losthighway wrote: Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:43 pm

Charlie D wrote: Sat Jul 16, 2022 3:51 pm

TylerDeadPine wrote: Fri Jul 15, 2022 3:57 pm Never heard of oof da but people in those areas and definitely in Canada say "Oop!" For the aforementioned reasons

Down here states-side, we have "Ope!" generally used for squeezing by people. It's like a quick "pardon me" in a tight grocery store aisle.

I say it as a Coloradoan in the same circumstances (although it's reflexive and makes me feel like a huge dork). Also interchangeable with "Whup".

Yep those two things for sure "Whup, soory"

If something exists in the basement, “it’s down cellar.” It’s definitely Maine, and may extend to other New England states, but seems to be regional.

Also Mainers will blunt the “Lord’s name in vain” use of Jesus Christ with “jeezum crow”

Ohioan here. I say “ope” all the damn time. Like reflexively. Never say “warsh” except intentionally to sound like a shithead.

Akron, OH, is known for calling the grass between the street and the sidewalk (what I’ve always know. As the tree lawn) the Devil strip.

Growing up in Chicagoland a lot of the older generations had a vocal pause of "you know". As in

Back in 2001 I worked for a guy who, you know... used those sorts of vocal pauses.

Bill Murray who grew up a few blocks over from me does it three times in this monologue. At 11 seconds in and twice again near the end.

Catching up with a friend over a refreshing adult beverage and starting a discussion over someone you both used to be friends with and now mutually despise:

"So I saw your mate the other day" ... "no, you saw your mate......"

Born and grew up in the South Wales valleys. Where to start? How about the use of "cow" in an adjectival setting, i.e.

"Fair play Butt, that pudding was cowing lush" - My friend, I have to say that I thought that dessert was extremely tasty
"I've had a cowin' guts full of this" - I'm extremely dissatisfied with the cicrcumstance I currently find myself in


Another slightly more confusing one would be the use of the word "well" to describe something (commonly it's appearance to others) in a negative fashion, i.e.

"I rushed out this morning without looking in the mirror, and didn't notice my hair was sticking up all over the shop. I looked bloody well!"

Note that it doesn't require the addition of any other descriptor to convey its meaning. On first hearing, it's an odd one to get your head around.

I was looking for a thread about our own personal neologisms but that might have been on the old forum. Anyway, one that sprung to mind which I haven't used in hears is whammered. It means extremely drunk, both wasted and hammered, as in "let's get whammered on Wild Irish Rose" or "man I was fuckin' whammered yesterday."