ARE - pronoun. Possessive
case of we used as a predicate adjective. AYER - noun. A colorless, odorless gas (unless you are in LA).
Usage: "He cain't breathe ... give 'im some ayer!"
BARD - verb. Past tense of
the infinitive "to borrow." Usage: "Mah brother bard my pickup truck."
BAWS - noun. A supervisor.
Usage: "If yew don't quit readin' these suthun words an' git back to work, your baws
is gonna far yew!"
BOB WAR - noun. A sharp,
twisted cable. Usage: "Boy, stay away from that bob war fence."
DAYUD - adjective. Not
alive. Usage: "He's dayud, Jim."
EAR - noun. A colorless,
odorless gas (unless you are in LA). Usage: "He cain't breathe ... give 'im some
ear!"
FAHR - noun. A
conflagration. Usage: "If mah brother from Jawjuh don't change the awl in mah pickup
truck, that things gonna catch fahr."
FARN - adjective. Not
local. Usage: "Ah cuddin’ unnerstand a wurd he sayud ... mus’ be from some
farn country."
GUMMIT - Noun. A
bureaucratic institution. Usage: "Them gummit boys shore are ignert."
HAZE - a contraction.
Usage: "Is Bubba smart?" "Naw ... haze ignert."
HEIDI - noun. Greeting.
Usage: "Heidi neighbor, whuz gone on?"
HIRE YEW - Complete
sentence inquiring as to the well-being of another. Remainder of greeting. Usage:
"Heidi. Hire yew."
JAWJUH - noun. A state just
north of Florida. Capital is Hot-lanta. Usage: "Mah brother from Jawjuh bard mah
pickup truck."
JEW HERE - Noun and verb
contraction. "Did you hear" Usage: "Jew here that mah brother from Jawjuh
got a job with that bob war fence cump'ny?"
MUNTS - noun. A calendar
division. Usage: "Mah brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck, and Ah ain't herd
from him in munts."
RAHTS - noun. Entitled
power or privilege. Usage: "We Suthuners are willin' to faht for are rahts."
RETARD - Verb. To stop
working. Usage: "Mah grampaw retard at age 65."
SEED - verb, past tense of
to see. Usage: "Ah seed what heed done"
TAHR - noun. A tall
monument. Usage: "Lord willin' and the creek don't rise, Ah sure do hope to see that
Eyeful Tahr in Paris sometime."
TARRED - adverb. Exhausted.
Usage: "Ah just flew in from Hot-lanta, an’ boy mah arms are tarred." |