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Bubba Hillbilies Dixie Slang Dictionary
************************** THE DIXIE DICTIONARY ****************************
by Bubba Redbelly
Well Hey Yall!
This here dictionary is deddycated to all them newly arrived Yankees who
have jest moved into th' Shalot area.
Ah hope that this here booklet will help yawl speak an unnerstand our unique
language.
AH: The things you see with, and the personal pronoun denoting individuality.
"AH think AH've got somethin' in mah AH."
AHMOAN: An expression ot area.
Ah hope that this here booklet will help yawl speak an unnerstand our unique
language.
AH: The things you see with, and the personal pronoun denoting individuality.
"AH think AH've got somethin' in mah AH."
AHMOAN: An expression of intent. "AHMOAN have a little drink. Ya want one?"
AIG: A breakfast food that may be fried, scrambled, boiled or poached.
"Which came first, the chicken or the AIG?"
AIL: To be ill or afflicted by something. "That mule sure is actin' strange.
Wonder what AILS him?"
AINT: The sister of your mother or father. "Son, go over and give AINT Bea a
big hug."
AIRISH: Drafty, cool. "Don't leave the door open. It's too AIRISH already."
AIRS: Mistakes. "That shortstop's made two AIRS and the game's not half over
yet!"
ARGY: To dispute in a contentious manner. "Ah told you to take your bath,
boy, and ah'm not gonna stand here and ARGY with you about it!"
ARN: An electrical instrument used to remove wrinkles from clothing. "Ah'm
not gonna ARN today. It's too dang hot."
ARSHTATERS: A staple of the Irish diet and the source of French Fries. "Ah
like ARSHTATERS, but ah hate to peel 'em."
AST: To interrogate or inquire, as when a revenue agent seeks information
about illegal moonshine stills. "Don't AST me so many questions. It
makes me mad!"
ATTAIR: Contraction used to indicate the specific item desired. "Would you
pass me ATTAIR gravy, please."
AWDUH: A state of affairs that depends on obedience to law. "The marshal
brought law and AWDUH to this town."
AWF: The opposite of on. "Take your muddy feet AWF the table."
AWFIS: The place where men say they have to work late and sometimes actually
do. "Go ahead and have supper without me, honey. Ah have to work
late tonight at the AWFIS."
AWL: An amber fliud used to lubricate engines. "Ah like that there car, but
it sure does use a lot of AWL."
AWRAHT: Okay. "If you want to go back home to your mother, that's AWRAHT
with me."
AY-RAB: The desert people who inhabit much of North Africa but not much of
Israel. "That fella looks like a AY-RAB, don't he?"
BAD OFF: Desperately in need of, also extremely ill. 1- "Is that the Shalot
Observer? You must be BAD OFF for somthin' to read." 2- "Bubba's in
the hospital. He must be BAD OFF."
BAD TO: Inclined toward, prone to. "Johnny's BAD TO get in fights when he
gets drunk."
BAIT: A surfeit of. "Ah hope you get a BAIT of them spareribs, 'cause you've
et about all of 'em."
BARD: To obtain the use of, not always on a temporary basis. "He BARD mah
shovel and never did bring it back."
BATRY: A boxlike device that produces electricity. "Looks like your car's got
a dead BATRY."
BAWL: What water does at 212 degrees Fahrenheit. "That gal can't even BAWL
water without burnin' it."
BEHOLDEN: Indebted to. "Ah'm BEHOLDEN to you for loanin' me that money."
BIDNESS: The art of selling something for more than you paid for it. "My
cousin Jim Bob is in the real estate BIDNESS."
BLEEVE: Expression of intent or faith. "Ah BLEEVE we ought to go to church
this Sunday."
BOBBUH: One who cuts hair. "Ah wish you'd go to a different BOBBUH."
BOBBYCUE: A delectable Southern sandwich that is prepared properly only in
certain parts of North Carolina. It consists of chopped pork, cole
slaw, and a fiery sauce made chiefly of vinegar, red pepper, and
ketchup. "Four BOBBYCUES to go, please."
