#nola
85 words tagged “nola”
Cajun term of endearment, from French chéri(e).
The unmistakable royal purple of the old NOLA drugstore chain — local shorthand for that exact shade.
NOLA's signature sandwich on crackly Leidenheimer French bread.
Doing the food shop, NOLA-style.
Your mother and the whole rest of the family — one mashed-up word.
A playground slide.
The back-of-town New Orleans neighborhoods, inland from the river toward North Claiborne.
A Mardi Gras club that throws a parade or ball.
Cameron Paul's 1987 drum loop — bounce's second foundational sample.
A mutt — a mixed-breed yard dog, said with affection.
Across the Mississippi from NOLA proper — Algiers, Gretna, Marrero, Harvey.
The twin bridges over the Mississippi linking NOLA to the West Bank.
'Partner' — friendly NOLA address for an unfamiliar man.
Any soft drink in NOLA — temperature doesn't matter.
NOLA bounce variant fronted by queer, trans, and drag performers.
New Orleans — the city's area code used as shorthand for the place itself.
MC T. Tucker & DJ Irv's 1991 single — widely cited as the first true bounce record.
Round Sicilian sandwich stacked with cold cuts and olive salad.
Homemade frozen Kool-Aid in a Dixie cup — NOLA summer staple.
The twin bridges carrying I-10 across Lake Pontchartrain to Slidell.
Onomatopoeia for the flash of diamonds — courtesy of Cash Money, 1999.
New Orleans hip-hop subgenre built on call-and-response chants over the Triggerman loop.
To go to sleep, from Cajun French 'faire dodo.'
A covered NOLA balcony or porch — the lacy iron ones in the French Quarter.
The front steps of a house — and the social spot for sitting out and watching the block.
Variant Yat spelling of 'oysters' — same word as ersters.
Boarding up, stocking the cooler, and partying while the storm rolls in.
A little something extra, on the house.
To boil — Yat pronunciation, as in crawfish berl.
A po-boy ordered plain — 'nothing on it.'
A merry-go-round, specifically the antique one in City Park.
A resident of Chalmette in St. Bernard Parish — usually said with a smirk.
NOLA way of saying 'at my house,' calqued from French.
New Orleans-ese for 'at' or 'to' a place, usually someone's house.
The traditional Mardi Gras shout to a float rider — toss me some beads.
A dragonfly — said to hunt mosquitoes.
Mardi Gras Indians — Black NOLA tribes who mask in elaborate hand-sewn suits.
Plastic cup for taking your drink onto the street — legal in NOLA.
Louisiana's word for what every other US state calls a county.
A whole lot — the NOLA spelling of French beaucoup.