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What are some glorious expressions that only make sense in your local area? (NSFW probably) (self.AskReddit)
submitted 4 months ago by boredco
As a Londoner I humbly submit the phrase "to change at Baker Street", a sexual term referring to the only place on our underground railway where you can change from the pink tunnel to the ...ahem.. brown tunnel
[–]bedsuavekid 1494 points1495 points1496 points 4 months ago*
In South Africa we have the following expression: "Jou ma is so besig om te naai jy's uit haar gat gebore."
Directly translated, it means, "your mother was so busy fucking, you had to be born out of her arse."
However, it is colloquially understood to mean, "I dislike you."
EDIT: By request, here is an audio file of how to pronounce it. I apologise for the audio quality, I was limited to a kak built-in webcam mic.
[–]NiceGuyMike 997 points998 points999 points 4 months ago
I just like how you needed to make this clear.
[–]bedsuavekid 270 points271 points272 points 4 months ago
Well you might have misconstrued it as a factual statement about your mother, you see. It isn't.
[–]theghostofme 343 points344 points345 points 4 months ago
It really is good he cleared that up, because I was assuming it was a term of endearment. Kinda like how Aussies call everyone "cunt."
[–][deleted] 185 points186 points187 points 4 months ago*
HAHA yeah. I had a housemate who lived in Aus for a long time and has an Aus girlfriend and he used to refer to guys as cunt and before i knew it i was doing it too.
"Oh that cunt" "This cunt was just..." "You know the cunt I'm on about" "This maaaaad cunt" "Easy cunt whats goin on?" and so on.
It's mainly used to refer to a guy. For girls you just replace cunt with bitch.
edit: I should also add that "Sick cunt" or "Safe cunt" was also used to mean "nice guy" or "cool guy". Same with "sound cunt"
[–]gentlemanofleisure 71 points72 points73 points 4 months ago
australian here. you will not get away with calling girls bitches here. that's considered rude.
calling someone a sick cunt is considered high praise.
[–]fanciullagenteel 13 points14 points15 points 4 months ago
To be called a mad cunt is also quite an honour in many social circles.
[–]badgerfish 52 points53 points54 points 4 months ago
People from Caernarfon, North Wales,(UK) say ''Cont'' instead- It's the same word, same endearing sense just in a fucked up North Walian accent.
[–]hoodie92 451 points452 points453 points 4 months ago
Oh what a coincidence, in Manchester (UK) we have a term, "suck my hairy balls".
It is colloquially understood to mean "suck my hairy balls".
[–]vishtr 193 points194 points195 points 4 months ago
Odd, Manchester, Connecticut (USA) has the same term. I wonder if it's just all Manchester.
[–]BeasKnees 61 points62 points63 points 4 months ago
I used to live in Manchester, Vermont. I can confirm this.
[–]Thinc_Ng_Kap 58 points59 points60 points 4 months ago
Jou ma se poes in 'n fishpaste jar
[–]Graftak 93 points94 points95 points 4 months ago
It's so cool that it is very easy to read for Dutch people.
Jouw moeder is zo druk bezig met naaien, jij moet wel uit haar gat geboren zijn.
[–]emohipster 45 points46 points47 points 4 months ago
I'm Belgian and I understand it too! ... and we didn't fuck up South-Africa! Woo!
[–]Onironaute 108 points109 points110 points 4 months ago
Yeah we fucked up the Congo instead. Whoo!
[–]emohipster 63 points64 points65 points 4 months ago
Woo! Go Belgium!
[–]arecibodog 420 points421 points422 points 4 months ago
Pussy smoke. It means that something is really easy to do.
[–]croma_onion 247 points248 points249 points 4 months ago
Croatia?
[–]arecibodog 166 points167 points168 points 4 months ago
Yep :)
[–]MissEmpathy 54 points55 points56 points 4 months ago
Wait, what? Where exactly are you from?
[–]WhyAmINotStudying 415 points416 points417 points 4 months ago
The internet.
[–]scamps1 649 points650 points651 points 4 months ago
In Wales, "now" means in the near future.
"I'll be there now"
or "I'll be there now in five minutes"
[–]baconbourbon 565 points566 points567 points 4 months ago
That must mean I have friends from Wales. Those fuckers never mean now properly.
[–]SandwhichMaker 206 points207 points208 points 4 months ago
We go by Welsh time.
[–]ctnguy 79 points80 points81 points 4 months ago
Interesting! In South African English "just now" or "now-now" is used in a similar way, to indicate a vaguely indeterminate time in the nearish future. I wonder if it's related.
[–]gnorty 132 points133 points134 points 4 months ago
In England, "Just now" means in the very recent past (a few minutes maybe). I never gave it much thought before. I dunno if this is common usage, ie if the merkins say the same
[–]FuckingDIY 110 points111 points112 points 4 months ago
Same for us Americans. Just now means something just happened within the past few seconds/minutes.