BODY: Person, usually an oblique reference to yourself. "A BODY can't get a
minute's peace around this house."
BOUND TO: Certain to. "Too much beer is BOUND TO give you a hangover."
BREAK BAD: To behave in a violent, wanton, or outrageous manner for no
discernible reason. "Ol' Billy Ray BROKE BAD last night and done
wound up in jail."
BUB: A fragile glass object that converts electricity into illumination. "Ah
think that light BUB's burnt out."
BUM: An explosive device dropped from airplanes called bummers. "Ah think we
ought to drop the atomic BUM on 'em."
BUMMINHAM: The biggest city in Alabama. "You can travel cross this entire
land, & they ain't no place like BUMMINHAM."
CAINT: Cannot. "Ah just CAINT understand why this checkbook won't balance."
CARRY: To convey from one place to another, usually by automobile. "Can you
CARRY me down to the store in yo car?"
CENT: The plural of cent. "You paid five dollars for that necktie? Ah
wouldn't give fifty CENT for it."
CHEER: A piece of furniture used for setting. "Pull up a CHEER and set a
spell."
CHIMBLEY: What smoke comes out of. "Ah believe that CHIMBLEY's stopped up."
CO-COLER: The soft drink that started in Atlanta and conquered the whole
world. "Ah here they even sell CO-COLER in Russia."
COMIN' UP A CLOUD: An approaching storm. "Ah want you to stay close to the
house. It's COMIN' UP A CLOUD."
COMMITE NIGH: To come very close to. "When Sue-Ann caught her husband kissin'
that waitress from the Blue Moon Cafe, she COMMITE NIGH killin'
him."
COSTES: The price of somthing. "Don't buy that there lettuce if it COSTES too
much."
DAWFINS: Name of the professional football team in Miami. "You think the
DAWFINS can win the conference this year?"
DAWG: A four-legged animal much esteemed in rural sections of the South. "Ah
just don't feel right unless ah got a couple of huntin' DAWGS around the
house."
DAREST: Old English contraction of dare not, meaning unadvisable to. "You
DAREST talk about the stock market around your daddy since he lost all
that money in it."
DAYUM: A cuss word Rhett Butler used in Gone With The Wind. "Frankly, my
dear, ah don't give a DAYUM."
DINNER: The meal Southerners eat While Northeners are eating lunch. When
Northerners are eating dinner, Southerners are eating supper. "We're
just havin' butterbeans and biscuits for DINNER, but we'll have a big
supper."
DOC: A condition caused by an absence of light. "It's mighty DOC in here."
DONE: 1- Finished. "Are you DONE eatin'?" 2- Already. "Has the bus DONE
gone?"
DRAW UP: To contract or shrink. "Ah done told you that blouse would DRAW UP
if you washed it in hot water."
DRANK: To consume a liquid. "You want a DRANK of this co-coler?"
EARL: A metal device used to improve radio and television reception. "You
could pick up a lot more stations if you had a higher TV EARL."
EAT UP WITH: Excessively afflicted by. "That woman's jest EAT UP WITH
jealousy."
ET: To have eaten. "You done ET?"
ETLANNA: The city General Sherman burned during the War for Southern
Independence. "ETLANNA is kind of like New York with pecan trees."
EVERWHICHAWAYS: To be scattered in all directions. "You should have been
there when the train hit that chicken truck. Them chickens
flew EVERWHICHAWAYS."
EYETALYUN: A native of Italy or an American ethnic group of that heritage.
"You don't have to be EYETALYUN to like spaghetti."
FAR: A state of combustion that produces heat and light. "Ah reckon it's
about time to put out the FAR and call in the dawgs."
FATBACK: Salt pork - an essential ingredient in the cooking of collard greens
and beans. "Ah liked fried-out FATBACK as much as bacon."
FAULT: To place blame. "You can't FAULT a man for takin' a little drank of
liquor once in a while."
