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REDNECK DICTIONARY
This is the OFFICIAL UNABRIDGED REDNECK DICTIONARY for your personal reference while visiting this site. Feel free to refer to it as it becomes necessary during your visit.
A
Ah: The thing you see with, and the personal pronoun used denoting individuality.
"Ah think Ah've got somethin' in mah ah."
Ast: To interrogate or inquire, as when a revenue agent seeks information about
illegal moonshine stills. "Don't ast me so many question. It makes me mad."
Attair: Contraction used to indicate the specific item desire. "Pass me attair
gravy, please"
Awl: An amber fluid used to lubricate engines. "Ah like attair car, but it sure
does take a lot of awl."
B
Bawl: What water does at 212 degrees Fahrenheit. "That gal cain't even bawl
water without burnin' it."
Bleeve: Expression of intent or faith. "Ah bleeve we ought to go to church this
Sunday."
C
Cent: Plural of cent. "You paid five dollars for that necktie? Ah wouldn't give
fiddy cent for it."
Co-cola: The soft drink that started in Atlanta and conquered the world. "Ah
hear they even sell Co-cola in Russia."
Cyst: To render aid. "Can Ah cyst you with those packages, ma'am."
D
Dujuonto: Interrogatory. " Dujuonto go fish'in this eve'nen ?"
Dawg: Canine of either gender. " That sho nuff is a prddy coon
dawg . "
E
Everwhichaways: To be scattered in all directions. "You should have been there
when the train hit attair chicken truck. Them chickens flew everwhichaways.
F
Far: A state of combustion that produces heat and light. "Ah reckon it's about
time to put out the far and call in the dawgs."
Flares: The colorful, sweet-smelling part of a plant. "If yo wife's mad at ya,
it's smart to take her some flares."
Fur: Measure of distance. "It's a fur piece ta Etlanna."
Fur: Because of or to indicate possession. "Fur yew ta get attair new car yew
gotta go see Bubba bout a loan."
G
Gwine: The process of moving along. " Ah'm gwine to church this Sunday."
Good ole boy: Any Southern male between age 16 and 60 who has an amiable
disposition and is fond of boon companions, strong drink, hound dawgs, fishin',
huntin', and good lookin' women, but
not necessarily in that order. " Bubba's a good ole boy."
Griyuts: What no Southern breakfast would be without - grits. "Ah like griyuts
with butter and sawt on'em, but Ah purely love'em with red-eye gravy."
H
Hale: Where General Sherman is going for what he did to Etlanna. (Atlanta)
"General Sherman said "War is Hale" and he made sure it was."
Hep: to aid or benefit. "Ah can't hep it if Ah'm still in love with you."
I
Idinit: Term employed by genteel Southerners to avoid saying Ain't. "Mighty hot
today, idinit?"
J
Jew: Did you. "Jew want to buy attair comic book, son, or just stand there and
read it here?"
K
Kumpny: Guests. "Be home on time. We's havin' kumpny for supper."
L
Law: Police, or as Southerners pronounce it, PO-leece. "We better get outta
here. They's done called the law."
Likker: Whiskey; either the amber kind bought in stores or the homemade white
kind that federal authorities frown upon." Does he drink? Listen, he spills more
likker than most people drink.'
M
Mash: To press, as in the case of an elevator button. "Want me to mash yo floor
for you, Ma'am?"
Muchablige: Thank you. "muchablige for the lift, mister."
N
Nawthun: Anything that is not Southern. "He is a classic product of the superior
Nawthun educational system." (sarcasm)
O
Ovair: In that direction. 'Where's yo paw, son?" He's ovair, suh."
Ovyonder: Also a direction. " Let's go ovyonder to Bubba's house."
P
Phraisin: Very cold. "Shut that door. It's phraisin in here."
Plum: Completely. "Ah'm plum wore out."
Prddy: Pleasing or attractive. " That sho is a prddy dress, Mam."
R
Ratcheer: Specific place. " Boy, set yo'reself down ratcheer and be still."
Retch: To grasp for. "The right feilder retch over into the stands and caught
the ball."
S
Saar: The opposite of sweet. "These pickles Sure are saar."
Shovelay: A GM car. "Nobody could drive a Shovelay like Junior Johnson."
Sinner: Exact middle of. "Have you been to the new shoppin' sinner."
Sugar: A kiss. "Come here and give me some sugar."
Shet: To close. " Shet yo'r mouth boy, don't saas yo'r Mama !"
