Funny Expressions From Your Neck of the Woods

[orchid blossom]

Bubbler! How could I forget? A water fountain is a decorative thing in a park that sprays water up. A bubbler is what you get a drink from.

 

[der_kluge]

And if we're starting on food items: what do people in your area call a sandwich on a long roll?

Here it's a sub or a grinder

Thanks for that. I was up in Rhode Island this past weekend, and saw a sign for grinders. I wondered if they were maybe selling lap dances or something.

 

[JimAde]

Thanks for that. I was up in Rhode Island this past weekend, and saw a sign for grinders. I wondered if they were maybe selling lap dances or something.

Now THAT'S a full-service restaurant!

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

Here are a couple more from Arkansas:

"That dog'll hunt."--for when something works well.

"Time to piss on the fire and call the dogs."--Time to quit and go home.

 

[Kanegrundar]

Here's a few from Mid-Missouri:

"Like a big dog." Used when describing something in the extreme.
"I heard you got really drunk last night."
"Yeah, I puked like a big dog."

Crap a duck: Something my dad would say instead of simply saying sh*t.

Jesus T*ts: First heard this one a couple years ago, now I hear it everywhere.

Something fierce: "That salsa made my butt burn something fierce."

Hellfire: Yet another replacement for sh*t.

That is so dead it's stinking: Used mostly when cussing over a car or lawnmower that refuses to run.

I know there are more, but I can't think of anymore right now.

Kane

 

[diaglo]

11. if it ain't broke don't fix it.

12. fish or cut bait. also sh*t or get off the pot there is somebody waiting

13. drop trou... short for trousers.




11. don't mess with something if it works. all you will do is break it.

12. quit stalling. make up your mind and make a decision.

13. pull down your pants to answer nature's call. which could mean a nature of different things.

 

[Kanegrundar]

Thought of a couple more:

Colder than a witch's t*t.

Hotter Than Hell.

Slicker than snot in September.

"Might as well get glad." My dad would say that to me whenever I got pissed about something.

"Let a sleeping dog lie." More colorful way of telling someone to leave well enough alone.

Kane

 

[Rel]

calm your liver = don't be in such a hurry

And is it true, as we southerners have been led to believe, that this sounds a lot like, "cahm ya livah"?

Ok, now say, "Park the car at Harvard Yard."

Colder than a witch's t*t.

One can also add "in a brass bra" for effect on that one.

 

[Tinner]

F---tard - Someone very stupid.
Cool! Monkey Head! - Exclamation of excitement and pleasure. IIRC my brother picked this up from an episode of Beavis & Butthead
You better pack a lunch and bring a friend! - Said in response to someone threatening you with violence.
Like white on rice - used to describe how much you desire something. ie. "I'd be all over that steak like white on rice!"
You're so smart you're stupid! - My dad would always say this in response to some overly complicated hair-brained scheme I had come up with.
If you got any slower, you'd go backwards. - My dad, again. I was not a fast child ...
More _____ than Carter's Little Liver Pills - My dad used this to describe something he had a lot of. ie. "You've got more excuses than Carter's Little Liver Pills!" Apparently there was some company named Carter's that once manufactured such pills, and the selling point was that you got a lot of them in the bottle.

 

[der_kluge]

When my wife and I were dating, I was at her place, waiting on her to get ready. We were probably going to dinner or something.

And I walked into her bathroom where she was working on her hair and I said:

"How much do you like?"

She looked at me like I was an alien from another planet.

I'd always taken that phrase for granted where I was from.

It means, "how much longer before you're ready?"