FAVOR: To resemble. "Thay boy sure does FAVOR his daddy, don't he?"
FAYAN: An electrical appliance that circulates air. "It's hot in here. Cut
on that FAYAN."
FEM: A necessary ingredient in the creation of photographs. "Are you sure you
got FEM in that camera?"
FIXIN: Preparing to. "Ah'm FIXIN to dig me some worms and go fishin'."
FLARES: The colorful, sweet-smelling part of a plant. "If yo wife's mad at
you, it's smart to take her some FLARES."
FUR PIECE: A consideral distance. "It's a FUR PIECE from here to Etlanna."
GIVE UP TO BE: Generally conceded to be. "He's GIVE UP TO BE the crookedest
lawyer in the whole state of Mississippi."
GIT: To acquire. "If you're goin' to the store, GIT me a six-pack of beer."
GIT BY WITH: To get away with. "You think your wife's gonna believe that
story? You'll never GIT BY WITH it."
GIT SHED OF: To rid oneself of. "That car is costin' me too much money, and
ah'm gonna GIT SHED OF it."
GOFF: A game played with clubs and a little white ball, usually to the
accompaniment of much profanity. "Ah hate GOFF."
GOOBERS: Peanuts. "It's fun to put GOOBERS in a co-coler and watch it foam."
GOOD OL BOY: Any Southern male between the ages of 16 and 99 who has an
amiable disposition and is fond of companions, strong drink,
hound dawgs, Bass fishin', huntin', and good-lookin' women, but
not necessarily in that order. "Bubba's a GOOD OL BOY."
GO TO: Intend. "You shouldn't have whipped Earl for breakin' that window.
He didn't GO TO do it."
GO TO THE BAD: To spoil. "Put that mayonnaise back in the refrigerator or
it'll GO TO THE BAD."
GRACIOUS PLENTY: Enough or more than enough. "Don't let me eat any more of
that country ham. I've had a GRACIOUS PLENTY."
GRIYUTS: What no Southern breakfast would be complete without - grits. "Ah
like GRIYUTS with butter and sawt on 'em, but ah purely love 'em with
red-eye gravy."
GUFF: An oil company. "Where's the high school? Well, you go down this road
for two blocks and turn left at the GUFF station..."
GULL: A female. "She's just about the sweetest, prettiest GULL in town."
HAINT: A ghost, spirit or apparition. "If you walk past the graveyard at
midnight, you might see a HAINT."
HALE: Where General Sherman is going to for what he did to Etlanna. "General
Sherman said 'War is HALE', and he made sure it was."
HARD: To secure employment. "Ah didn't get that job. They HARD somebody
else."
HAWG: A noble and eminently edible animal which furnishes Southerners with
such delacies as country ham, spareribs, fatback, fried pork skins,
pickled pig's feet, and chopped pork for barbecue. "When it gits to be
cold weather, you know it's time to kill HAWGS."
HEEPA: A great deal of. "You in a HEEPA trouble, boy."
HERN (and HISN): Feminine possessive and the opposite of hisn. "Is that blond
hair really HERN?"
HEY: Salutation used by Southerners in lieu of hello or hi. "HEY, Bubba.
Where you been lately?"
HYUH: Word used to sommon dawgs. "HYUH boy, HYUH!"
IDINIT: Term employed by genteel Southerners who wish to avoid saying ain't.
"Mighty hot today, IDINIT?"
IDY: Idea. "Have you got any IDY the tricks that dawg can do?"
IN A MANNER: A baffling redundancy sometimes inserted into a sentence. "That
baby acts like its starvin' IN A MANNER to death," meaning the
baby appears to be hungry.
JAWJA: Southern state just north of Florida. "Sherman burnt Etlanna when he
marched through JAWJA."
JEVVER: Did you ever. "JEVVER hear anything so dumb in your life?"
JEW: Did you. "JEW want to buy that comic book, son, or just stand there and
read it here?"
KEER: To be concerened. "That girl don't KEER nothin' about him."