[–]PancakeGenocide 14 points15 points16 points 4 months ago
The lack of an apostrophe for "'merkins" confused me greatly. You see, a merkin, no apostrophe, is a sort of wig for your crotch.
[–]Orphe 621 points622 points623 points 4 months ago
'They have a face like a Lurgan spade' - That person is ugly.
'Ah we're sucking diesel now!' - Were doing well!
'You're winding me up' - You're making a joke of me.
'Wind your neck in' - Stop acting nonsense.
'Dead on' - Great.
'Mucker' - Friend.
'Bake' - Face.
'Kick his fuck in' - Beat him up.
'Mon to fuck' - Hurry up.
'Stop faffin' about!' - Stop messing around.
Northern Ireland, ladies and gentlemen. We have hundreds more.
[–]barbarianbob 446 points447 points448 points 4 months ago
Kick his fuck in
I'm going to have to start using that more often
[–]popular_opinion 190 points191 points192 points 4 months ago*
'Get her bucked!' - Carry on
'Bake on ye like a busted guttie' - That person is ugly
'Any fuckin danger, mate?' - Hurry up
'Bout ye?' - Hello
'Well?' - Hello
'What's the craic' - Hello
We have many ways of saying hello
[–]dingle_hopper1981 78 points79 points80 points 4 months ago
Yeoooghh GHHGHB!!
[–]IforgotwhatIwasdoing 13 points14 points15 points 4 months ago
I'm going to steal "Any fuckin danger, mate?". Hope you don't mind, but too bad if you do.
[–]dingle_hopper1981 36 points37 points38 points 4 months ago
Hi boy now she's suckin' diesel!
Aye, yer ma's yer da, like!
'She's a bake on 'er could eat an apple through a letterbox.'
Or 'Her blurt's so big it'd be like fuckin' a hotdog down Royal Avenue.'
[–]tomaso 45 points46 points47 points 4 months ago*
Good aul bakebook.com
Àlso, Donegal: "Yes Sham!! Craic wit ye?" = "Hello my good friend, what is happening in your life?"
"that's while altogether" = "that is of extreme circumstances all round."
EDIT: "That's quare" = " That's strange"
"banter" is definitely the one I've picked up most going to Uni in the North.
EDIT2: @JaMurphy, here shift is just frenching, but up North everytime I mentioned getting the shift in a club, horrified looks were given. Turns out it's the ride up there.
[–]Widsith 918 points919 points920 points 4 months ago
Here in Paris, a ticket de métro is (as well as the obvious) a type of pubic hair styling – just a very small strip of hair.
I have heard different explanations of the phrase: either it's because supposedly you hold a metro ticket down and wax round the edges, or it's a reference to the thin black strip on the back of the tickets.
Soon after I moved here I was chatted up (I think) by a girl in a bar who was telling me coyly that she had got a ticket de métro that day, and I kept thinking why is she telling me this boring story about public transport? Idiot.
[–]adfu 609 points610 points611 points 4 months ago
So like a 'landing strip' ?
[–]Widsith 257 points258 points259 points 4 months ago
That's the one! I couldn't think of the English equivalent for a moment there.
[–]megablast 154 points155 points156 points 4 months ago
Map of tasmania is common in Australia. Go have a look at the map of tassie.
[–]winterandautumn 144 points145 points146 points 4 months ago*
I say grow that shit like a jungle
Give 'em something strong to hold on to
Let it fly in the open wind
If it gets too bushy you can trim
[–]seekerdarksteel 86 points87 points88 points 4 months ago
Relevant
[–]olympicairways 60 points61 points62 points 4 months ago
I shudder to this what an Oyster Card would be then...
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[–]RoarYo 287 points288 points289 points 4 months ago
Leeloo Dallas multipass
[–]FrankNStein 131 points132 points133 points 4 months ago
Yeah, yeah, she KNOWS it's a Multipass.
[–]Citadel_97E 29 points30 points31 points 4 months ago
Muuuuuuuultiiiiiiiii paaaaaaassssssasss
[–]Juerves_Mercules 50 points51 points52 points 4 months ago
When I was in Afghanistan I tried to get the locals to call their ID a Multipass. I failed.
[–]somalipirate 135 points136 points137 points 4 months ago
"i'd have to be dug out of her." = "she's very attractive" (Dublin, Ireland)
[–]MsAnnThrope 46 points47 points48 points 4 months ago
That actually makes perfect sense to me.
[–]POiNTx 112 points113 points114 points 4 months ago
In Belgium (and the Netherlands) we have all sorts of crazy expressions. If you translate them to English they won't make any sense. For example:
Finally the monkey comes out of the sleeve. -> When the truth is finally out.
Lurking the cat out of the tree.->Sitting, looking at a situation but doing nothing.
Buying a cat in a bag.->If you bought something stupid, worthless, scam.
Fat neck.-> When someone is very pretentious and always talks about himself.
