For lilboo .......let's have some southernisms!

[snuggles]

The worst part is when you say things every day and have to stop to see if they are Southern sayings or not!

It's a toad strangler... its raining so much it would strangle a toad.

Bless your little heart.. now this one can mean several different things depending on how/when you say it. You can say bless your little heart and be very serious like when someone is sick, or you can say it very sarcastic. Its one of those all purpose sayings

Oh and btw, I love collards fried in bacon grease, hushpuppies, and grits. (Not all at the same time)

 

[Grog]

One of my co-workers favorites......

When she would try to explain something simple to someone and they would just get a blank look on their face when they didn't grasp what she was saying, her response would be.....

"Like a calf looking at a new gate"

 

[annemariec]

Grog, that reminds me of the saying, "like a deer caught in headlights". (You know the same blank look).

Annemarie

 

[olena]

These are great!

BTW, some of my folks say 'hockey' They like to say 'Bull Hockey!'. My Mom still says 'Bull Pucky!' with means the same thing.

My Granny has a saying for eating cheese. 'Cheese chok'em butt. No mess for many moons!'



There are others I'm sure, but they're just natural to me. It wasn't until I lived up North that I discovered how southern some of my sayings were.

 

[honeywolf7]

I never realized "that's all she wrote" was a Southern expression...interesting

 

[disnee15]

Cool Beans- everything is cool...

 

[abaldacci]

My mom says "well I hope me to never". When your really shocked.

So and SO died last night "well I hope me to never." What happened?

 

[Buckalew]

Grog,

"Like a calf looking at a new gate"

LOL! In TN we say a donkey instead!

I worked with a girl whose mother would say," Shut your mouth!" when you'd tell her something she found hard to believe.

And how about:
"Does a cat got climbing gear?"
"Does a bear (hockey) in the woods?"

Or I'll say

"we're ready to go back to Disneyworld!" And DH may reply, "We? Have you got a rat in your pocket?"

Snuggles--toad strangler--Keith says that all the time!

 

[slimplaw]

Slicker than snot. I think that is self explanatory. However you don't pronounce the whole word than, it's more slicker 'n snot.
My grandmother always said "slam it d***it" when someone slammed the screen door. She also had the epizooty when she just felt so-so.

 

[dmslush]

uglier than a stump (pronounced ulgier 'na stump)

Means your pretty dang ugly


Your hair looks like a stump full of grand daddy long legs.

Means your hair is matted and needs a brush took to it.

 

[minnieandmickey]

This is just like being at a family reunion. Even though I 'm a native CA girl my family is from Arkansas and alot of these sayins' are pretty common in conversations. LOL!!

 

[Buckalew]

needs a brush took to it.

This may be one in itself!

 

[olena]

My Mom has a few more.

I remembered this from reading....slicker'n snot. She says 'slicker'n owl **** (hockey)

Another favorite of hers slips out when something goes wrong......"**** (hockey) fire, save matches!'



When I get mad at something, I say,"Boy, that just burns my cookies!"