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Posted on 5/2/25 at 6:17 pm to
Posted by RoyalWe
Prairieville, LA
Member since Mar 2018
4220 posts
Posted on 5/2/25 at 6:17 pm to
Lie-berry = Library
Posted by Cracker
in a box
Member since Nov 2009
19064 posts
Posted on 5/2/25 at 6:25 pm to
Peckerwood ?
Posted by eddieray
Lafayette
Member since Mar 2006
18984 posts
Posted on 5/2/25 at 6:29 pm to
“I’m going by Jimmy’s” is Nola for “going to Jimmy’s house”




Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
14154 posts
Posted on 5/2/25 at 6:30 pm to
quote:

Supper


I still only use this. 31 years old.
Posted by clownbaby
beezwacks not yours
Member since Jan 2009
1072 posts
Posted on 5/2/25 at 6:32 pm to
God bless= bless you, goodbye, God bless you, good luck, frick you
Posted by CR4090
Member since Apr 2023
7975 posts
Posted on 5/2/25 at 6:36 pm to
When my granddad or dad would rig something up while we were working, it was always 'n----r rigged'.

Pocketbook - could be a wallet. Or what currently has Bill Belichick baffled.
This post was edited on 5/2/25 at 6:40 pm
Posted by Blueghost1978
Metairie, LA
Member since Jan 2024
643 posts
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:09 pm to
I did have a good friend whose parents were older and they called the sink the zink. I was like WTF??
Posted by WinnaSez
Jackson, MS
Member since Mar 2019
1287 posts
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:15 pm to
quote:

refer to the trunk of a car as the 'turtlehull'


Grandparents from Vicksburg called the trunk a “turtle shell”.
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
35482 posts
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:20 pm to
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Sink-----Zinc

Is this actually an example of what you’re talking about, or just a dialect thing?

Why would anyone intentionally use the word “zinc” for a sink?
Posted by 9rocket
Member since Sep 2020
1619 posts
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:21 pm to
Lots of Yankees call them pops.
You want a pop ?
Gross.
Posted by MRTigerFan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
6264 posts
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:26 pm to
Wash = worsh
Posted by MemphisGuy
Germantown, TN
Member since Nov 2023
13414 posts
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:31 pm to
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Also my relatives from Nola say “look at TV” in place of “watch TV”

My grandmother would "look at her stories on the TV" in the afternoons.

After they were done, she'd fix supper.

Dinner was either on Sundays after church or when it was a Friday night sunday school pot-luck sort of thing. Or a fancy restaurant.
Posted by MSUDawg98
Ravens Flock
Member since Jan 2018
12293 posts
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:41 pm to
How many of you know what a bubbler is?
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
6069 posts
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:42 pm to
“I’m in the trick bag”.

Anyone else ever heard someone say this? If so, from what area? I’ve only heard it from 3 people and they don’t know one another.
This post was edited on 5/2/25 at 8:43 pm
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
19210 posts
Posted on 5/2/25 at 10:01 pm to
quote:

Why would anyone intentionally use the word “zinc” for a sink?



I too don't understand using zinc for sink, but I heard it more as a young person growing up in the N.O. area.

The last time I heard someone say that was a few years ago when I was framing up a large garage that the homeowner was changing over to a workshop with a half bath in it and he told me he needed a particular space framed for a "zinc and terlet".
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
60601 posts
Posted on 5/2/25 at 10:04 pm to
quote:

Biscuits - Cat heads


To be fair, it is not for ALL biscuits, only large ones.
Posted by liz18lsu
Naples, FL
Member since Feb 2009
17887 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 1:46 am to
quote:

Tennis shoes = tennies


FINALLY!
Posted by slaughlin
North Dad Gum Louisiana
Member since Apr 2008
3197 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 4:03 am to
My grandmother was from Larose. Some of her words are widely used, but a few were pretty unique. Examples:

Refrigerator - icebox
Purse - pocketbook
Couch - davenport
Panties - step ins
Margarine - oleo
This post was edited on 5/3/25 at 4:04 am
Posted by tgrmeat
Member since Sep 2020
5518 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 5:52 am to
Tennis shoes = quick starts
Diarrhea = the green apple quick steps or the trots
Posted by jasonbr1975
Member since Sep 2024
890 posts
Posted on 5/3/25 at 6:30 am to
Heard Walmarks before
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