My coin just dropped-> When something finally makes sense.
[–]cestbizarre 74 points75 points76 points 4 months ago
In English, there's also the expression "the penny dropped" to mean when something finally makes sense (or I think I've more commonly heard it used in the context of "waiting for the penny to drop", when you're waiting for someone else to figure out what just happened).
[–]thelibrarina 11 points12 points13 points 4 months ago
Buying a cat in a bag
I've heard people over 50 say "a pig in a poke" which basically means the same thing. I'm from southwestern Ohio.
[–]KevenM 495 points496 points497 points 4 months ago
I heard this one a couple weeks ago. Finnish expression:
Suksi vittuun
(Go ski into a cunt)
[–]midnightwalrus 679 points680 points681 points 4 months ago
So is this the act of colliding with an Australian on the slopes?
[–]moving0target 85 points86 points87 points 4 months ago
Yoonz = You and those with you.
Yont to? = Would you like to?
Poke = any sort of bag
Flatlander = anyone who lives at a lower altitude than you, but more those who live anywhere but Appalachia.
Hillbilly = a person of surpassing taste in choice of dwelling, apparel, profession, and choice of relatives.
"I love you like Peter loved the Lord..." - often followed by "but" and a description of what will befall you should you ever repeat your most recent action.
"Your ass..." - refers to any part of your body separately or as a whole. "I'm gonna hit yer ass in the head with a rock!"
[–]pegwole 50 points51 points52 points 4 months ago
Bless your heart.
[–]queenclean3 636 points637 points638 points 4 months ago
Here in Cincinnati, Ohio a three way is spaghetti, chili, and cheese; not a sexual act :)
[–]blademak 552 points553 points554 points 4 months ago
Not my story, but I'll tell it anyway...
My friend and I are medical students in an Ohio-bordering state. My friend and a doctor had a patient in his mid-teens who was complaining about stomach pains; he was accompanied by his mom. While they were asking him about things he'd eaten lately, he turns to his mom and nonchalantly says "Well we did have that three way yesterday." My friend couldn't control himself and burst into a full doubled-over, tear streaking, red-faced laughing fit.
tl;dr: medical students make patients never want to see a doctor again
[–]cookie_partie 91 points92 points93 points 4 months ago
I work with medical students. I never want to see a doctor again.
[–]camisadelgolf 14 points15 points16 points 4 months ago
Also in Cincinnati, when we want someone to repeat a sentence, we say, "Please?"
Out-of-towners often reply with, "Please? Please what? What do you want from me?" It comes from German, where they often say "bitte". Among other things e.g. you're welcome, it also means "please".
[–]cruxix 227 points228 points229 points 4 months ago
What do you call a sexual act involing spaghetti, chili and cheese?
[–]masedogg 519 points520 points521 points 4 months ago
Heaven
[–]tanmandu 259 points260 points261 points 4 months ago
A Tuesday night.
[–]Mickey_Malthus 73 points74 points75 points 4 months ago
A Cincinati chili transfer?
[–]iGhandi 49 points50 points51 points 4 months ago
The Aristocrats!
[–]rco8786 59 points60 points61 points 4 months ago
Skyline chili. Noooommmmm.
[–]StraightfromSTL 25 points26 points27 points 4 months ago
as a fellow cincinnati resident, I notice that its also like that anywhere that has a steak n shake
[–]incredibad29 86 points87 points88 points 4 months ago
As a Canadian, all I can say, is Oh god, Skyline Chili. MMMMMMMM.
[–]ithrowtoasters 843 points844 points845 points 4 months ago*
In Egypt, "Eagles perch upon his mustache" is a way to compliment a man with well-groomed facial hair.
Edit: In Arabic: شنبه يوقف عليه صقر
[–]Chrollo 535 points536 points537 points 4 months ago
I'm Egyptian. This expression is not about facial hair. It's used to describe a man who is, for lack of a better word, manly. Chivalrous. A man's man.
[–]ithrowtoasters 141 points142 points143 points 4 months ago
Yup, totally right! What I guess I meant was is that a man's man, in an Egyptian's eyes, has a mustache, or some other serious facial hair.
[–]Chrollo 172 points173 points174 points 4 months ago
Yeah, a lot of Arabs still can't let go of this notion that a moustache = masculinity.
My mom, every day: ربي شنبك خليك راجل (Grow your moustache, be a man!)
[–]OneWarning13 102 points103 points104 points 4 months ago
Beeee a man! Doooo the right thing!
[–]tophattomato 122 points123 points124 points 4 months ago
This is, perhaps, the best thing I have heard.
[–]Privatebrowsingatwrk 35 points36 points37 points 4 months ago
I have to use this one more.
[–]bartleby 374 points375 points376 points 4 months ago
In Chicago, we call it a Belmont Transfer.
