Tag

#regional

765 words tagged “regional”

a lick
noun

A tiny amount; a bit of effort.

#american#regional#quantity#noun
hotter than blue blazes
phrase

Extremely hot.

#american#regional#weather#heat
dagga
noun

South African term for cannabis.

#weed#cannabis#420#regional
OD
adverb

Excessively; to do the most

#american#regional#intensifier#excess
bodega run
phrase

A quick trip to the corner store

#american#regional#errand#store
whiskey in a teacup
phrase

A woman who's delicate-looking but tough.

#american#regional#character#idiom
busier than a one-armed paper hanger
phrase

Exceedingly busy.

#american#regional#busy#simile
sammich
noun

Chicago-accent pronunciation of 'sandwich.'

#american#regional#chicago#food
roar
verb

To cry or weep.

#british#regional#emotion#verb
shucky darn
interjection

Kansas exclamation of awe or mild frustration, roughly 'wow!'

#american#regional#kansas#interjection
cald
adjective

Cold

#british#regional#adjective#weather
take the L
phrase

To accept a loss or defeat

#american#regional#loss#defeat
frame thysen
phrase

'Sort yourself out' / get organised.

#british#regional#idiom#phrase
sken
verb

To look or stare; to squint.

#british#regional#action#verb
nyen
pronoun

None

#british#regional#pronoun#grammar
hadaway an shite 18+
phrase

Mature content — open to view.

#british#regional#phrase#disbelief
gan yer ain gate
phrase

Go your own way

#british#regional#phrase#idiom
scat
interjection

Go away; shoo.

#american#regional#shoo#command
woop
noun

Boston for very far away.

#boston#regional#distance
fell
noun

A hill or upland moor

#british#regional#noun#landscape
ope
interjection

Midwest reflex 'oops' when you bump into someone.

#midwest#regional#politeness
scratcha
noun

Bed

#british#regional#noun#furniture
facts
interjection

Total agreement; that's true

#american#regional#affirmation#agreement
howk
verb

To dig, scoop or pick out

#british#regional#verb#action
putter
noun

A boy who pushed coal tubs underground

#british#regional#noun#industry
the hub
noun

Boston (nickname)

#american#regional#place#boston
tore up
phrase

Very upset—or badly broken.

#american#regional#upset#broken
nary
adjective

Not a single; none.

#american#regional#negation#quantity
midgee
noun

A gnat or midge

#british#regional#noun#insect
tab
noun

A cigarette

#british#regional#noun#smoking
the Mitten
proper noun

Nickname for Michigan's Lower Peninsula (and the state) by its shape.

#american#regional#michigan#place-name
watter
noun

Water

#british#regional#noun#substance
ploat
verb

To pluck (feathers)

#british#regional#verb#action
linty
noun

A linnet or wren; something quick

#british#regional#noun#bird
mithering
verb

Pestering, annoying or fussing.

#british#regional#annoyance#verb
cotterils
noun

Money

#british#regional#noun#money
peep
verb

To notice, check out, or look at

#american#regional#observe#look
traipse
verb

To trudge or wander about wearily.

#american#regional#movement#wander
summick
pronoun

Something

#british#regional#pronoun#grammar
nooled
adjective

Broken-spirited; downtrodden

#british#regional#adjective#state