noun Street Slang

turlet

· noun · nola

Yat pronunciation of 'toilet,' straight outta New Orleans.

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Definitions

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How New Orleanians with a thick Yat accent say 'toilet.' Same vowel switch that turns 'oil' into 'erl' and 'boil' into 'berl' — the famous NOLA 'oi'-to-'er' flip that sounds shockingly like old-school Brooklyn. Heard most in white working-class wards like the Ninth and Chalmette.

“Aw baby, the turlet's backed up again — call ya cousin.”
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turlet In A Sentence

Aw baby, the turlet's backed up again — call ya cousin.

Origin & Usage

Yat dialect of New Orleans, shaped by 19th-century Irish, German and Italian immigrant communities — the same linguistic family tree that gave Brooklyn its 'tawk.'

Variants terlet
Tags #nola#yat#hip-hop#southern

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