[–]nodefect 64 points65 points66 points 4 months ago
In Paris that would be either Châtelet, Opéra or Réaumur. Depending on the shades of pink and brown you want. Maybe Chaussée d'Antin if she's sick.
... I think I just made myself want to puke just by looking at a metro map.
[–]AnalBurns 61 points62 points63 points 4 months ago
In Manhattan, transfers are slightly different...
[–]lemur84 160 points161 points162 points 4 months ago
We have a similar train-related expression in Edinburgh. There are two train stations in the centre of Edinburgh: Waverley Station - one of the central hubs of the Scottish rail system - and the much, much smaller Haymarket Station, situated barely a mile west of Waverley.
The Glasgow-to-Edinburgh mainline stops at both Haymarket and Waverley - in that order - on its way to the capital and, as such, the phrase 'Getting off at Haymarket' has found its way into the Edinburgh lexicon to mean, of course, 'pulling out early'
[–]kilted_penguin 57 points58 points59 points 4 months ago
I remember my sex ed teacher specifically saying "getting off at Haymarket is not a form of contraception". Took 13 year old me a while to grasp understand what was going on.
[–]MissEmpathy 78 points79 points80 points 4 months ago
Gah. This one's awful. In Puerto Rico, we say "me cago en la madre" when we're frustrated with something. Translation: "I shit on the mother." If my car won't start: I shit on the mother of this car. Yeah. I never really gave it much thought living on the island. No one does. But when I had to translate it to English, I realized how truly fucked up that expression is.
[–]pandalust 53 points54 points55 points 4 months ago
comes from "me cago en la madre que te pario"(i shit on the mother that birthed you) extremely common in Spain.
[–]nathanbatson 257 points258 points259 points 4 months ago*
"... and I'll be shitting in high cotton." - I'll be in a comfortable situation.
Edit: North Carolina, but I don't know of any Tobacco based expressions...
[–]sailsman 47 points48 points49 points 4 months ago
I grew up in cotton country (Texas) and have heard this my whole life. I can't for the life of me figure out how it started.
[–][deleted] 76 points77 points78 points 4 months ago
Slaves picking cotton. cotton plants are high, so they don't have to bend to pick it. Thus they're in "high cotton" and having a good day.
[–]njantirice 21 points22 points23 points 4 months ago
I can't be the only one imagining sitting in a 10 foot pool filled with cotton and shitting. That'd be heavenly.
[–]Tarkanos 13 points14 points15 points 4 months ago
Not as pleasant to imagine natural cotton, which is full of spiky little bits that make it painful to pick.
[–]garr1s0n 56 points57 points58 points 4 months ago
if you're from philadelphia, the word "jawn" can be used as pretty much a direct replacement for any noun
an example yo lemme get that jawn over there
as seen in urban dictionary
[–]Xenxe 158 points159 points160 points 4 months ago
There's 2 types of weather here. Raining and going to rain.
[–]Love_Bulletz 63 points64 points65 points 4 months ago
Portland?
[–]shaddupsevenup 64 points65 points66 points 4 months ago
Vancouver?
[–]veggie-dumpling 18 points19 points20 points 4 months ago
No, in Vancouver we also have hot and sunny for 2 months straight and the mountains are on fire.
[–]dapulli 90 points91 points92 points 4 months ago
Manchester, UK?
[–]FigmentofImagination 219 points220 points221 points 4 months ago
Anywhere, UK?
[–]Gortos 110 points111 points112 points 4 months ago
In our area of the alps, we use a word ("Fotzn") synonymously for the face, the mouth and the vagina. Rest of Germany uses it too, but to them, it just means "cunt". Hilarity ensues when one of us says the equivalent of "You shut your cunt!" to one of them (also, physical violence).
[–]cableman 148 points149 points150 points 4 months ago*
In Croatia we have:
"Jebem ti mater", roughly translated to "I fuck your mother", and a variation "Jebao ti pas mater", "A dog fucks your mother" (it's not meant to insult one's father, strangely)
A response when someone says "osam" ("eight"), is "Na kurcu te nosam", translated to "I'm carrying you around on my dick". A child-appropriate response is "Nos ti posran", which doesn't even rhyme, and means "You've got shit on your nose".
Then there's "Idi u pičku materinu", meaning "Go into your mother's pussy", "Jeb'o te led", which is used when you're surprised meaning "You're fucked by ice"
I may have gone overboard with Croatian Cursing 101, but I believe these phrases might be interesting to all of you non-Croat people.
[–]dmhouse 137 points138 points139 points 4 months ago
A response when someone says "osam" ("eight"), is "Na kurcu te nosam", translated to "I'm carrying you around on my dick".
You literally mean like the following?
What time are you going to the party tonight? Oh, say around eight? I'm carrying you around on my dick.
