Sayings from the Deep South - Looking for contributions

slicker'n a minner's pecker

minner translates to minnow...minner is southern speak fo dat lil fishbait what u be catchin dem catfish wit...aight??

runnin like a stripe'ped ape

better use this un in a run together sentence fer ya'll....the word is striped but pronounced as i writ it

he come thru town runnin like a stripe'ped ape

Those are good'ns, Catfish.

thankee Joe Nation....all comin from an ole boy wit manure tween his toes....muh spellchecker thang blew a fuse though

Quote Joe, "Those are good'ns, Catfish. "

Joe, yo' aint bein paid no attshon. "Them is" wood be mor corect.


Gawn: Departed. "Bo's not here. He's gawn out with somebody else."

Gone: Going to. "You boys just git out there and play football. We gone make mistakes, but they are, too."

Got a good notion: A statement of intent. "Ah got a good notion to cut a switch and whale the dickens out of that boy."

Grain of sense: An appraisal of intelligence, invariably expressed in negative terms. "That boy ain't got a grain of sense."

Gummut: A large institution operating out of Washington that consumes taxes at a fearful rate. "Bill's got it made. He's got a gummut job."

Hahr: That which grows on your head and requires cutting periodically. "You need a hahrcut."

Hod: Not soft, but meaning stubborn or willful when used to describe a Southern child's head. "That boy's so hod-headed it's pitiful."

Hot: A muscle that pumps blood through the body, but also regarded as the center of emotion. "That gull (girl) has just broke his hot."

Hush yo' mouth: An expression of pleased embarrassment, as when a Southern female is paid an extravagant compliment. "Honey, you're 'bout the sweetest, best-lookin' woman in Tennessee. Now hush yo' mouth, Jim Bob."

Howdy CatFisH, right nice of youall to call by.

DAMN!!!!!

I can only understand a few


I still need to improve my English

Where you frum, Tryagain?

thankee Tryagain...i'ma sayin i'm country as cornbread...an muh driveway dont go all tha way to da road

Howdy Eoe, I am frum sowth of the burnt stump. Nice to visit with you.

CatFisH writes. "i'ma sayin i'm country as cornbread"

Yo' is as far from Mississippi, as I are from heaven. More a Yankee I wood tell.

"an muh driveway dont go all tha way to da road"

Most likely, the weel stopped turnin, caus yo' hamsters deed. :wink:

A right smart = a good bit

"Momma, rekkin how much sugar I need to put in this blackberry cobbler?"

"A right smart, I spect, Baby Sister."

Welcome hiyall. Two Missippi folk in one week!

Flat, slap, and plumb: Southern words of emphasis. They all mean about the same thing, but a true Southerner will pick up nuances. "He's flat ugly." "I am slap tired of your lip." "I'm plumb tuckered out."

Thanks, Panzade. Shucks, there's right near three million of us here in Mississippi, iffen you count the hound dawgs. Naw, they'd prolly put it over three million.

This is a marvelous forum! I'm looking forward to exploring it further.

howdy hiyall,

jest coz we got a buncha folks living down heah dont go givin the impression we all up in the middle of the 21st century....why looky heah...went thru a lil place called Midnight, Mississippi jest last week....dat's one helluva speed trap they got there...two mules wit a rope tied tween em...sho nuf slow ya down tho

In Flahrada we call that a speed bump!

How about "might could"? Is anyone familiar with that one? I vehemently denied ever having said it to a Yankee friend who took great delight in pointing it out everytime I used it after that.

Flat, Slap, and Plumb

I believe that was the law firm I used to fight a traffic citation in Allgetout, Oklahoma. I am still serving time there, but the sheriff hasn't noticed I'm gone.

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There's something off bout that boy, like he's a half-a bubble off-a true.

Walks like a three peckered goat.

Talks till it starts raining.
(In West Texas, that could be a long time, or someone who wastes the day, you can't work much in the rain.)

Panzade writes, "Two Missippi folk in one week!"
Well, tie me to a hog and call it a Buick. Aint that a one, must be truein;

Ways things would be ifin Micr'sawft was headquartered in Mississippi :wink:


1. Their #1 product would be Micr'sawft Winders;

2. Instead of an hourglass icon you'd get an empty beer bottle;

3. Occasionally you'd bring up a window that was covered with a Hefty bag;

4. Dialog boxes would give you the choice of "Ahh-ight" or "Naw";

5. Instead of "Ta-Da!", the opening sound would be Dueling Banjos;

6. The "Recycle Bin" in Winders would be an outhouse;

7. Whenever you pulled up the Sound Player you'd hear a digitized drunk redneck yelling "Freebird!";

8. Instead of "Start Me Up", the Winders theme song would be Achy-Breaky Heart;

9. PowerPoint would be named "ParPawnt";

10. Micr'sawft programming tools would be "Vishul Basic" and "Vishul C++";

11. Winders logo would incorporate Confederate Flag;

12. Micr'sawft Word would be just that: one word;

13. New Shutdown WAV: "Y'all come back now!";

14. Instead of VP, Microsoft big shots would be called "Cuz";

15. Hardware could be repaired using parts from an old Trans Am;

16. Microsoft Office replaced with Micr'sawft Henhouse;

17. Four words: Daisy Dukes Screen Saver;

18. Well, the first thing you know, old Bill's a billionaire;

19. Spreadsheet software would include examples to inventory dead cars in your front yard;

20. Flight Simulator replaced by Tractor pull Simulator;

21 Micr'sawft CEO: Bubba Gates;

22. Redman plug'n'play interface;

23. They could still use Ky-row as code name for next upgrade, but Albenny would be the one after that;

24. Screen saver would be a kudzu vine, which would consume your program manager;

25. Instructions for use would include "mash the control key.";

26. The HQ building will be a double wide on cinder blocks, because Micr'sawft is hyear to stay.

another common word usage here that differs from other parts of the US is "fixin" (fixing...i feel i need to translate)in reference to the next activity...used as in the following sentence...

We'z a fixin to go down yonder to dah conah sto and git some mo beer.

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and when we speak of someone with less than adequate noodle power...we say....

'hat boy couldn't outsmart a sack full of hammers.

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muh spellchecker jest had a nervous breakdown...it is now talkin like a real southerner...jest axed me...whar u from boy?

so i tole him...bout 3 miles outside o Potts Camp...turn right 'har by the fire towah whar dat hubcap is a hangin in 'hat big ole oak tree...