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Baton Rouge-isms
Posted on 4/20/20 at 2:02 pm
Posted on 4/20/20 at 2:02 pm
I seem to remember some common phrases from my decades in BR that don't appear to be anywhere else in the world. Please confirm and/or add some of your own:
Cobb - refers to what I guess most other people would call a "loogie"
Servitude - refers to what some people call that part of your yard as a "curb strip" or "verge"
Hickey - refers to the Tom and Jerry style raised bump you might get after a hit to the head (also refers to the make-out bruise on your neck, but that's common)
Cobb - refers to what I guess most other people would call a "loogie"
Servitude - refers to what some people call that part of your yard as a "curb strip" or "verge"
Hickey - refers to the Tom and Jerry style raised bump you might get after a hit to the head (also refers to the make-out bruise on your neck, but that's common)
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Posted on 4/20/20 at 2:04 pm to Big Scrub TX
Maybe not entirely specific to Baton Rouge, but the term booksack is definitely a local thing.
Posted on 4/20/20 at 2:04 pm to Big Scrub TX
Lived in BR for 12 years and never heard any of those.
Posted on 4/20/20 at 2:04 pm to Big Scrub TX
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Baton Rouge-isms
Badin Ruuudge
Posted on 4/20/20 at 2:05 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
quote:But it's a sack full of books
Maybe not entirely specific to Baton Rouge, but the term booksack is definitely a local thing.
Posted on 4/20/20 at 2:05 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
quote:YES! I only say that and people don't seem to like it.
but the term booksack is definitely a local thing.
Posted on 4/20/20 at 2:05 pm to Big Scrub TX
Grew up outside of Baton Rouge and used each from time to time
Posted on 4/20/20 at 2:06 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
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Maybe not entirely specific to Baton Rouge, but the term booksack is definitely a local thing.
Definitely regional, but I literally had no idea this was a regional thing until now. Just asked a bunch of coworkers (west coast). None of them had ever heard the term.
Posted on 4/20/20 at 2:06 pm to Big Scrub TX
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Servitude - refers to what some people call that part of your yard as a "curb strip" or "verge"
Servitude is a legal term with meaning, specifically, someone else's legal right to use your property for their own purpose. It's not Baton Rouge specific.
Posted on 4/20/20 at 2:06 pm to Big Scrub TX
We used those terms on the West Bank of greater New Orleans, too. Spit was one thing, but cob was worse.
Servitude any property between a right-of-way and your own. I have a five foot servitude in my backyard between the school fence back there and my own property.
"You hit ya head? Lessee if you got a hickey"
Seems common to me.
Servitude any property between a right-of-way and your own. I have a five foot servitude in my backyard between the school fence back there and my own property.
"You hit ya head? Lessee if you got a hickey"
Seems common to me.
Posted on 4/20/20 at 2:08 pm to Big Scrub TX
"Working as a community presence."
Posted on 4/20/20 at 2:12 pm to PiscesTiger
BREC Park. NO one calls it park. ITs always a BREC Park.
Posted on 4/20/20 at 2:12 pm to Big Scrub TX
Meh, I don't think this thread is going to work. Baton Rouge is not really a city where we have our own sayings. Maybe New Orleans with the usual brake tag, neutral ground, make the groceries, etc.
Posted on 4/20/20 at 2:13 pm to Big Scrub TX
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YES! I only say that and people don't seem to like it.
What’s not to like?
Posted on 4/20/20 at 2:13 pm to Big Scrub TX
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Cobb - refers to what I guess most other people would call a "loogie"
We said this in Lafayette. It referred to a particularly nasty, phlegmy one.
Posted on 4/20/20 at 2:13 pm to Big Scrub TX
I didn't grow up in Baton Rouge and "cobb" and "booksack" were common terms for us.
I've never heard anyone refer to a bump as a hickey anywhere. A hickey is a bruise from getting your neck sucked.
I've never heard anyone refer to a bump as a hickey anywhere. A hickey is a bruise from getting your neck sucked.
Posted on 4/20/20 at 2:14 pm to Big Scrub TX
Badden rudge
Throwin Fos
DaDumbWay
Throwin Fos
DaDumbWay
Posted on 4/20/20 at 2:24 pm to Big Scrub TX
Calling BR "Red Stick" and thinking you're all witty.
Posted on 4/20/20 at 2:25 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
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Maybe not entirely specific to Baton Rouge, but the term booksack is definitely a local thing.
Always used booksack growing up in Lafayette.
Posted on 4/20/20 at 2:26 pm to Uptowner
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Calling BR "Red Stick" and thinking you're all witty.
I've lived in Baton Rouge for about a decade and a half. The only people I have ever heard call Baton Rouge "Red Stick" are people who don't live in Baton Rouge, thinking they are witty. I mean, sure, local businesses will sometimes use it, but no one calls it that in conversation.
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