[–]cableman 78 points79 points80 points 4 months ago*
Exactly. "Osam" ("eight") rhymes with "nosam" ("I'm carrying around"). Though adults don't really do that, just kids, the older ones do the dick thing and the smaller ones do the shit thing. They mostly try to get people to say "eight" just so they can reply. It's not as widespread as all those other curses which are used in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia too.
[–]RyanCacophony 53 points54 points55 points 4 months ago
This is probably the strangest thing I've read in the thread
[–]dorisfrench 205 points206 points207 points 4 months ago
Oklahoma: "Coke" means every kind of carbonated beverage.
[–]Jeffuary 102 points103 points104 points 4 months ago
One of my good friends is from Alabama, and he's always upset with waiters: "They didn't even ask me what kinda Coke I wanted".
[–]Mortelle 205 points206 points207 points 4 months ago
Same phenomenon occurs in many parts of Texas. Drives me insane. My sister asked me to get her a Coke one day when I went to Sonic, and when I came back with one, she was like, "Eewwww! This isn't Dr. Pepper!" /sigh I'M NOT A MINDREADER YOU COKE-FOR-EVERYTHING BASTARDS.
[–]BigCheeseyNuggets 193 points194 points195 points 4 months ago
''Ah ya fucking bastart ye!'' Is generally used in Glasgow to express extreme pain.
[–]winterandautumn 185 points186 points187 points 4 months ago
And most other emotions, for that matter.
[–]Wombles 23 points24 points25 points 4 months ago
Reminds me of the time during Hurricane Bawbag and I saw an old man get blown over by the wind, a few of us went over to help him up and the first thing out of his mouth was the above.
[–]Marcob10 206 points207 points208 points 4 months ago
In Quebec we have "fucké le chien" which translates to "fucking the dog", which means screwing up something (not in a sexual way).
Like if you attempt repairing your car and you just make things worse, tu as fucké le chien.
[–]KokkeTheKid 436 points437 points438 points 4 months ago
We say "screwed the pooch" in WI
[–]Cool_Story_Bra 80 points81 points82 points 4 months ago
We use that in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan too.
[–]Roentgenator 60 points61 points62 points 4 months ago
Whippin shitties up there this winter, eh?
[–]kashmirGoat 31 points32 points33 points 4 months ago
ya, ya, ya... You betcha.
[–]Ameisen 29 points30 points31 points 4 months ago
Older people in Chicago do as well.
[–]westknife 66 points67 points68 points 4 months ago
I worked with a guy from Vancouver who used to say "fuckin' the dog" (in English) just to mean like shooting the shit, doing nothing, hanging around, etc.
[–]Bayzil 67 points68 points69 points 4 months ago
I worked as a labourer for a contracting company before I started college, (I'm also Canadian, but from Ontario) and "fucking the dog" was a regular part of our vocabulary.
e.g. "What did you guys do today?" "Fucked the dog."
"So and so probably spent all day fucking the dog."
And so on. Poor dog.
[–]Wang_Davenport 44 points45 points46 points 4 months ago
My experience exactly, with the slight difference in how much time you wasted. So it would range from "I was just fucking the dog" to "I fucked a pack of dogs" to "I fucked a whole kennel's worth today"
[–]BleuNuit 18 points19 points20 points 4 months ago*
Some classics from Quebec:
Tire toi une bûche [pull yourself a log] means take a seat.
Attache ta tuque avec de la broche [attach your beanie with stapler pins] means shit is gonna get real.
Se péter les brettelle : (doing this) means to burst in pride (generally imply it is without merits)
Va péter d'in(dans les) fleurs [Go fart in the flowers] means fuck off
Maybe a Quebecers with a better grasp of english could traduce these: péter de la broue, Le gars des vues.
[–]shaddupsevenup 17 points18 points19 points 4 months ago
In Ontario, if you say you're "fucking the dog" it means you're not doing anything.
Today at work I just fucked the dog all day
[–]voileauciel 333 points334 points335 points 4 months ago
In southern New Jersey, one often hears: "Yo, I'm goin' to the Wawa for a hoagie and some scrapple. Want a bottle of wudder too?"
[–]xScribbled 331 points332 points333 points 4 months ago
As a Pennsylvanian, I understood that completely.
[–]ScannerBrightly 91 points92 points93 points 4 months ago*
As a former Philly boy, I've always liked two words that don't mean anything anywhere else:
Jawn and the place "East Jibip"
EDIT: Also, "tap Mac" means get money out of an ATM no where else but Philly.
[–]monstereddit 91 points92 points93 points 4 months ago
I used google translate to Australian: "Cunt, I'm gonna fucken IGA for a sanga and some snags. Wanna slab cunt?"
[–]ladyfawn 31 points32 points33 points 4 months ago
please explain wtf this is referring to
[–]filseyphill 425 points426 points427 points 4 months ago
"I am travelling to the local chain convenience store for a submarine sandwich and the scrap parts of butchered pigs run through a grinder, homogenized and formed into a block/brick that is sliced into thin squares, pan fried and served as a breakfast meat. Would you like a bottle of water as well?"
