(He needs to eat). "I will beat you like a redheaded step child." Basically was always a warning to us kids to stop causing a ruckus or misbehaving before we got our asses whooped for whatever we were doing.Also the thing about cotton picking is true EVERYBODY picked cotton back in the day. (When it is storming outside while it is sunny. I just came across a word in a Dean Koontz book that I'm reading that might be what you are looking for: "darkling" or "darkle". Now tgat is cold!Here are a 50 southern sayings you might hear if you head south and what they mean.A pejorative term in the South – when someone thinks they’re all uppity (another southern term) and have more class than they really do. Here a few for ya'sIn response to one of the questions , wrong sudaddards, is wrong side outwards. I keep having others come to me. Thanks for the smiles!Sit back because this could take all day. Almost all of these sayings were part of my growing up. Also, i have heard all of these, but i have a list of sayins for my friends gittin used to texas, and sometimes i need a reminder of ome of them, so this was helpful. Lol* He was bangin her like a screen door in a windstorm (having sex)She's was so unsightly as a child, her mama had to feed her with a slingshot."Dumber than a box of rocks."He lives so far out in the country that they have to pump in sunshine.You ain’t just whislin Dixie.Slower than molasses in the winter.Funny and useful! I picked up the slang fast, having been exposed to foreign languages as a kid.
“She thinks she’s so highfalutin!”When it comes to their own jargon, Southerners like to speak in metaphors, similes, and hyperbole. You know I love it when you talk to me. Southern States are known for peaches, notably Georgia and South Carolina since they produce more peaches than any other state in the South. Hens sometimes go through a phase of “broodiness”. Pretty funny ta read too. A Southerner knows that if you’re going to do or talk about something till the cows come home, it’s going to take all day.
Be positive and give it a try and you might find out you could do it after all. Check out these 50 redneck/southern slang words and … Other variations are He, or She’s ugly!Haha, E. Couret! Another variation is “worn slam out.”My 7th graders responded much better to “Y’all (drawn out) sit down” over “Everyone sit down.”Stop right there! Yes.
Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting.Over yonder is a distant direction in any direction when you’re in the South.
Any idea where this one originated?My mother was from Oklahoma and I've heard nearly all of these. In fact, Georgia and South Carolina produce more peaches than any other states in the South.
“I was shocked as all get out.” “It was crazy as all get out.” Anything that reaches the degree of “all get out” is something worth talking about.This is a way of describes someone who is not too bright.Imagine how long a cat would stand on a hot tin roof in the heat of summer in the South – you got it, not for a split second!
Meaning just because you sugar coat it, doesn’t make it right or nice.I don't know where this expression originated, but, yes, I have heard it. So, you might wait until the weather got real cold before you would butcher pigs.Cadmus Cornfoot - Well, you sure gave us a good taste of southern culture!
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When I asked what it meant, they looked at me and said, back before the Depression, with no wood or candles, they would light a shuck to see at night to go someplace. She used to say she was so hungry she could eat a horse and chase the rider. Im hopefully gonna put em on youtube with my friend for all to see. I had never heard the brains were leather one!Not asking for a fight. "too much stuff (clothes, knick-knacks, possessions in general): sh!t for daysA friend from North sand mountain Alabama used to describe the rich as " have enough money to burn a wet dog".
Born and raised in MSA hissy fit is a grown-up temper tantrum. )When the stoplight has changed:"Over-the-shoulder boulder holders." Don't forget "knee high to a grasshopper," meaning when you were little. This is normal down here. Thanks for writing in!In the saying "ran like a scalded haint" you said you dont know what a "haint" is. You may still hear it if you stop into a country store.Someone once said that when you visit the South, you need a translator. I can honestly say I am thankful I came to be now as opposed to then. At a moments notice, the skies can darken and summer afternoons are filled with churning winds and heavy rain clouds that cool down the southern summer heat.
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