Tag

#south

14 words tagged “south”

shawty
noun

ATL's all-purpose 'you' — anybody, any size.

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shoot-da-chute
noun

A playground slide.

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huck-a-bucks
noun

Homemade frozen Kool-Aid in a Dixie cup — NOLA summer staple.

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flyin' horses
noun phrase

A merry-go-round, specifically the antique one in City Park.

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whatchu talmbout
phrase

'What are you talking about' — slurred and dropped into conversation.

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ova by
preposition

New Orleans-ese for 'at' or 'to' a place, usually someone's house.

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throw me somethin', mista!
phrase

The traditional Mardi Gras shout to a float rider — toss me some beads.

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skeeta hawk
noun

A dragonfly — said to hunt mosquitoes.

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ooowee
interjection

That's outrageous — in the best way.

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get to gettin'
phrase

Move. Now.

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joanin
verb

Roasting, cracking jokes on somebody.

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doubloon
noun

Aluminum krewe coin thrown from Mardi Gras floats.

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camelback
noun

A shotgun house with a single-story front and a two-story rear.

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pass by
verb phrase

To stop in and visit somewhere, not just walk past it.

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