[–]rsumm1337 16 points17 points18 points 4 months ago
I don't think I'd ever think of Wawa for scrapple, but the hoagies? yum.
[–]KaiserFenix 15 points16 points17 points 4 months ago
Sometimes in central jersey too. In north jersey replace Wawa with QuickChek.
[–]NiceGuyMike 38 points39 points40 points 4 months ago
QuickChek is to Wawa what Hydrox is to Oreo.
[–]StraightfromSTL 72 points73 points74 points 4 months ago
St. Louis is the only place where calling someone a hoosier is an insult for white trash trailer park meth heads. Growing up here I couldn't figure out for the life of me why people from Indiana would be proud of this.
[–]roraborealis03 24 points25 points26 points 4 months ago
This confused me when I moved to the St. Louis area. The first time I heard hoosier the St. Louis way was when I went to the gay bar in Alton and my friend said it was super hoosier, but decent. I just kept thinking, how do people from Indiana relate to a gay bar in Alton?
[–]Narcolepsy83 108 points109 points110 points 4 months ago
Im from south Louisiana and coonass is the first word that comes to mind.
[–]toolatealreadyfapped 85 points86 points87 points 4 months ago
I'm a Louisiana Cajun transplanted to NY. I talked about being a coonass, and my friends were all "dude! You're gonna get stabbed saying that in public!"
[–]NoNomad 69 points70 points71 points 4 months ago
In Wisconsin we have a brand of ATM called Tyme, so you often hear people ask "Where's the nearest Tyme machine?"
[–]Lord_Kruor 693 points694 points695 points 4 months ago*
Cunt.
Cunt is Australian for hello.
Edit: and on second thought it is actually interchangeable with every noun and adjective in the English language. Not quite as versatile as Fuck (fuck enjoys verbs too) but still useful.
[–]3atcat 292 points293 points294 points 4 months ago
nuh-uh, Cunt is Scottish for person.
[–]Lord_Kruor 150 points151 points152 points 4 months ago*
So in a hypertherical hypothetical hybrid nation of Scotland and Australia the sentence "cunt cunt" would be grammatically correct? Nice
Edit: derp
[–]cal679 68 points69 points70 points 4 months ago
This cunt's right.
[–]rayfe 783 points784 points785 points 4 months ago
CUNT. YES, THIS IS DOG.
[–]zero_iq 1280 points1281 points1282 points 4 months ago
CUNT. AH YEAH, THIS IS DINGO, MATE.
FTFY.
[–]markstrech 40 points41 points42 points 4 months ago
cunt how are you?
[–]Lord_Kruor 143 points144 points145 points 4 months ago
Cuntly
[–]kdokk 54 points55 points56 points 4 months ago
This is my new favorite adverb.
[–]ScotteeMC 62 points63 points64 points 4 months ago
Also acceptable for greeting any man is the word 'Cunto'.
Alright Cunto, how's it going?
(Maybe that's just in Scotland...not sure)
[–]ilovemodok 14 points15 points16 points 4 months ago
How ya goin', cunt?
[–]tehjamez 98 points99 points100 points 4 months ago
Cunt. Cunt is cunt for cunt. Cunt: and on cunt cunt it is cunt cunt cunt cunt cunt cunt cunt cunt the cunt cunt. Cunt cunt as cunt as cunt (cunt cunt cunt too) but cunt useful.
Cunt is cunt for cunt.
Cunt: and on cunt cunt it is cunt cunt cunt cunt cunt cunt cunt cunt the cunt cunt. Cunt cunt as cunt as cunt (cunt cunt cunt too) but cunt useful.
[–]B1Gpimpin 62 points63 points64 points 4 months ago
Cake eater. Used to insult rich snobs from Edina, MN. Although most people have heard of it from Mighty Ducks.
[–]BeefBayonet03 239 points240 points241 points 4 months ago
Here in Nebraska we like our fights like we like our beer...domestic. Thank you redneck randal.
But in all seriousness, we really have a big problem with that.
[–]Alikese 124 points125 points126 points 4 months ago
IMO American microbrews are among the best beers in the world.
[–]Golden-Calf 12 points13 points14 points 4 months ago
My dad's been brewing for 30+ years and he agrees (he's Irish/English, we live in America though). He thinks that American breweries are more creative than European breweries, because in Europe they tend to stick too firmly to tradition rather than exploring how to make a better beer.
People who aren't into beer will laugh when you tell them American beers are best nowadays.
[–]stickerface 214 points215 points216 points 4 months ago*
I go to University in Bristol (UK). One of the libraries is called the Arts & Social Sciences library. Everybody calls it the ASS library.
Typical conversation - "God I've got so much work to do, I'm gonna be reading in the ASS all week."
Edit: I attend the University of Bristol, not UWE.
