New England Slang

NativeMainer

I was just reading the "Southern Slang" thread and it's so much fun!  I love learning about the slang of other parts of the country.  I thought it would add to the fun (and education) to start a thread for New England or Northern Slang! 

Same as the Southern Slang thread--define the term and use it in a short sentence for illustration~

"wicked" = very, exceptionally  She makes wicked good whoopie pies. 

"gone by" = old, often aged beyond usefullness.  "Those flowers have gone by, need to toss 'em out."

"cunnin'" = cute, adorable, used as a compliment.  "Isn't her new baby just the most cunnin' little thing?"

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"bubbler" = water fountain  "If you're thirsty, there's a bubbler."

 

teddypipcatz

Grinder - a type of submarine sandwich.  usual flavor is meatball.   Goes great with a

Cabinet - RI slang for a milk shake, as in "Gimme a cawfee cabinet."

NativeMainer

I never heard the "cabinet" one!  That's great!  And I love meatball grinders. . .

jteach

"So don't I" for "me, too!"  WTH!!!!

"Frappe"  instead of "milkshake"  When we first moved to NH I ordered a chocolate milkshake for my daughter.  She said, "It's all melted!"  They put chocolate syrup in milk an shook it. And that's a milkshake here.  New England has some quirky ways!

NativeMainer

IN Massachusettes don't they call soda "tonic"?  Seems like I remember that from my childhood days of visiting cousins in Mass.  I thought it was weird at the time. 

Laurie08

goes- used instead of saying "she said"  ie- So then she goes, I hate gong to the mall, and I go, why?

teenagers talk like this all the time

squidwitch42

Jimmies on your ice cream?  ...Nanctucket

(sprinkles)

NativeMainer

Jimmies in Maine, too!  Plain and colored jimmies on your ice cream cone, a special treat!

Laurie08

pricker bushes.

NativeMainer

OUCH!  I run into them occasionally!

squidwitch42

Now, this might not be limited to New England, but there is something I always equate with being from "The North"

What sits next to your apple pie on the plate?

no not ice cream, but....

a piece of chedder cheese 

crazy4carrots

Apple pie and cheddar -- my Ontario Dad's favourite dessert!!!

And another "maybe just northern" dessert -- pumpkin pie with maple syrup.  Anyone in New England tried that?   Mmmmm good!

squidwitch42

wow, sounds wonderful!!!  I bet it's that REAL MAPLE SYRUP...there is no other.

so lindasa, are you going to Niagara on the Lake?  I had the pleasure of seeing a Shakespear play during my senior year in high school, a great memory.

barbe1958

May DH makes a pumpkin maple walnut CHEESECAKE to die for!!!!

crazy4carrots

Hi Squid -- I actually live in Niagara-on-the-Lake --moved here 5 years ago.  I think maybe you saw a GB Shaw play here -- our Shaw Festival runs from April to November. 

Barbe -- that cheesecake sounds "mighty darn good" -- hey, is that a New England expression?

squidwitch42

damn brain, where is the replica of Shakespear's theatre?  We would take the bus from Rochester NY where  I grew up. 

barbe1958

Stratford!

squidwitch42

Yes, that's it!!!

NativeMainer

Is putting molasses on popcorn a New England thing, or just something my Dad's family did? 

Maple syrup on pumpkin pie sounds yummy!  I've baked acorn squash with maple syrup in it--also yummy!  

Houndmommy

Elastic = rubber band  Would you get me an elastic from my desk?

I lived in RI (so I know what a cabinet is! ) for about a year when I was in high school. My teacher asked me to get her an elastic.  I never forgot that as I'd never heard a rubber band called that (in Pittsburgh they call them gum bands I believe).  I was a southern girl so I learned a lot of new words!)

Kim

crazy4carrots

Here in Ontario we call them elastic bands!!

I'm really curious about how a milkshake ever got to be called a cabinet.  Anyone know the origin?

Here's a guestion for all you New Englanders:  in the Canadian Maritimes, if you're a visitor or if you moved there from another province, the locals will introduce you by saying "Here's Linda, she's from away".   Same in Maine?

NativeMainer

Same in Maine.  I know some folks who moved to Maine a couple decades ago and are still introduced as "from away."   When we aren't being nice we call them "furriners" (foreigners, with an accent). 

jteach

HI!  Ham and bean suppers cracked us up when we moved here.  Also, beans with breakfast??????  These are not the ways of a Jersey girl!  The only way to have beans is with hot dogs.  Period.

NativeMainer

Beans and dogs, every Saturday!  And beans for breakfast are good! So is cold pizza for that matter! 

How ya doin' jteach??