#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.
Yat pronunciation of 'toilet,' straight outta New Orleans.
'The fatted bull' — Carnival symbol of the last meat before Lent.
Yat for the kitchen sink.
Gold teeth — a full mouth of them means you're slugged up.
Darling — the universal NOLA term of address, used on anybody.
The whole bundle of New Orleans pronunciations and grammar — 'where y'at?'
NOLA rallying cry — now the Saints fans' battle hymn.
Lit torches carried by walkers in nighttime Mardi Gras parades.
What New Orleans calls a road median.
The car inspection sticker — what every other state just calls an inspection sticker.
The thick New Orleans accent — and the people who carry it.
NOLA-speak for 'your mom and the rest of the family'.
Historic Black NOLA neighborhood near the old New Basin Canal.
Long narrow NOLA house with rooms in a straight line front to back.
Let the good times roll — NOLA's unofficial motto.
Hip-popping, ass-shaking dance born out of New Orleans bounce.
Aluminum krewe coin thrown from Mardi Gras floats.
A historic NOLA neighborhood — Marigny, Tremé, St. John, the whole crew.
Cinnamon ring cake with a plastic baby inside, eaten through Carnival.
A whole lot — pronounced 'bookoo' down in NOLA.
Cajun exclamation of surprise — and also the local word for crappie.
'Fat Monday' — the day before Mardi Gras.
Narrow NOLA row house with rooms strung in a single line, no hallway.
NOLA's cardinal directions — locals don't use N/S/E/W because the river bends.
The elevated stretch of I-10 arching over the Industrial Canal — a NOLA landmark.
Cajun dance party — named after putting the kids to bed.
The one-bar Showboys loop that powers nearly every New Orleans bounce track.
Everybody talking at once — overlapping, chaotic, joyful conversation.
Sausage — Yat pronunciation, roughly SAH-sage.
Local name for the French Quarter — literally 'old square'.
Yat for sidewalk.
Cajun-rooted pet name for a kid or sweetheart.
A shotgun house with a single-story front and a two-story rear.
Yat pronunciation of 'oil' — cooking oil, motor oil, any oil.
New Orleans name for the chayote — vegetable pear, pantry staple.
A voodoo charm to ward off evil — or wish it on someone.
Emphatic New Orleans agreement — the canonical Yat affirmation.
New Orleans for 'how you doing?' — not 'where are you'.
An informal unit of volume — roughly what fit in the giant paper sacks from the old Schwegmann's grocery chain.
Sugar — endearment from older NOLA women, pronounced SHOOG.
To stop in and visit somewhere, not just walk past it.
Flat-bottomed Cajun canoe built to glide through the bayou.
The up-and-down butt-bounce dance — NOLA's original twerk.
A po-boy loaded with lettuce, tomato, pickles and mayo.
Oysters, in the thick Yat accent of working-class New Orleans.