[–]Camper_Velourium 141 points142 points143 points 4 months ago
At my college we have the following: The Tit, The Shaft, Big CoC, Little CoC, the G-spot.
[–]Endomandioviza 126 points127 points128 points 4 months ago
Are those places, or just your friends?
[–]StormKid 71 points72 points73 points 4 months ago
"I'm fucking around in the ASS tonight , wanna come?"
[–]gizmo3k 54 points55 points56 points 4 months ago
So if you injure yourself in the library you can say it was a major pain in the ass?
[–]Addequate 55 points56 points57 points 4 months ago
Here in Seattle "Riding the SLUT" is not a sexual expression.
It's a trolley that was unfortunately named for its location in South Lake Union.
[–]Beardicus 18 points19 points20 points 4 months ago
What about "I love Dick's"? To non-seattle people, it sounds like they're saying that they like penis, but in reality, it's the name of a fucking awesome burger place. Their milkshakes are pretty good too.
[–]heavypettingzoos 135 points136 points137 points 4 months ago
"To meet a stranger in the alps" = To eff a man in the ass.
[–]htr123 112 points113 points114 points 4 months ago
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS
[–]lagunka 70 points71 points72 points 4 months ago
DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MEET A STRANGER IN THE ALPS
[–]schnobpack 23 points24 points25 points 4 months ago
Where I live, Jews have the expression "Taking a ride down Preston Street" (or something to that effect) which means to die, because the Jewish cemetery is on Preston Street.
[–]poorsoi 24 points25 points26 points 4 months ago
I live in Seattle. Saying "The mountain is/isn't out" is pretty common and consistently confuses people who aren't from the area. Since it's so cloudy around here, saying the mountain is out just means that you can see it for the time being. Usually refers to Mt. Rainier.
[–]ImStillAwesome 39 points40 points41 points 4 months ago
Hotdish. It's a type of casserole here in Minnesota, but a very specific type of casserole. Thank you, Wikipedia.
[–]ATribeCalledGreg 104 points105 points106 points 4 months ago
Pittsburgh doesn't have any good expressions that I can think of other than the typical butchering of English that we call Pittsburghese. Such as:
"J'eet J'et?" - Did you eat yet?
"Yinzer going to da stiller game?" - You people are going to the Steeler game?
[–]WhyAmINotStudying 85 points86 points87 points 4 months ago
Yunta? - Do you want to?
4 words in 5 letters.
[–]sorryaboutthatbro 33 points34 points35 points 4 months ago
My personal favorite is "yunnanowhat?" I suppose I would translate that to, "Here's a relevant piece of information." For example, if I said to Bob, "Man, traffic is horrible today," Bob would probably say ,"Yunnanowhat? I heard there was a wreck in the Sahside."
[–]Nancy_Reagan 30 points31 points32 points 4 months ago
You left out two of my favorites. "Slippery" = "slippy," and "elastic"="gum."
[–]clearlyclassy 35 points36 points37 points 4 months ago
"Ahm gowin aht." "Where?" "Josh's hauss." "Ariet. Grabba coupla bo-uls a'milk on yer way back, were all most aht."
I had this conversation when I was particularly tired one day with my roommate who is also from Pittsburgh. We had a friend over from New Zealand who apparently couldn't understand a word I said. Then again, I don't speak very clearly in general, so it might just be that.
[–]jpisul89 12 points13 points14 points 4 months ago
Also forgot "nosey" = "nebby."
[–]BaconSoap145 133 points134 points135 points 4 months ago
In Florida we say, "Wow, it's cold out today!" Usually used at temperatures 75 degrees (Fahrenheit) or below.
[–]candyviolence 25 points26 points27 points 4 months ago*
I'd say it's below 70, not 75.
If it gets under 50, it's pretty much arctic to our thin Florida blood.
Edit: In our defense though, we can handle some damn crazy humidity and heat. Summers here are not fun.
[–]J474 17 points18 points19 points 4 months ago
Not quite a fully used expression, but there was a page in Dr McNinja where one of the characters used the expression A Canal Street Lady's Purse to mean fake, i.e. a fake purse sold on NYC's Canal Street (read the alt text) However, in Manchester, England, Canal Street is the centre of, and synonymous with, the city's 'Gay Village.' I'm sure you can imagine what I initially thought when I read that phrase...
[–]scared2mosh 141 points142 points143 points 4 months ago
Detroiter here. We don't have too many of these that I can think of off the top of my head but here are a few.
"Gimme yo wallet and phone nigga"- hello sire. May enquire why are you walking around at night by yourself?
"im gunna cap yo ass"- sorry good sir but I completely disagree with you
"Shawty! Hey Shawty! Come here girl. You finnneee."- madam you have stolen my breath away. May I be so bold as to as you to accompany me to party this fine evening?
[–]camalittle 56 points57 points58 points 4 months ago
"He mad." - I say. I do believe this gentleman is miffed.
