If you have a sense of humor, get ready to smile. These sayings are from the deep south.
1. Hinny - Your rear end. Example of use - Stop doing that or I will paddle your hinny!
2. Paddle - To spank. Example of use - See above example.
3. Bubba - Any southern male. This term can be applied to a dear male friend or it may be the actual given name of the person you are talking to. Example of use - Bubba, I just don't understand.
4. Junior - Any southern male. This may also be a real given name. Sometimes it is used to refer to southern males under the age of twenty. Example of use - Go ask Junior.
5. Sed - To say. Example of use - I sed I was ready!
6. Ort - Should or should not do. Examples of use - You ort not to go there! You ort to say so!
7. Tie a can of rocks to your tail - This saying means what it states. Example of use - I ort to tie a can of rocks to your tail! This statement is usually made to bad child. It is only an expression. As far as I know, this task is impossible to actually do.
8. About to pop - This saying describes being full after eating a great southern meal. Example of use - No, I don't want anymore food, I am about to pop.
9. Duttin - To be sure. Does or does not. Another term for the word doesn't. Example of use - Duttin that bus come soon?
10. You may want horns but, you may die buttheaded - This means that you may want something but, you may not ever get it. I think this saying is easy to understand. It is usually said to a child asking for the moon.
11. Wait until the cows come home - This saying means that you could be waiting quite a while. Example of use- Why, you could wait until the cows come home for that phone to ring. In the south, the cows usually return home just before dark but, sometimes they get confused and stay in the pasture, woods or fields instead of returning back to the barn area for feeding. You never know, with cows. Th ey may come home or not.
12. Hit the bushes - To go to the bathroom. Example of use - I will pull the car over and you can hit the bushes.
13. Heifer - a mean or standoffish girl. This word also describes a female cow. Example of use - I tried to be nice to her but, she is a heifer.
14. That dog will hunt - This saying means that you came up with a good plan or idea. Example of use - Go to the races? That dog will hunt.
15. Huzzy - A foul or mean female. This term can also be used to refer to the woman that ran off with your husband. Example of use - Yes, he really left me for that huzzy!
16. Mouth of the south - A gossip. This term is used to describe a southern person who tells it all to everyone. Example of use - Why did you tell that mouth of the south anything?
17. Ruts - Beginnings. This word can also describe the roots of your hair or the roots of a plant or a refference to your heritage or family. Example of use - Have you ev er researched your ruts?
18. A mind to - This means that the person may or may not do what they are thinking about doing. Example - I am a mind to paddle your hinny for doing that!
19. Fixin - This southern word means getting ready to do something. Example of use - I'm fixin to go.
20. Cain't never could - This southern saying means that if you do not try, then you can't succeed. Cain't, a southern word, is a cross between are not, can't and the southern word ain't.
That's all, ya'll!
I hope that you enjoyed reading these southern sayings as much as I enjoyed Writing them.
Bridgitte is retired and enjoys Writing. Her webpage can be visited at http://www.webspawner.com/users/bridgittem/index.html
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