BrainHurtBoy...2 Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 Hello, At the risk of sounding like an asshole, I've been noticing some new slang popping up in Seattle that my out-of-town friends don't know of, so I was wondering a bit about slang that develops in small regions, particularly in the United States. So some of the slang I've heard in Seattle is: Dip(verb): Suddenly leave, Urgently depart: "Dude, cops! We gotta dip!" Hecksa: I've heard hella and hecka, but not hecksa outside of Seattle. Grippa: Many, very: "I'ma get grippa chicken nuggets up in this bitch!" Bareknuckle: A form of street brawling common amongst party-folk, a fight club-like activity of mindless, friendly combat. The Borg: Used when referring to Microsoft. I like this one. That's all the really unique stuff that comes to mind. Anyway, to the point: 1. If you've heard of these, would you please post if so, where in the world you heard it, and from which kind of group (teens, etc.) 2. If your area has local slang, please post that as well. I know this is weird, and again, if I sound like an asshole, I'm sorry, but I needed a friendly environment to test this out in, and I thought this would be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-K Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 (edited) The fact that you think this is a friendly environment amuses me. But I'll play: 1. I generally hear slang from people I want to punch in the face. 2. I heard a friend of mine actually spell out ooh-em-gee once. I punched him. Right in the face. Thread succes! Edited December 31, 2010 by D-K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 'Cheese it!' 'You mean dip it?' 'Cheese dip it!' Being English, I'm afraid I have heard none of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slithy toves Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 i'm from new england and... yes, we really use the word wicked all the time and if you're from new england and say you don't you're a goddamned liar no, we don't like it when people do it to pander to us (i'm looking at you advertisements) i know some people from the south and they use some strange slang that i can't recall at the moment and i've heard people from the pittsburgh area use "yins" a lot, meaning like you all or a variant of "you's" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 Dallas, Tx is full of black people who say things I dont understand. I listen to hip hop and i still dont know what theyre saying, I guess theyre ahead of the curve here. That's all im going to say because im sure ill be called a racist soon enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshi Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 in Nor Cal we say hella a lot. I suppose we also have stupid stuff like hyphy and thizz face. Thizz face - The facial expression on one's face after taking ecstasy/MDMA. A proper thizz face includes one's teeth grinding together or having their mouth closed. The facial expression is often compared to the one in which a person smells urine. Hyphy - Short for hyperactive. The phrase "to get hyphy" refers to when an individual acts or dances in an overstated, fast paced, and ridiculous manner. This is similar to the southern phrase "to get crunk" but without the drug and alcohol references. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainHurtBoy...2 Posted December 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 in Nor Cal we say hella a lot. I suppose we also have stupid stuff like hyphy and thizz face. Thizz face - The facial expression on one's face after taking ecstasy/MDMA. A proper thizz face includes one's teeth grinding together or having their mouth closed. The facial expression is often compared to the one in which a person smells urine. Hyphy - Short for hyperactive. The phrase "to get hyphy" refers to when an individual acts or dances in an overstated, fast paced, and ridiculous manner. This is similar to the southern phrase "to get crunk" but without the drug and alcohol references. We often say hyphy here, as well, but only sarcastically when making fun of Bay Area people. Not that we're any better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudkip3DS Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 Toshi, I thought hyphy was dead. Like, deeeeeeeaaaaad. I didn't know it was still alive, though. Never heard of thizz face (like, wut), but agreed on hella, though. Ohh, also, I hate the Valley Girl omigosh trend. Like seriously, fuck that trend so much. They should have kept it locked inside San Fernando Valley, where it belongs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMagicPony Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 omg muddddds I totes love the valley girl thing? And I like? Say everything like a question? But not at work? Cuz that is totes unprofesh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 I'm going to choke the next person who says "hella". Excluding me, of course... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 Pssh, hella is hella better than hecksa. I'm going to choke the next person who says "hella". Excluding me, of course... Uhm... I mean... You're hella mad, aren't you? B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 I'm going to choke the next person who says "hella". Excluding me, of course... That's heck of rude. HECK OF! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMagicPony Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 I've found myself saying hecka. It's like.... hatch patois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 Oh you guys... But yeah, I dislike that word since the first time I heard it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 I'm not sure how regional this is, but around here people go muddin'. And highways are referred to as "blacktops" to distinguish them from unpaved roads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMagicPony Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 Someone explain to me how it happens that some people say "crick" instead of "creek" and add r's to wash. Warsh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akuam4n Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 i'm from new england and... yes, we really use the word wicked all the time and if you're from new england and say you don't you're a goddamned liar no, we don't like it when people do it to pander to us (i'm looking at you advertisements) i know some people from the south and they use some strange slang that i can't recall at the moment and i've heard people from the pittsburgh area use "yins" a lot, meaning like you all or a variant of "you's" Bahahaha. Yins and Yuns, happens all the time around here. I don't use them because I think I would shoot myself if I did. It's most the older folks, or the young true, honest to god red necks. As for the "warsh", see above. Same thing. No idea how they got that pronunciation though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showmeyomoves! Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 People here say "schloaj" or "sloi" (no official spelling) to mean slut/tramp. I guess the English phonetic spelling would be "shloy". I tend to use this to describe the type of hussies you would only find around here. Then there's "hendig", meaning "very" or "extremely". As in "hendig sjiek, jong!" I think less of people who use that, because that means they grew up here and don't speak normal Dutch. Both of these are quite regional, so I doubt D-K or raine ever heard either of those. Come to think of it, I don't even know where raine is from... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-K Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 From someplace where it's ok to secretly unfriend someone! I was distraught. A broken man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 It's an aged word, but "dillweed" has been coming back. First time I remember it being used was Beavis and Butthead, but years went by before I started to hear it again. I dunno about everyone else, but lately a few people and I have been using "jack." You know, something like, "Man, I'm so jacked up right now..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showmeyomoves! Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 From someplace where it's ok to secretly unfriend someone! ...Rotterdam? I bet it's Rotterdam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slithy toves Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Bahahaha. Yins and Yuns, happens all the time around here. I don't use them because I think I would shoot myself if I did. It's most the older folks, or the young true, honest to god red necks. i had an ex that i stayed friendly with go to college there and the way that i understood it is that it was mostly a steel worker thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akuam4n Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Bahahaha. Yins and Yuns, happens all the time around here. I don't use them because I think I would shoot myself if I did. It's most the older folks, or the young true, honest to god red necks. i had an ex that i stayed friendly with go to college there and the way that i understood it is that it was mostly a steel worker thing? I wouldn't call it just a steel worker thing, but a lot of people that work at plants around here do tend to have thicker accents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 I remember the whole "gotta dip" phrase from my college years, back in 2000-2004 in the Midwest. Grippa sounds pretty dumb to me. Hella has been around for more than a decade, too. I don't think I'm young enough to encounter much new slang in my real life. I do encounter professional lingo all the time, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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