9/20 TUESDAY
Once upon a time, when I was working in Marshfield, Massachusetts, I started a list of slang words/terms I encountered during my two years in New England back in the late 80s/early nineties.
Unfortunately, the list is gone and I can only remember a few words.
Any contributions would be appreciated.
Regular (Regulah)
adj
Coffee with cream and sugar.
I ran into this on my first day in Marshfield. I ordered a donut and a coffee. I answered yes when asked if I wanted my coffee “regulah,” thinking it would mean black. When I suggested to the girl that she’d got my order wrong, she schooled me.
Bullshit
adj
Angry, pissed off, mad
Usage
I got a speeding ticket yesterday. Man was I bullshit.
When Karen finds out, she’s gonna be bullshit.
Frappe
n
Milk Shake
Note
In Rhode Island, a milk shake is called a cabinet
Grinder (Grindah)
n
Submarine sandwich
Note
Not sure if this is really slang, but that’s what they use up there. I wonder if they have Grinderways up there instead of Subways.
Pisser (Pissah)
adj
Cool, awesome, too awesome to describe
Usage
Bill, your new car is frickin’ pissah.
n
bad
Usage
That’s a pissah that you didn’t get a reward for the money you found.
Smoker (Smokah)
n
Blow job
Usage
Uhh....there’s nothing quite like a good smokah to make my day. (as if the usage was necessary)
Stuffy (Might be Rhode Island)
n
Stuffed clam
Usage
I can’t wait to eat those stuffies.
Wicked
adj
Very, a lot, really, awesome
Usage:
That chick was wicked ugly.
Your car is wicked.
Patty was wicked bullshit yesterday.
Masshole
n
Massachusetts driver
Usage
Did you see that masshole cut me off? Now I’m gonna be wicked bullshit the rest of the day. First that bitch at Dunkin Donuts gives me a black coffee instead of a regulah one. Now this! I don’t think even a tasty chocolate frappe would make me happy now. Maybe a smokah would. Yeah....that’d be pissah.
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Dubya Quote of the Day:
''I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe—I believe what I believe is right." Rome, July 22, 2001
3 comments:
Gosh ol Dubya is so articulate!!!
What a Masshole, lol!!
R.
Masshole, um, I think I actually like that one. Wicked was used in the 80's on the west coast as well. The one that really annoys me now days must be a take off from the east coast verbage you speak of. The word is piss, meaning, the best. "Mom, Joe's car is piss."
We are as strict as we possibly can be on our girls using proper grammar. I have overheard conversations from some kids, as well as adults that make me want to strangle them. Dumb ass can't figure out why she can't get a good job, after she tells the boss during her interview that his company is really piss.
Signed, fairly literate.
Tard 4
Good ol' Dubya! The guy is a wicked brain ain't he?
I remember "wicked" on the West Coast when I was a kid in SoCal...but only like "That car was wicked." or "That was one wicked game." The majority of the use of "wicked" in NE was as a substitute for "really", "very," etc.
Piss....can't say I've ever heard that one. Pissah I heard way too much out there in Mass though.
My roommate was from Concord Mass...he had such a thick accent, and I was so new to NE, thatI could barely understand him. He was even worse when he was drinking. I used to say, "Hey Jim, turn this way when you're talking to me so I can read your lips and understand what the hell you're saying." Or something like that. I got accustomed to it eventually.
Time to work on a resume that The Warden volunteered me to do for a friend of ours. I need to start charging people for this shit!
Cj
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