Words or Phrases From Your Part of America

[wolfpack076]

When I was a kid sneakers were referred to as Bobo's

 

[Tinyman]

When I was a kid sneakers were referred to as Bobo's

Never heard that -- we called them 'tennie runners'

 

[bc22wm]

Maine
Wicked = something good
Ayuh = yes
Door Yard = driveway and maybe the whole front of the house
Down east is actually up north, just on the coast and lastly Bangor ME is BANG-GOR not banger, two G's damn it no matter how it's spelled .

 

[powerboatr]

we called them sneakers

and boy you can shiiit in one hand and wish in the other....

 

[Grayfox]

In the South a "Coke" is any kind of carbonated soft drink.
"Wanna Coke?"
"Yeah."
"What kind?"
"Dr. Pepper."

 

[wolfpack076]

As a kid we never had an electric bill, it was called the light bill.

 

[wolfpack076]

We also didn't have a refrigerator, we had a fridge

 

[Bassbob]

We also didn't have a refrigerator, we had a fridge

We had an ice box.

 

[HayesGreener]

From growing up in farm country, here are a few I can recall:

"That boy's brain don't have enough horsepower to pull a thought"

"Stay between the rows, boy!" (focus on the task)

"Keep your furrows straight" (do a quality job)

"I'd say he's about half a bubble off plumb"

"I might as well be talking to that fence post, boy"

"You can argue till the cows come home......"

"We need rain, the field's are dryer than a popcorn fart"

"Mess with the bull, get the horns"

"That boy's about as useless as teats on a boar hog"

 

[HayesGreener]

How about something vanished " like a fart in a whirlwind or you don't "know **** from shine Ola"

 

[belladonna]

We also didn't have a refrigerator, we had a fridge

We still have a fridge.

 

[belladonna]

When I was a kid sneakers were referred to as Bobo's

In Canada they are called "runners", but when I lived in upstate NY we called them "sneaks".

 

[Tinyman]

"A taco shy of a happy meal"
"Not the sharpest bulb in the pack"

 

[Winchester67]

I still call it an Icebox any my wife, somewhat younger than I am always says "How old are you, really?".

 

[OldGrunt]

I grew up on a dairy farm in the upper Midwest. I remember a lot of these phrases. But there is one my dad used to use a lot. And now I find myself using it all the time. "It'll put hair on your chest!".

 

[Belt Fed]

We had an ice box.

I still call it that

 

[Belt Fed]

As a kid we never had an electric bill, it was called the light bill.

Yep, still call it that too.

 

[Belt Fed]

In the South a "Coke" is any kind of carbonated soft drink.
"Wanna Coke?"
"Yeah."
"What kind?"
"Dr. Pepper."

yep, same here.

 

[Belt Fed]

Also in arkysaw, we be po and backards, ain't narn a soul here gots no shoes so we don't call em anything. choos is fer the rich folks

 

[HayesGreener]

"He'd have been a tall feller if he hadn't turned under so much for feet"