KINDLY: Sort of. "When Bubba's fishin' line broke and he lost that big Bass,
he just looked KINDLY pale and sick."
KUMPNY: Guests. "Be home on time. We're havin' KUMPNY for supper."
LAHF: The opposite of death. "Nobody said LAHF was gonna be easy."
LAHT: The opposite of dark. "We need more LAHT in here."
LAW: Police, or as Southerners pronounce it, PO-leece. "We better get out
of here. The bartender's done called the LAW."
LAWST: Unsure of one's location. "I can't read this map. We're LAWST."
LEAST ONE: Smallest. Generally used in reference to children. "Bubba's my
oldest, and Sue-Ellen is the LEAST ONE."
LECTRICITY: What the power company won't turn on without a deposit to make
sure you pay your lectric bill. "That there air conditioner sure
uses a lot of LECTRICITY."
LET ON: To indicate knowledge of, either by word or action. "Her husband's
been plum crazy for 10 years, but don't LET ON you know anything about
it."
LIBEL: Likely to. "If your wife finds out you're runnin' around with that
go-go dancer, she's LIBEL to kill you."
LICK: A blow. "You and Jim Earl got into a fight? Who passed the first
LICK?"
LIGHT BREAD: A pre-sliced loaf of soft, store-bought bread that no Southern
woman would have dared to place before her family in older and
simpler times. "Git this LIGHT BREAD off the table, woman, and
fix me some hot biscuits."
LIKE TO: Almost. "When ah saw she had on the same dress as I did, ah LIKE TO
died."
LIKKER: Whiskey; either the amber kind bought in stores or the homemade white
kind the federal authorities frown upon. "Does he drink? Listen, he
spills more LIKKER than most people drink."
MA'AM (and SUH): Terms of courtesy and respect Southern children are taught
to use when addressing their elders. "Now when you talk to
your teacher, you make sure you say 'Yes, MA'MA' and 'No,
MA'MA', you hear me?"
MADGE: A state of wedlock that any preacher can put you into, but only a
lawyer can get you out of. "Seems like a lot of MADGES end in divorce
these days."
MAH: Possessive personal pronoun. "Anybody seen MAH fishin' pole?"
MASH: To press, as in the case of an elevator button. "Want me to MASH yo
floor for you, Ma'am?"
MAST: A disguise over part of the face. "Who was that MAST man?" "Why, that
was the Lone Ranger."
MERE: A reflective glass. "MERE, MERE on the wall, who's th' fairest of them
all?"
MESS: A quantity of, usually enough for a meal. "That there's a nice MESS of
fish."
MITE COULD: Might possibly. "If y'all could invest in real estate you MITE
COULD make a lot of money."
MIND: To obey. "Now MIND yo big sister while ah'm at the store, you hear?"
MIZ: Southern form of address stolen by the Women's Liberation movement. "Is
that MIZ Thompson comin' down the street?"
MOANIN': Between daybreak and noon. "Good MOANIN', Suh."
MOMMOCKED UP: Damaged or defaceh'm at the store, you hear?"
MIZ: Southern form of address stolen by the Women's Liberation movement. "Is
that MIZ Thompson comin' down the street?"
MOANIN': Between daybreak and noon. "Good MOANIN', Suh."
MOMMOCKED UP: Damaged or defaced. "Don't try to paint the table with that old
stiff brush. You'll jest git it all MOMMOCKED UP."
MUCHABLIGE: Thank you. "MUCHABLIGE fer the lift, mister."
MUNTS: The 12 units which the calendar year is divided. "Ah hadn't seen Bob
in about three MUNTS."
NAIRN: Not any; not a one. "Ah'd offer you a cigarette, but ah don't have
NAIRN."
NAWTHUN: Anything that is not Southern. "He is a classic product of the
superior NAWTHUN educational system." (Sarcasm)
NOME: A child's negative reply to a female adult's question. "Bubba, did you
pull that cat's tail?" "NOME."
