Regional Colloquialism Thread

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if your parents, grandparents, great grandparents, etc. grew up in Chicago there are two things you'll hear them say.

the grocery store is"the jewel":
"i'm going to the jewel"
i guess this could apply to another grocery store too (the Dominicks), but i've heard relatives say "the jewel" for any grocery store.

and of course, the "over by":
"are you going to go over by your parents house tomorrow?

grand prize:
"i'm going to go over by the jewel to get....."

this mostly applies to the south side and a lot of suburban folks who grew up there and all moved out when they grew up.
Last edited by hopelesshomo_Archive on Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:10 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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Regional Colloquialism Thread

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Colonel Panic wrote:Plastic grocery bags from supermarkets are also commonly called "Jewel bags", regardless what store they were obtained from.


totally. even if they're from Target.

i have a good friend that just moved to Santa Cruz, who says he gets made fun off all the time for saying, "yeah man. totally." he claims it's regional to Chicago/Midwest, and picked it up from me, but i'm not 100% sure i buy that. i can't imagine people all over don't say "yeah man. totally." all at once, as one phrase all the time.
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Regional Colloquialism Thread

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Colonel Panic wrote:Another childhood expression we used to use: "Your ass is grass!"

To this day I don't quite understand what that was supposed to mean literally, but as a kid I knew it indicated that a beat-down was forthcoming.


I think that was pretty universal...

but how about gaywad? Or my personal childhood favorite, Dicksmack, which could be abbreviated as 'smack or 'smacks
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