verb
Street Slang
Berl
· verb · nola
To boil — Yat pronunciation, as in crawfish berl.
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Definitions
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To boil. Used about water, crawfish, shrimp, crabs — anything getting dropped in a pot with cayenne and corn. The noun works too: a crawfish berl is a whole afternoon, not just a meal.
“We berlin' fifty pounds a' mudbugs Saturday — come thru.”
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Berl In A Sentence
We berlin' fifty pounds a' mudbugs Saturday — come thru.
Origin & Usage
Classic Yat vowel flip — the 'oi' in boil collapses to 'er', same way 'oil' becomes 'erl'. Lives on at crawfish boils every spring.
People Also Ask
What does berl mean?
Berl means to boil — it's the Yat (New Orleans) pronunciation, as in "crawfish berl."
How do you use berl in a sentence?
"We're gonna berl some crawfish this weekend."
Where does berl come from?
It's the Yat dialect pronunciation of "boil," characteristic of New Orleans speech.
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