NOT ABOUT TO: To have no intention of. "Ah'm NOT ABOUT TO pay $5,000 fer a
new car."
NYAWLINS: The largest city in Louisiana (pronounced Loosyana). "NYAWLINS is a
nice town if you got a lot of money."
OAKREE: A riged, elongated vegetable known to a few Yankees who only know it
as okra. "Ah don't like OAKREE any way but fried in flour with corn
bread."
ORTA: Should. "You ORTA see her in that bikini."
OSE: A type of car produced by General Motors. "That '55 OSE was the best car
ah ever had."
OVAIR: In that direction. "Where's yo daddy, son?" "He's OVAIR, suh."
OWN: Opposite of awf. "Cut OWN the radio and let's listen to some music."
PAPUH: What you write on; also, the colloquial term for newspaper. "Which
PAPUH do you take?"
PARE: Strength, authority. "Never underestimate the PARE of a woman."
PENNY ONE: None at all, nothing. "He's been owin' me five dollars fer three
years, and ah have yet to see PENNY ONE of it."
PEPPUH: A hot spice widely used to season food. "Pass the PEPPUH, please."
PEYUN: A writing instrument. "Some rob you with a six-gun, and some rob you
with a fountain PEYUN."
PHRAZIN: Very cold. "Shut that door. It's PHRAZIN in here."
PICAYUNISH: Overly fastidious, picky. "That little blood spot won't hurt that
egg. Don't be so PICAYUNISH."
PICKED UP: To have gained weight. "You've PICKED UP a little, havn't you?"
PENTOES: Reddish-brown beans that constituate a staple of Southern diet
because they get better every time they're reheated. "Ah druther
have hot biscuits and a big plate of PENTOES than steak."
PITCHER: An image, either drawn or photographed. "That's a good PITCHER of
Reba Mae."
PLAY LIKE: To pretend. "You PLAY LIKE you're the nurse and ah'll be the
doctor."
PLUM: Completely. "Ah'm PLUM wore out."
POKE: A brown paper bag. "What's in that POKE - lunch or likker?"
PO-LEECE: One or more law enforcement officers. "Ah was jest standin' there
mindin' my own bidness, judge, when this here PO-LEECE come up to
me..."
PORE: 1- Destitute. "They're as PORE as church mice." 2- Inferior or
second-rate. "A PORE excuse is better than none."
POT LIKKER: The rich liquid left in the pot after the greens have been cooked
for several hours. May be drunk or sopped up with biscuits. "POT
LIKKER is full of vitamins and minerals."
PROLLY: Likely to. "Ah'll PROLLY go to Etlanna this weekend."
PUPWOOD: A soft wood used in the manufacture of papuh. "He's got about a
thousand acres of good PUPWOOD to sale."
QUARE: Strange, peculiar. "Ol' Bubba's been QUARE ever since that mule kicked
him in the head."
QUIETUS: Pronounced kwi-EET-us and meaning to bring to an abrupt halt. "He
was runnin' around with that blond waitress from the Blue Moon Cafe
'til his wife found out about it and put the QUIETUS on it."
RATCHEER: On the spot. "Jest put the groceries down RATCHEER."
RECKON: An expression of supposition or intent. "Where do you RECKON he got
that plaid suit?"
RENCH: To wash off soapy water with clear water. "Ah'll wash the dishes if
you'll RENCH 'em."
RERNT: Ruined. "That boy's drove that car so rough he's plum RERNT it."
RETCH: To grasp for. "The right fielder RETCH over into the stands and caught
the ball."
RICHMUN: The capital of the Confederacy that exists today only because General
Sherman ran out of matches. "He's hanging around that girl like
Grant hung around RICHMUN."
RIGHT SMART: A goodly amount. "She's put on a RIGHT SMART of weight lately."
ROBUT E. LEE: The finest gentleman who ever drew breath and the greatest
military leader since Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great.
"ROBUT E. LEE didn't surrender. Grant jest stole his sword and
Lee was too much of a gentleman to ast him to give it back."
