - as a "Yes" or "Sure" response to a question
We call a barbeque a barbeque...never hear "cook out" or "grill out". lol
@SoontobeMrsA: I use all of those except pissa. I also always say "draw" when I'm talking about a drawer, and it drives my SO nuts! He's always tries to get me to say it the "right" way.
I say "fixin' to" as well. I also "cut off" or "cut on" lights. One I always get picked on is "slammed on brakes" instead of saying someone slammed on his brakes. I take out the pronoun. Not sure if that's a regional thing or if it's just something I do though. I grew up in SC. One thing I had never heard until I moved to Tennesee was "round-a-bout" for a traffic circle.
@MissBoPeep: Yes! My BF and I just had a convo about "draw" the other day. Saying drawer just doesn't sound right!!
Born and raised DC area girl but went to college in Connecticut so I still say "packie" from time to time and my husband (from Georgia) might say wicked every once in a while. My bff is from Providence and always says bubbla and I cant stand it! :-) I use blinker too!
I cant think of anything weird that us DC people say - were pretty much a melting pot!
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