The Wide, Wide World Of Slang

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"Porch climber'' is a local term for homemade booze, generally wine. I guess it's because it makes you go all squirrely and do weird things, like climbing porches.

[CyberCathy]

shanmac said:

I love Minnesota-isms. I have a friend from Anoka, and her expressions are the best. Also, instead of saying "Jesus Christ," she'll say "Cheese and rice!" I don't know if that's Minnesotan or just her weird way of putting it.

I say that, too.

[Beeelicious]

Sliding board!! I grew up saying that!
I was raised in Central Pennsylvania, and although I moved there when I was 5 (from NE PA) the accent always drove me up a wall (no offense to Central PA folks). I never picked it up, and later when I moved to Philadelphia the accent there drove me up a wall too. The worst Central PA thing that really got me is that everyone says "where's it at" as in "where's the car at" "where is Jim at". I know it's a common grammatical error but it seems to be deeply entrenched as part of the vernacular (sp?) in PA.
The earlier poster who went to Penn State and noted the dividing line between pop and soda in Pennsylvania was spot on. There are so many regional accents and colloquialisms within PA it's a pretty interesting study. I would imagine a lot of states are like that, but PA is the only one I really know much about. Here in Northern Virginia, where I currently live, everyone is from somewhere else, so the accents are from all over the world.

[Lisa Miller]

shanmac said:

Also, instead of saying "Jesus Christ," she'll say "Cheese and rice!" I don't know if that's Minnesotan or just her weird way of putting it.

LOL! I'm totally going to start using this. My mama would be so ashamed if she knew how much I took the Lord's name in vain. Maybe this will compensate.

[LAX]

lisamiller said:

shanmac said:

Also, instead of saying "Jesus Christ," she'll say "Cheese and rice!" I don't know if that's Minnesotan or just her weird way of putting it.

LOL! I'm totally going to start using this. My mama would be so ashamed if she knew how much I took the Lord's name in vain. Maybe this will compensate.

My mother would never say God Damn It, it was only Dag Nammit. I find myself saying Dag Nammit a lot myself, it makes me feel so quaint.

My brother visited Quebec for a while and came back saying Calis Tabernac (sp?) Not sure what this means, but it works nicely as an expletive. Anyone know what this phrase means?

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"Tabernac" is tabernacle and Wikipedia says "Calice" (there's a ^ over the a, but I'm too lazy to look it up) is chalice. Sounds right - Quebecois often use religious terms for curse words. (I'm fond of "salope du canard" which roughly translates to "slut of a duck." Total nonsense, but it has a great mouthfeel.)

[batmom]

Tabernac is the tabernacle (the chest on the church alter in which the host and wine are stored.) It's a big-time religious swearword.

My favourite Quebecism is "shitagoddamn" said with a slightly french inflection.

[LAX]

Loving the salope du canard, I'll have to add that to my curse vocabulary. It fits in the category I have for the curse my dad uses Sim ba oos. emphasis on the oos. Roughly translated: dirty bitch (female dog). It is from Gitksan, a northern BC native group.

Calise Tabernac is now making its rounds in my brother's group of friends, but it has evolved into taber fuckin nac.

[Yossarian]

My favourite Aussie slang is, "you shit me to tears."

When Mr Y was growing up his English father taught him that the word "bloody" was just beyond rude so if he ever got cross enough to swear he should say "ruddy." Ruddy hell! Hee! And it still sometimes slips out of his mouth.

[fairfox]

but it has evolved into taber fuckin nac.

Tee hee. Hilarious. I admit to enjoying it when I overhear my very-French neighbours TABERNAC!!!-ing their cats (don't worry, they spoil them).

As for sliding boards...um...yeah. That's weird. You freaks!

EDIT: My favourite Aussie slang is to "crack a fat". Ahem.