Funny Local Expressions

[Maleah]

I had a heck of a time finding my capo for my guitar! It was like "looking for a needle in a haystack!" But I found it!

[MikeA]

Maleah,

This is not a "local expression" but a dumb one that your "needle" reminded me of:

I've lost my capo. I've looked everywhere for it!



(obviously you haven't or you would have found it!

[Maleah]

LOL! I have to admit, I'm guilty of saying that a LOT! lol!

[ticky]

CLiff came up with one this morning I'd forgotten and actually made me do a spit take.. Sarah was about to eat something off the floor that had icky stuff all over it and he stopped her. He threw it away and as he turned around and walked away he said "eat that and you'll be barfin' like a Sorority Girl" ... that Cliffy...

[Molly]

CLiff came up with one this morning I'd forgotten and actually made me do a spit take.. Sarah was about to eat something off the floor that had icky stuff all over it and he stopped her. He threw it away and as he turned around and walked away he said "eat that and you'll be barfin' like a Sorority Girl" ... that Cliffy...

LOL! And that immediately made me think of "praying to the porcelain god".

This morning my son said his buddy met his new girlfriend when he was wearing "Beer goggles". Which I guess means, she "fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down."

[sodascouts]

LOL! These are making me crack up!!

When I was a college undergrad, I heard lots of different expressions meaning vomiting, throwing up, puking, barfing... whatever you wanna call it! Some I remember off the top of my head:

blow chunks

upchuck

hurl

spew

toss your cookies

hug the toilet



Lovely, eh?

[Glennsallnighter]

LOL! I have to admit, I'm guilty of saying that a LOT! lol!

Maleah.....I've told you a MILLION times not to exaggerate

[AmarilloByMorning]

Oooh college is replete with such glorious expressions... most of the ones I recall are unprintable.

Bit late to the game, but I had to laugh at the list Molly posted translating Wisconsin colloquialisms to, well, American English. On the popular topic of soda vs. pop... When I moved to Illinois with literally my entire life in the back of my Jeep, I stopped right outside of Chicago to buy a Pepsi. The woman at the register inquired as to whether "I'd like to grab one more; pop's two for a dollar." I blinked at her, eyed my bottle of Pepsi and package of gum, thought about my father and what he could possibly have to do with the instant situation, and after a few seconds of dead air managed to decipher her phrase. Welcome to the Land of Lincoln.

[Maleah]

Maleah.....I've told you a MILLION times not to exaggerate

[Wildthyme]

My mom had lots of phrases she used all the time. Right now I can't even think of most of them but here are a few I remember, some of which I have taken to using over the years myself. My mom grew up in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and Montana so I expect most of them have their origins there.

Who put a nickel in you? - used when one of us was being loud and/or silly

You'll catch more flies with honey than with vinegar - you'll get further being nice than being nasty

If wishes were horses beggars would ride - Used when we started wishing for things that were unlikely to happen

Get off your high horse - used when one of us thought we were too good to do something or acted like we were better than someone

You're getting too big for your britches - used when we were getting sassy - early warning to stop NOW or risk big trouble lol

Is your name on it? - used when one of us started in with the "but its mine" whine because we didn't want to share with our sibling(s)

I'm not paying to heat up the outdoors - used if you left a door open in cold weather

Were you born in a barn? - another one used if you left a door hanging open

Who died and made you boss/pope/king/queen? - used when one of us started getting bossy