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(40,072 posts) Thu Jan 16, 2025, 03:07 PM Yesterday

What are some words that only people in your area would know? please tell the area and what the word means . Here are my [View all]

Pittsburgh/SW PA words. What are words used that are unique to your area.
jumbo----bologna
pop-----soda
yhinz---a person/people
gumbands---rubber bands
jagoff--a jerk

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What are some words that only people in your area would know? please tell the area and what the word means . Here are my [View all] debm55 Yesterday OP

More WVlaserguy Yesterday #1

Thank you WVlaserguy. I forgot about those. debm55 Yesterday #2

Yun's Traildogbob Yesterday #3

Guess where I live? "Slick as a smelt." (slippery) "Nummer'n'a pounded Hake." (Stupid) GPV Yesterday #4

Minnesota? debm55 Yesterday #5

Not a bad guess, but no. :) How about, "Jeezum crow, bub GPV Yesterday #6

Boston debm55 Yesterday #9

Much closer. ;) GPV Yesterday #27

Maine? boonecreek 13 hrs ago #51

"Can't go out ta haul, so I'm headed upta camp" GPV Yesterday #8

Maine yorkster Yesterday #15

"Git those taters from the dooryahd and stick 'em down cellah." GPV Yesterday #10

I give up what area/state are you using. Now I am think of the south. debm55 Yesterday #13

Lol. I'm from downeast Maine. :) GPV Yesterday #26

I've heard dooryard in Vt and downcellah yorkster Yesterday #18

Thank you yorkster. debm55 Yesterday #23

Sounds like SE Louisiana LeftInTX Yesterday #25

Just scrolled down to this. boonecreek 13 hrs ago #52

hodad DBoon Yesterday #7

Interesting . Thank you DBoon. debm55 Yesterday #11

I don't think I've heard this saying... SWBTATTReg Yesterday #12

Thank you SWBTATTReg. What state/area used the term.? debm55 Yesterday #14

St Louis, midwest, but mostly in STLMO SWBTATTReg Yesterday #16

Thank you . debm55 Yesterday #17

I don't care to. AbnerBunny Yesterday #19

Thank you AbnerBunny debm55 Yesterday #22

Now see, I would have taken it to mean I don't want to. debm55 Yesterday #40

Are you in Kentucky? I heard from someone down there. 10 Turtle Day 18 hrs ago #49

Yes indeed! AbnerBunny 12 hrs ago #66

Pop (soda) catbyte Yesterday #20

Thank you catbyte. debm55 Yesterday #21

Pop Is Used In Chicago, Too ProfessorGAC Yesterday #42

Sorry. I am shocked I tell you, very shocked debm55 Yesterday #44

If someone is from the Lower Peninsula VGNonly 10 hrs ago #67

LOL, I grew up in Charlevoix, the birthplace of Murdick's Fudge, so we townies all called catbyte 5 hrs ago #70

I was in Charlevoix mid Sept. VGNonly 4 hrs ago #71

In Wisconsin it was bubbler for drinking fountain. LeftInTX Yesterday #24

It's a bubbler in much of New England, or "bubblah" JenniferJuniper Yesterday #35

That's different . thank you LeftinTex debm55 Yesterday #41

Fixin' to. Lunabell Yesterday #28

What area are you from? It sounds like a southern state. debm55 Yesterday #30

Yessireebob. N.Fl. But originally Nashville,Tennessee. Lunabell Yesterday #36

Thank ya Lunabell debm55 Yesterday #39

We used pop for soda in Washington, DC Dale in Laurel MD Yesterday #29

Oh you do? that's fun knowing. Here in SW PA if you ask for a soda. you will get a pop with a scoop of ice cream. debm55 Yesterday #31

"Soda" did sort of imply ice cream. Dale in Laurel MD Yesterday #33

Thank you Dale in Laurel MD debm55 13 hrs ago #56

Chicago, Too ProfessorGAC Yesterday #43

thank you ProfessorGAC. debm55 Yesterday #45

Christmas, BarbaRosa Yesterday #32

Thank you BarbaRosa. That's different. Thank you. debm55 Yesterday #34

Oly Pop coprolite Yesterday #37

Thank you. coprolite debm55 Yesterday #38

"Get sick" meaning vomit. 3catwoman3 Yesterday #46

Thank you 3catwoman3, debm55 Yesterday #47

Jockey box meaning glove compartment in a car KitFox 22 hrs ago #48

Thank you KitFox and thank you for your selections. debm55 13 hrs ago #57

Buffalo, N.Y. Niagara 14 hrs ago #50

Wow, thank you very much Niagara. debm55 13 hrs ago #58

Finally came up with one. boonecreek 13 hrs ago #53

Thank you very much boonecreek. Love it. Speaking Chicagoese. debm55 13 hrs ago #59

Chipped Ham PennRalphie 13 hrs ago #54

thank you PennRalphie. We use to say Kennywood's Open (Kennywood is an Amusement Park) all the time. Still use it . I debm55 12 hrs ago #62

"So don't I" for "so do I." I thought someone was Tanuki 13 hrs ago #55

Thank you very much Tanuki. Husband is from Boston. He still calls it a frappe. debm55 12 hrs ago #64

Sunbreak (Pacific Northwest) subterranean 13 hrs ago #60

Thank you subterranean . That is very interesting. debm55 12 hrs ago #65

Da kine Bobstandard 12 hrs ago #61

Thank you Bobstandard. Very ininteresting. debm55 12 hrs ago #63

Cattywampus VGNonly 10 hrs ago #68

Thank you very much VGNonly. debm55 9 hrs ago #69

"abeets" what pizza is called in New Haven CTyankee 3 hrs ago #72

Thank you very much CTyankee. That is very interesting debm55 1 hr ago #73