T
They's: Contraction for they is. " They's gwine to town."
Tarred: Fatigued. "Ah'm too tarred to go bowlin' nonight."
Tar Arns: A tool employed in changing wheels. "You cain't change a tar without a
tar arn."
U
Uhmurkin: Someone who lives int he United States of Uhmurka. "Thomas
Jefferson was a great Uhmurkin."
W
War: Metal strands attached to posts to enclose domestic animals. "Be careful
and don't get stuck on that bob war."
Whup: To beat or to strike. "OOOEEE!!! Yer mama's gonna whup you fer sayin' a
cuss word."
Y
Yo: Personal pronoun, you.
Yo'r: The possive forn of the pronoun you. " Shet yo'r mouth."
Yankee shot: A Southern child's navel. "Momma, what's this on mah belly?"
"That's yo Yankee Shot."
Z
Zat:Contraction, Is that. "Zat yo dawg?"
ADDENDUM
BARD - verb. Past tense of the infinitive "to borrow."
Usage: "My brother bard my pickup truck."
JAWJUH - noun. A highly flammable state just north of Florida.
Usage: "My brother from Jawjah bard my pickup truck."
MUNTS - noun. A calendar division.
Usage: "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck, and I aint herd from him
in munts."
IGNERT - adjective. Not smart.
Usage: "Them City boys sure are ignert!"
RANCH - noun. A tool.
Usage: "I think I left my ranch in the back of that pickup truck my brother
from Jawjuh bard a few munts ago."
ALL - noun. A petroleum-based lubricant.
Usage: "I sure hope my brother from Jawjuh puts all in my pickup truck."
FAR - noun. A conflagration.
Usage: "If my brother from Jawjuh doesn't change the all in my pickup truck,
that things gonna catch far."
BAHS - noun. A supervisor.
Usage: "If you don't stop reading these Southern words and git back to work,
your bahs is gonna far you!"
TAR - noun. A rubber wheel.
Usage: "Gee, I hope that brother of mine from Jawjuh doesn't git a flat tar in
my pickup truck."
TIRE - noun. A tall monument.
Usage: "Lord willing and the creeks don't rise, I sure do hope to see that Eifel
Tire in Paris sometime."
HOT - noun. A blood-pumping organ.
HOD - adverb. Not easy.
Usage: "A broken hot is hod to fix."
RETARD - Verb. To stop working.
Usage: "My granpaw retard at age 65."
TARRED - adverb. Exhausted.
Usage: "I just flew in from Hot-lanta, and boy my arms are tarred."
RATS - noun. Entitled power or privilege.
Usage: "We Southerners are willing to fight for our rats." (Today's Southern
Word comes from a school teacher in America's southern most state: Hawaii. As
part of her class's study of the "War of Northern Aggression" (known to
Yankees as the "Civil War"), she showed her class the movie Gettysburg. The
students wondered why the Confederacy was fighting for their "rats." The
answer, of course, is obvious: Southerners have very friendly rats ... in fact,
you could almost say that we have some downright civil rats.)
LOT - adjective. Luminescent.
Usage: "I dream of Jeanie in the lot-brown hair."
FARN - adjective. Not local.
Usage: "I cudnt unnerstand a wurd he sed ... must be from some farn country."
DID - adjective. Not alive.
Usage: "He's did, Jim."
EAR - noun. A colorless, odorless gas (unless you are in LA).
Usage: "He can't breathe ... give 'em some ear!"
BOB WAR - noun. A sharp, twisted cable.
Usage: "Boy, stay away from that bob war fence."
JU-HERE - a question.
Usage: "Juhere that former Dallas Cowboys' coach, Jimmy Johnson, recently
toured the University of Alabama?"
HAZE - a contraction.
Usage: "Is Bubba smart?" "Nah ... haze ignert."
SEED - verb, past tense.
VIEW - contraction: verb and pronoun. Usage: "I ain't never seed New York
City ... view?"
HEAVY DEW - phrase. A request for action.
Usage: "Kin I heavy dew me a favor?"
WARSH - verb. To clean.
SQUARSH - noun. A vegetable (also verb - to flatten).
Usage: "Warsh that squarsh, Bubba ... you don't know where its been!"
GUVMMIT - Noun. An often-closed bureaucratic institution.
Usage: "Great ... ANOTHER guvmmit shutdown!"
Cole's Law: Thinly shredded cabbage
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