ROSTENEARS: Fresh corn suitable for roasting or boiling. "Go over to the
cornfield and pick me a dozen nice ROSTENEARS."
SAAR: The opposite of sweet. "These here pickles are too SAAR."
SANDY CLAWS: The fat jolly man who comes down the chimbley every Christmas.
"Did SANDY CLAWS bring you a lot of presents?"
SAWT: The ocean is full of it, and so is country ham. "Lot's wife looked back
at Sodom and Gomorrah and turned into a pillar of SAWT."
SCUPTER: One who makes statues out of rock. "Michelangelo was a dang good
SCUPTER."
SEBMUP: Soft drink similar to ginger ale. "You want a co-coler or a SEBMUP?"
SHALOT: The biggest city in Nawth Calina. "People who live in SHALOT are
called Shalotteans."
SHAWT: The opposite of long. "She likes Bubba, but she thinks he's too SHAWT
for her."
SHOW: Certainly. "It SHOW is hot today."
SHOVLAY: A General Motors car. "Nobody can drive a SHOVELAY like Junior
Johnson."
SHURF: A county's chief law enforcement officer. "The SHURF's raidin' bootleg
joints again. Must be an election year."
SINNER: The exact middle of. "Have you been out to the new shoppin' SINNER?"
SKASE: Hard to find; in very short supply. "During the waw (war), sugar was
SKASE."
SMORE: An additional amount. "Want SMORE corn bread?"
SORRY: Lazy, shiftless. "That woman's so SORRY she won't even make hot
biscuits."
SPEAR: The opposite of inferior. "Ah couldn't get no satisfaction from that
clerk, so ah asked to see her immediate SPEAR."
SPECT: To imagine or suppose. "Ah SPECT a girl as sweet and pretty as she is
could have 'bout any man she wanted."
SPITTIN IMAGE: Southern pronounciation of "spirit and image", meaning
similarity of appearance. "She's the SPITTIN IMAGE of her
mother."
STANDIN IN NEED OF: Another redundancy thrown in for no other reason than
Southerners love rolling rhetoric and extravagent
language. It simply means to need or want. "Ah'm STANDIN
IN NEED OF a cold beer."
STOW: Place where things are sold. "Son, ah want you to go to the STOW and
git me some bakin' powder."
travagent
language. It simply means to need or want. "Ah'm STANDIN
IN NEED OF a cold beer."
STOW: Place where things are sold. "Son, ah want you to go to the STOW and
git me some bakin' powder."
STUDYIN: Having an interest in, usually expressed negatively. "She said ah
wanted to date Bubba? Ah'm not STUDYIN that boy."
SUBJECT TO: Inclined in the direction of; prone to. "Billy Bob's a good ol
boy, but he's SUBJECT TO get drunk every now and then."
SUGAR: A kiss. "Come here and give your momma some SUGAR."
SUMMERS: Somewhere. "Ah know that boy's around here SUMMERS."
SUMPN: Something. "There's SUMPM funny goin' on."
SUTHUN: The opposite of Nawthun. "Blackeyed peas and collard greens are
SUTHUN dishes."
SWIMMY-HEADED: Dizzy. "Don't drink that ice water so fast. It'll make you
SWIMMY-HEADED."
SWITCH: Slender branch of a tree employed in the behavior modifica tion of
children. "Ah'm agonna cut me a SWITCH and wear that boy out."
TACKEY: An expression used exclusively by Southern females and almost always
in regard to wearing apparel. Can mean anything from unfashionable to
downright ugly. "Did you see that dress she was wearin'? Honey, it
was downright TACKEY."
TAHM: A Yankee dictionary defines it as "A nonspatial continuum in which
events occur in apparently irreversibly succession from the past through
the present to the future." Let's just say you either have too much of
it, or not enough. "It takes a long TAHM to read the Sunday New York
TAHMS."
TAR: A round inflatable object that sometimes goes flat. "You shouldn't drive
that car without a spare TAR."
