Local sayings, now in the time of COVID19 :(

[+ jeezopete]

Earlier today my mother described the doctor who came in, examined her quickly, then left as "a fart in a whirlwind."

[+ jeezopete]

Growing up in rural Indiana, my mother often told me or one of my brothers, "Well you're just S - O - L."

( her abbreviation for "shit outta luck")

[rvwnsd]

I think it depends on where you lived. I worked with a woman a few years ago who said Jewels

True that! My family never said "Jewels" or "Jewel's" We said "Jewel."

[KrisParr]

Visiting grandma in Indiana, I often heard people referring to the K-Marts - emphasis on the plural.

[+ azdr0710]

Missour-ee or Missour-uh???

 

[bostonman]

Blue

 

What it means everywhere else: The color of the sky, or how you describe your mood when you’re feeling a little down.

What it means in Kentucky: The color every University of Kentucky Wildcats fan bleeds.

 

In George Carlin's famous "Seven Words You Can't Say On TV" routine, he also makes a list of terms that describe porn - among them are both "blue" and "off color."

[bostonman]

In this here part of the Northeast, you can often hear someone saying they're going to "Dunks." Which of course is Dunkin' Donuts. Though not anymore, as the chain is officially changing their name to Dunkin'.

 

Though it's pretty rare that I've heard someone say "I'm going to Dunks - do you want to come with?"

[rvwnsd]

As a transplant to Chicago 30 years ago...

 

I heard, and I still say today "I'm going to the Jewel"....

It is the Chicago equivalent of "driving on the [insert highway number here]"

[Beancounter]

It is the Chicago equivalent of "driving on the [insert highway number here]"

As in “I’m driving on the shine 500” ?

[+ bashful]

It is the Chicago equivalent of "driving on the [insert highway number here]"

 

LOL. Your right. When I visited CA, I often took the 405.

[rvwnsd]

As in “I’m driving on the shine 500” ?

Sure, but.I was thinking "the 5," "the 805," "the 91," or

the 405.

[RealAvalon]

From high school. Heat bag … as in "he's a heat bag" (draws the attention of the cops)

[LaffingBear]

the Schuylkill Expressway in Philadelphia has been known as the Surekill Crawlway for decades.....

.

 

Hmmm... living in Central PA... it was the route to the NJ beaches.

I knew it as the ShoreKill

[rvwnsd]

And there’s another one made possible by the advancement of autocorrect! ...

A colleague recently pointed out that autocorrect sometimes inserts an apostrophe before the "s" when a word is pluralized. :eek:

[RealAvalon]

Hmmm... living in Central PA... it was the route to the NJ beaches.

I knew it as the ShoreKill

Shorekill … sounds like Snorkle

[Rudynate]

Two popular phrases one hears almost exclusively in Chicago are "come with" and "go with." Used in a sentence:

 

"Hey, kids, I'm going to Jewel's. You want to come with?"

"He left already." "Dammit, I wanted to go with."

 

 

I think it's generally a Midwestern expression. I worked with a guy from Wisconsin who used it. I think I've heard it from Minnesotans. I adopted it myself years ago because I thought it was an interesting expression.

[rvwnsd]

I think it's generally a Midwestern expression. I worked with a guy from Wisconsin who used it. I think I've heard it from Minnesotans. I adopted it myself years ago because I thought it was an interesting expression.

If you ask anyone in the Midwest who hails from someplace other than Chicago they will tell you it is a Chicago expression. That said., the rest of the Midwest thinks Chicago is not Midwestern and Californians think it is part of the east coast.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

Not so much a regional phrase, but...

 

I love the way native New Yorkers and Bostonians sound telling people to go fuck themselves

Edited August 8, 2019 by Benjamin_Nicholas

[Rudynate]

If you ask anyone in the Midwest who hails from someplace other than Chicago they will tell you it is a Chicago expression. That said., the rest of the Midwest thinks Chicago is not Midwestern and Californians think it is part of the east coast.

 

 

I don't have an opinion about Chicago. I have never been, except to change planes. I will say that I spent my early childhood in western New York, which is a strange hybrid of the midwest and the northeast.

[+ Cock Eyed Optimist]

From southern Illinois:

 

...can't tell shit from Shinola!

...Dumb as goose shit!

...Built like a brick shithouse!

[+ Charlie]

the Schuylkill Expressway in Philadelphia has been known as the Surekill Crawlway for decades.....

.

 

In its early days, it used to be referred to as "the Surekill Expressway."

[Rudynate]

I worked at a gas station in high school. A few guys were talking about how fast they could cum. One older guy said that he was "slower than shit on a sandpaper roof." I don't know if it's a localism, but that is the one time in my life I heard that expression.

[+ Charlie]

Anyone who listens to SoCal traffic reports knows the terms "lookie-loo" and "Sig alert."

[Rudynate]

I spent my adolescence in Rochester NY. Hateful straight folks often use the expression "pousty" referring to gay men. Never heard it anywhere else. I googled it and its Greek. Interesting, because one never thinks of Rochester as being Greek, although most of the coffee shop restaurants used to be Greek-owned.

[RealAvalon]

I spent my adolescence in Rochester NY. Hateful straight folks often use the expression "pousty" referring to gay men. Never heard it anywhere else. I googled it and its Greek. Interesting, because one never thinks of Rochester as being Greek, although most of the coffee shop restaurants used to be Greek-owned.

Would that make me 'pousty faced' when I'm eating ass?