[–]spik31 32 points33 points34 points 4 months ago
The term "Down the road" referrers to a 30 minute drive in Wiltshire, England....
[–]HomeButton 1135 points1136 points1137 points 4 months ago
Here in Jersey, we got this expression where we say "I'm gonna fuck your mother in the ass." It means I'm going to fuck your mother in the ass.
[–]MyAssDoesHeeHawww 738 points739 points740 points 4 months ago
pop goes the collar
[–]Mickey_Malthus 201 points202 points203 points 4 months ago
Here in Boston, "Pop goes the collar" has acquired a second meaning as well.
[–]wellthatdoesit 321 points322 points323 points 4 months ago
You uncircumcised Irish bastards...
[–]charden_sama 177 points178 points179 points 4 months ago
Bahstids.
[–]redditallreddy 131 points132 points133 points 4 months ago
U unsehcumsized Ahrish bahstids.
[–]robertjohnmilner 53 points54 points55 points 4 months ago
At my University, we have the expression "Meet at the penis Fountain" which means to meet outside this piece of architectural genius.
[–]chambee 13 points14 points15 points 4 months ago
In Alberta they have "Give'her" which mean go for it. The first time someone told me that I was drilling a cinder block. Tought the guy was making some sex joke. Also I answered "who?".
[–]Cynicast 26 points27 points28 points 4 months ago
In Germany we have the saying: "Hätt' der Hund nicht geschissen, dann hätt' er den Hasen gefangen." (If the dog hadn't shat, he would have caught the rabbit). Used to complain about a person who laments about things that could have happened if things would have been different, but can't be changed anymore.
[–]JesusJones207 82 points83 points84 points 4 months ago
"The cat had kitten's in the oven, but it don't make 'em biscuits." We say this when out-of-staters move to Maine and have kids. This means that the kids aren't REAL Mainers. Ha.
Maybe people say that in other places too, but I've only heard it around here.
[–]jane_austentatious 129 points130 points131 points 4 months ago
Maine has the most insane level of like, I dunno how you'd even describe it...state-based xenophobia? I've ever seen, anywhere. I've lived here six years and I'm still "from away".
[–]cyco 23 points24 points25 points 4 months ago
Alaska refers to the rest of the world as "Outside" like some creepy sci-fi novel. Hard to top that.
[–]nyosdfyer 21 points22 points23 points 4 months ago
It's true. I was there a couple years ago and the first thing people asked me is "where are you from?" The second thing is "what are you doing here?" I'm from NC and we have our fair share of regional xenophobia("we dont give a shit how you did it up north") but I felt like people were just naturally suspicious of me in Maine just because Im not from Maine.
[–]M35Dude 20 points21 points22 points 4 months ago
Really? Maine? The state that even cartographers forget is there?
[–]BantamBasher135 12 points13 points14 points 4 months ago
That's because they are "from away" and get shamed into leaving before they can finish their surveys.
[–]Jimmybucks 21 points22 points23 points 4 months ago
I was trying to think of a good Maine thing. But all I could think of was "ayuh" or "you can't get there from here".
[–]KashmirKnitter 48 points49 points50 points 4 months ago
Oh mother fucker how I hated that. I was in Maine for a week and every time I tried to get directions anywhere from anywhere it was , "Well you can't get there from here, but..." followed by an irrelevant story and then directions of how you TOTALLY COULD GET THERE FROM HERE. I felt like the whole state was trolling me.
[–]lllllllillllllllllll 165 points166 points167 points 4 months ago
"You were conceived on the band sex couch!"
At my city, our high school has a huge band, like a third of the school. Being the pubescent students they were, they were all horny all the time. About seven years ago, our school administration decided to bring a couch into the band common room. Commence the relief of sexual tension.
Apparently, so many people had sex on that couch the first month, the entire band all started smelling like semen and genitals. So they moved the couch away and installed lockers instead.
So now in our area, it's really common to say "You were conceived on the band sex couch!" instead of the normal "Your mom!"
Edit: The legend apparently adds that the couch is somewhere in one of our school's staff rooms, and is still being used for the same purpose, albeit with consenting adults.
[–]JonMW 163 points164 points165 points 4 months ago
That couch sounds like it is in dire need of a viking funeral.
[–]megablast 42 points43 points44 points 4 months ago
In Australia, we call KFC the dirty bird.
[–]sahboe 70 points71 points72 points 4 months ago
We do?
[–]WhyAmINotStudying 106 points107 points108 points 4 months ago
You do now.
[–]shaddupsevenup 13 points14 points15 points 4 months ago
Ack, I had the beer shits last night. I could have shit through the eye of a needle at forty paces.
Canadian
[–]wookieeJoe 12 points13 points14 points 4 months ago
Here in Middlesex VA, the phrase "To go with someone" means to be someone's significant other.
all it takes is a username and password
create account
is it really that easy? only one way to find out...
already have an account and just want to login?
login
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