What are some phrases/sayings you would only understand if you lived in your area?

[reecejackox]

Alreete lad

 

[Yoshi]

down the shore

Usually it refers to going to the NJ beach towns

 

[wfjny]

Bless Your Heart

 

[Kennywood]

Read up your room!

 

[Jangles]

‘Ych-a-fi’.

 

[mjkacmom]

J’eet yet?
fat sandwich
disco fries
mutz
DTS (text for down the shore)
ripper
gabagool
jug handle

 

[Praying Colonel]

"Directly" instead of "soon," as in "I'll be there directly."

Sometimes even shortened in pronunication from "directly" to "drectly" or "dreckly."

 

[Mysterian]

"I grew up on Sesame Street."

Therefore: "Mahna Mahna"

Sometimes I'll thrown in "Da-doo-da-doo-doo" and "Da-doo-doo-doo".

 

[disykat]

The mountain is out.

 

[georgina]

New to our area, news people referring to the DMV confused me. To me it means dept of motor vehicles, but here it is the DC-Maryland-Virginia area!

 

[TippyThomas]

Plain People

 

[holden]

Wooter

 

[luvnwdwgal]

If someone says “O-H”, you reply with “I-O”

 

[lynxstch]

Geez oh Pete

 

[JLTraveling]

Yat
Who Dat
How's yer mom and dem
Making groceries
Neutral ground
Turnaround
Lagniappe

And if you're not from here, you probably have no idea how to answer, "Betcha I can tell ya where ya got dem shoes."

 

[hopemax]

The mountain is out.

 

[fly girl]

Three way.
(It’s not that kind of 3 way)

One I do not use, nor do I care for it, saying “please” instead of, “excuse me” or “can you repeat that.” It’s not meant to be offensive but it can sound that way if you’re not used to it.

 

[Breezy_Carol]

Joe Jam

 

[Skywalker3]

these are not from where I live now, but where I grew up

where y'at?
down da bayou, and up da bayou
lagniappe
did the mail pass?
couyon
hey cher (sha)
boude (boo-day) like stop boo-daying
out ro-daying

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Wicked
Chowdah
Pahk the cah in Hahvahd Yahd
Dunkies
Packie
Spuckey
Taking the T or the Pike
Banging a u-ey
The Hub
Bubblah