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'Let's skip this joint' ... 'that place is a dive'. Do you like using slangy terms sometimes?

What are some slangy phrases that you are ok with and would use yourself?

Posted - January 25, 2022
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  • 520
    The ones I still use are:
    He ain't got the sense God gave a goose.
    Let's book.
    Peace out.
    This place is deader than a door nail.
    He don't know whether to wind his butt or scratch his watch.
    Yes, I'm Southern, and these are just a sampling of the slang a lot of us still use around these parts. 


      January 25, 2022 4:26 PM MST
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  • 13395
    Very good!

    Southern...? That was my 'gut feeling'. This post was edited by Kittigate at January 28, 2022 5:22 AM MST
      January 25, 2022 5:15 PM MST
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  • 520
    Southern through and through. 
      January 28, 2022 5:26 AM MST
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  • 13277
    People up north use the same expressions.
      January 25, 2022 8:06 PM MST
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  • 520
    Really? I've had some of my northern friends (New York and Rhode Island) tease me when I've said some of these in front of them. I'm not saying I don't believe you, just stating the reactions of some of my friends. 
      January 28, 2022 5:26 AM MST
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  • 13277
    I have heard them here in New York. But I don't know about Rhode Island. It's one of those states that you'll miss if you blink while traveling through it, just like Delaware.
      January 28, 2022 8:43 AM MST
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  • 520
    My friend from there says pretty much the same thing. 
      January 28, 2022 9:24 AM MST
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  • 13277
    LOL. I did have a fun weekend in Providence many years ago when I visited Brown University as a high school senior, but I didn’t end up going there.
      January 28, 2022 9:53 AM MST
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  • 2999
    I used to when I was trying to be funny. 
      January 25, 2022 4:31 PM MST
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  • 13395
    Keep trying!
      January 25, 2022 5:16 PM MST
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  • 2999
    I am not amused!
      January 25, 2022 7:41 PM MST
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  • 13395
    Ok..
      January 25, 2022 7:48 PM MST
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  • 10052
    I think mine are more expressions and cultural references from days of yore than slang terms. 

    You dig? 


      January 25, 2022 9:08 PM MST
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  • 13395
    Yes, I dig it!
      January 28, 2022 5:36 AM MST
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  • 34246
    I say "fixin' to" or "fittin' to" do something. 

    I am sure I say other things but that is all I can think of at the moment. 

      January 26, 2022 5:24 AM MST
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  • 44602
    Far out.
    Get outta Dodge.
      January 26, 2022 9:44 AM MST
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