New England Terms Ipsum
Word Lists: New England Terms
Milk shake / flavored milk: milk and syrup. piss-ah: (really spelt pisser). which means awesome, very good. no, i'm not making this up, i don't know how this one started..
Boyos: "southie" young thugs elastic: known as a rubber band elsewhere hamburg: um.. no. hamburg is not short for 'hamburger'. it's a way of referring to 'ground beef'. ice cream soda: i don't know where you get your ice cream sodas but in lowell, ma. an ice cream soda is a mix of equal portions of cream, syrup, and soda water mixed together with a scoop of ice cream on top. kind of like a float. jimmies: tiny candy that goes on ice cream. come in plain 'chocolate' and 'rainbow' varietys. known elsewhere as sprinkes! sprinkles to me sounds a little, well, feminine. johnnie: another word for a hospital gown. piss-ah: (really spelt pisser). which means awesome, very good. no, i'm not making this up, i don't know how this one started..
Butts: smoking, in reference to a cigarette, either an unused one, or the ones in the ashtray. coffee milk: milk flavored with coffee syrup, *not* half coffee/half milk frappe / cabinet: a frappe is made with milk, ice cream, and flavoring syrup, blended together in a frappe machine (mixer). cabinet is a word used primarily in rhode island. grinder: i'm told that elsewhere the long sandwiches they serve in pizza joints are called subs and hoagies. bizarre! package store / packie: package stores are not where you buy boxes, it's where you go to get beer. usually, people refer to them as "packie's". you go down to the packie on a friday to get ready for the weekend, especially if your from southie. you have to remember in massachusetts, the blue laws keep the packie's closed on the weekend. you want beer on a sunday? better drive north to new hampshire, it's cheaper there anyways. you also need to remember they don't generally sell alcohol in grocery stores here either, that requires a lot of paperwork and generally isn't done. spuckie: south boston, "southie" spuckie is a grinder and or sub sandwich. tonic water: carbonated water flavored with quinine as used in a "gin and tonic"..
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Boyos: "southie" young thugs elastic: known as a rubber band elsewhere hamburg: um.. no. hamburg is not short for 'hamburger'. it's a way of referring to 'ground beef'. ice cream soda: i don't know where you get your ice cream sodas but in lowell, ma. an ice cream soda is a mix of equal portions of cream, syrup, and soda water mixed together with a scoop of ice cream on top. kind of like a float. jimmies: tiny candy that goes on ice cream. come in plain 'chocolate' and 'rainbow' varietys. known elsewhere as sprinkes! sprinkles to me sounds a little, well, feminine. johnnie: another word for a hospital gown. piss-ah: (really spelt pisser). which means awesome, very good. no, i'm not making this up, i don't know how this one started..
Butts: smoking, in reference to a cigarette, either an unused one, or the ones in the ashtray. coffee milk: milk flavored with coffee syrup, *not* half coffee/half milk frappe / cabinet: a frappe is made with milk, ice cream, and flavoring syrup, blended together in a frappe machine (mixer). cabinet is a word used primarily in rhode island. grinder: i'm told that elsewhere the long sandwiches they serve in pizza joints are called subs and hoagies. bizarre! package store / packie: package stores are not where you buy boxes, it's where you go to get beer. usually, people refer to them as "packie's". you go down to the packie on a friday to get ready for the weekend, especially if your from southie. you have to remember in massachusetts, the blue laws keep the packie's closed on the weekend. you want beer on a sunday? better drive north to new hampshire, it's cheaper there anyways. you also need to remember they don't generally sell alcohol in grocery stores here either, that requires a lot of paperwork and generally isn't done. spuckie: south boston, "southie" spuckie is a grinder and or sub sandwich. tonic water: carbonated water flavored with quinine as used in a "gin and tonic"..