Mississippi lexicon
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Tote'sum: Let's go to the tote'sum and get a pack of nabs and a coke.
Tump: Damn, on the way back from the tote'sum I tumped my coke over in the truck.
Tump can also be used as: He tried to sit down, but he tumped his chair over.
Tump: Damn, on the way back from the tote'sum I tumped my coke over in the truck.
Tump can also be used as: He tried to sit down, but he tumped his chair over.
How about, "Jo Jo potatoe" referring to what they call potatoe logs or potatoe wedges everywhere else.
It is what they called them around Columbus back in the day. Also I have not seen stores anywhere else refer to Budweiser as the "king of brew". Another Columbus gem.
It is what they called them around Columbus back in the day. Also I have not seen stores anywhere else refer to Budweiser as the "king of brew". Another Columbus gem.
"blowed" for blew or blown. Saw that here yesterday posted by a Bear, so it has to be sophisticated. I'll have to practice saying it ....
crick/creek
I actually never in 64 years heard a Mississippian say "crik". When I retired and moved to Colorado - where everyone loves to hear my wife and me talk and make fun of our accents - I hear "crik" all the time by the natives in the Centennial State.
I actually never in 64 years heard a Mississippian say "crik". When I retired and moved to Colorado - where everyone loves to hear my wife and me talk and make fun of our accents - I hear "crik" all the time by the natives in the Centennial State.
I remember " Jo Jo" as a kid from Jr Food Mart in Chickasaw County.. Also, I believe there used to be a "Pack a Poke" store in Houston... I had no idea poke was referred to as a bag by old timers.
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Nigh-uh-laters = Now And Laters
We also called them Annihilaters. I thought they were called this because they blew up your mouth with the tartness.
Chester Droors = chest of drawers
Caw-fee = coffee Don't get me started with the New York coi-fee that I hear all the time.
We also called them Annihilaters. I thought they were called this because they blew up your mouth with the tartness.
Chester Droors = chest of drawers
Caw-fee = coffee Don't get me started with the New York coi-fee that I hear all the time.
Dad would always say something was "shinning like a diamond in a goats ***". Never heard this before until gas monkey garage.
Grabaholtoit
My mom uses this one, and she grew up out West Capital Street about 2 or 3 miles from downtown Jackson.
My grandfather, a sharecropper from Yazoo County who quit school in 3rd grade, talked a lot about scanlers (I figured out he meant scoundrels) & bastids.
Also heard about "shittin' like a tied coon" & how it was "rainin' like a cow pissin' on a flat rock." My dad still uses these.
My mom uses this one, and she grew up out West Capital Street about 2 or 3 miles from downtown Jackson.
My grandfather, a sharecropper from Yazoo County who quit school in 3rd grade, talked a lot about scanlers (I figured out he meant scoundrels) & bastids.
Also heard about "shittin' like a tied coon" & how it was "rainin' like a cow pissin' on a flat rock." My dad still uses these.