TARRED: Fatigued. "Ah'm too TARRED to go fishin' tonight."
TAR ARN: Tool employed in changing wheels. "You can't change a tar without a
TAR ARN."
TAWK: A method of communication that still flourishes in the South in spite of
television. "How come people from up North say we TAWK funny when
they're the ones who TAWK funny."
THANG: A word Yankees consistently mispronounce as "Theeng." "Have you seen
Reba Mae's new boyfriend? Honey, he's just the cutest THANG."
THOW: To hurl. "Quick, THOW me the ball!"
TORECKLY: Later. "You go on ahead. We'll be along TORECKLY."
TOTE: To carry. "Can you TOTE that big sack of corn meal?"
UGLY: Unpleasant, disagreeable or mean. "Now, Junior, don't you be UGLY to
your new sister."
UHMURKIN: Someone who lives in the United States of UHMURKA. "Thomas
Jefferson was a great UHMURKIN."
UNNUTHER: One more. "You want UNNUTHER biscuit?"
VAMPAR: A fearsome creature that sleeps in a coffin and lives on human blood.
"Dracula was a VAMPAR."
VI-EEN-ER: Small canned sausages. "You want smore VI-EEN-ERS?"
WALLER: Rolling about, usually done by children and hogs. "Bubba, don't you
WALLER all over that bed. Ah jest made it up."
WAR: Metal strands attached to posts to enclose domestic animals. "Be careful
and don't git stuck on that bob WAR."
WARSHRAG: A cloth used for cleaning people or dishes. "Hang up that WARSHRAG
when you're done with it."
WAWST: A stinging insect. "Watch out! That's a WAWST, and he's mad as a
hornet!"
WENDERLIGHT: A pane of glass. "That baseball went right through that there
WENDERLIGHT."
WHITLEATHER: A durable hide used for making harnesses and employed in speech
for comparative purposes. "This steak's as tough as
WHITLEATHER."
WHIRR: Where. "WHIRR you goin'?"
WHUP: To beat up or to strike. "If a man kicks my dawg, he'll have to WHUP
me."
WORE OUT: Exhausted, used up. "No use tryin' to fix that washin' machine.
It's plum WORE OUT."
WRETCHED: A man's name. "WRETCHED Burton was a good actor."
WUF: A fierce wild animal that is closely related to the dog. When they get
together it's called a WUFpack, which is also the nickname of North
Carolina State's athletic teams. "Ah never will forgit the time the
WUFpack whupped the tar out of UCLA and won the national basketball
championship."
WUK: Something most of us have to do to earn money. "Does he still WUK in
Etlanna?"
YALE: What Confederate soldiers did when they charged. "You wanna hear a
Rebel YALE?"
YO: The possessive of you. "What's YO name?"
YANKEE: Anyone who is not from Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Arkansas, Texas, and possibly Oklahoma and West-by-God-Virginia. A
Yankee may become an honorary Southerner, but a good Southerner cannot
become a Yankee, assuming any Southerner wanted to. "Momma, can a
YANKEE go to heaven?" "Don't ask foolish questions, son. Of course
not."
YANKEE DIME: A kiss. "How 'bout a YANKEE DIME, sugar?"
YANKEE SHOT: A Southern child's navel. "Momma what's this on my belly?"
"That's where the YANKEE SHOT you. That's yo YANKEE SHOT."
YARBS: Herbs. "Grandmaw's fixin' to make spring tonic out of roots and
YARBS."
YAWL: A useful Southern word that is consistently misused by Northerners when
they try to mimic a Southern accent, which they do with appalling
regularity. YAWL is always plural because it means you-all, or all of
you. It is never - repeat, never - used in reference to only one
person. At least not by Southerners. "Where YAWL goin'?"
YONDUH: In a particular direction. "That's a pretty house over YONDUH on that
hill."
ZACKLY: Precisely. "Ah don't ZACKLY know where he is."
ZAT: Is that. "ZAT yo dawg?"
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