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We’re fixin’ to teach you to talk like an NC native: A Guide to Southern Sayings. Well, honestly. Maybe the person but can’t be trusted because: He’s a bald-faced liar.
We’re fixin’ to teach you to talk like an NC native: A Guide to Southern Sayings. Martha Quillin. July 28, 2023 at 10:16 AM.
Below is an alphabetical list of widely used and repeated proverbial phrases. If known, their origins are noted. A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition.
Pages in category "Slang of the Southern United States" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Bless your heart" is a phrase common to the Southern United States. [1] [2] The phrase has multiple meanings and is used to express genuine sympathy but sometimes as an insult that conveys condescension, derision, or contempt. It may also be spoken as a precursor to an insult to mitigate its severity.
The Southern Renaissance (also known as Southern Renascence) [99] was the reinvigoration of American Southern literature that began in the 1920s and 1930s with the appearance of writers such as Faulkner, Caroline Gordon, Elizabeth Madox Roberts, Katherine Anne Porter, Allen Tate, Tennessee Williams, and Robert Penn Warren, among others.
banquette (southern Louisiana) – sidewalk, foot-path; billfold (widespread, but infrequent Northeast, Pacific Northwest) – a man's wallet; cap (also Midlands) – sir (prob. from "captain") chill bumps (also Midlands) – goose bumps; chuck – toss or throw an object (now somewhat widespread) coke – any brand of soft drink