Favorite Southern Expression/Phrase

brittany111 · Oct 25, 2012

Joey Ramone said:
As in: "I dropped my fork, did you see where it went?" "It went up in under the table."

In my family we leave out the in and just say "up under" ("it went up under the table")

One my mom says all the time is "she could argue with a fence post"

Other things we say are

"fixin to"

"comere" (meaning come here)

"warsh" (that is wash with an r like "I'm going to warsh my car")

and of course the infamous y'all

If Not For Grace · Oct 28, 2012

My Grandmother had a menopausal friend who used to decide quite suddenly to "come out" of some of her clothes at rather odd moments and at those times as she was peeling of layers of clothing This Lady would say:

"IF you see something you ain't never seen before, just throw yer hat at it"

Tell me that does not cause you do crack a smile..

If Not For Grace · Nov 4, 2012

"Pinch-poke you owe me a coke"

If Not For Grace · Nov 4, 2012

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BlueLioness · Jul 20, 2013

If Not For Grace said:
What is your most frequent/favorite Southern Expression (word/saying etc.)? (or your LEAST favorite)

I like Mamma&them (yes it's all 1 word)

"Ya'll!" Is what my ancestors used to say.

BlueLioness · Jul 20, 2013

brittany111 said:
In my family we leave out the in and just say "up under" ("it went up under the table")and of course the infamous y'all

Yes, ya'll. o.o

If Not For Grace · Jul 24, 2013

Have I mentioned "Sopping" wet? or Pot Liquor?

misfit76 · Aug 2, 2013

Ya'll Goin' down the road a piece?
Get a drink out of that there water spikit.
Well bless yer heart.
I'm fixin to cook supper.
My dog done runnoft.
Git er done.
That dog don't hunt.
Aint skeered.
Howdy ya'll
Let's go muddin'!

If Not For Grace · Aug 2, 2013

Sho nuff!

Shieldmaiden4Christ · Sep 8, 2013

How Southern can y'all be if y'all don't type y'all correctly?!

If Not For Grace · Sep 9, 2013

Extremely, many of us spell/type like we talk..

Shieldmaiden4Christ · Sep 9, 2013

BTW, it's y'all not ya'll. Southern here, but I happen to be an anthropologist.

Crandaddy · Sep 9, 2013

It's a contraction of "you" and "all." The apostrophe in contractions signifies the omission of letters from conjoined words. Ergo, "y'all."

If Not For Grace · Sep 13, 2013

Plumb Tuckered Out

Dylan Michael · Oct 14, 2013

The Devil is beating his wife.
(It's raining while the sun is shining)

'Lollygag' - I said that once, and my friends didn't understand. When I asked what they thought it meant, their guess was 'to gag on a lollypop'.

WithLoveFromAlyssa · Oct 21, 2013

My grandpa always says.. im "sweatin like a pig" i Don't know if thats southern but hes from Missouri.

If Not For Grace · Oct 21, 2013

"Some people find fault like there is a reward for it" (There's not BTW) like correcting spelling or grammar errors in a "slang" thread. If we went to church together, it would not do any of us any good to go...IJS

TheyCallMeDavid · Dec 17, 2013

If Not For Grace said:
What is your most frequent/favorite Southern Expression (word/saying etc.)? (or your LEAST favorite)

I like Mamma&them (yes it's all 1 word)

Favorite : ' All Y'all '

Least Favorite : 'Sum B _ _ ch '

If Not For Grace · Jan 14, 2014

Who knows what "Cattywampus" means?

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