UNIQUE SLANG WORDS FROM EVERY STATE
From a site called Stacker.com, here is their thoroughly researched, we’re sure, list of The Most Unique Slang Word From Every State:
– Alabama: Roll tide
– Alaska: Sourdough (long-time residents) and cheechako (short-time residents)
– Arizona: Snowbirds (people who come to the state for the winter)
– Arkansas: Blinky (milk that’s just on the edge of going bad)
– California: Hella (a lot of)
– Colorado: Gaper (ski term – Guaranteed Accident Prone On Every Run)
– Connecticut: Package store (liquor store)
– Delaware: Baggin’ up (having a side-splitting laugh with friends)
– Florida: No see-ums (flying insects)
– Georgia: Buggy (a shopping cart)
– Hawaii: Da kine (when you forget the word you’re trying to say)
– Idaho: Jockey box (glove compartment in a car)
– Illinois: Gym shoes (sneakers)
– Indiana: Hoosier (a resident of the state)
– Iowa: Padiddle (a car with one working headlight. Spot one and you get to kiss person next to you.)
– Kansas: Get loaded (drunk)
– Kentucky: Kentucky waterfall (a mullet haircut)
– Louisiana: Sha (something sweet or cute)
– Maine: Ayuh (yep)
– Maryland: Sice (when you’re excited about something)
– Massachussets: Wicked (totally)
– Michigan: Ope! (if you drop something or bump into someone, you go, “Ope!”)
– Minnesota: Uffda! (said when you’re exhausted or frustrated or just need to express something)
– Mississippi: Fixin’ (planning, “I’m fixin’ to head to the kitchen, Ma. Need anything?”)
– Missouri: Put out (when you’re angry, you’re put out)
– Montana: Cowboy up (C’mon, deal with it!)
– Nebraska: Hey-waddy (a worker who’s temporarily employed in haying)
– Nevada: Toke (a small tip or gratuity)
– New Hapmshire: Hornpout (local catfish)
– New Jersey: Jug handle (it’s how you make a left hand turn on a busy road)
– New Mexico: Christmas (red & green chili)
– New York: Schvitzing (sweating)
– North Carolina: Yonder (over there)
– North Dakota: Hotdish (a casserole)
– Ohio: Sweeper (vacuum cleaner)
– Oklahoma: Quakenado (when an earthquake and tornado happen at the same time, which happens there)
– Oregon: Spendy (expensive)
– Pennsylvania: Jawn (an all-purpose word)
– Rhose Island: Bubbler (drinking fountain)
– South Carolina: Cackalacky (a nickname for the Carolinas)
– South Dakota; Pert’near (pretty close)
– Tennessee: Meat and three (a typical Southern dinner – meat and three sides)
– Texas: Piddle’o (small)
– Utah: Sluff (to skip work or school)
– Vermont: Creemee (soft serve ice cream)
– Virginia: Ji (“very” or “really)
– Washington: Skookum (strong or tough)
– West Virginia: Biggidy (acting too big for your britches)
– Wisconsin: Recombobulation (putting your clothes back on after going through airport security)
– Wyoming: Silk (barbed wire)