New England Terms Ipsum

Butts: smoking, in reference to a cigarette, either an unused one, or the ones in the ashtray. down cellar: where the freezer is, and the tools, and boxes of old stuff. hoodsie cup: commercial at first, but came to include ice crean manufactured by companies other than hood. a small cardboard cup of ice cream. johnnie: another word for a hospital gown. out-of-stater: you ain't from around here are you? anyone who hasn't lived here their whole life basically. you can tell them apart because they usually have funny accents like those people on tv and don't know what the "curse of the bambino" is. soda: pop is your father, not a drink. spa: not a health club. a corner store with a soda fountain, selling candy, newspapers and lime rickeys. tin foil: aluminum foil tonic water: carbonated water flavored with quinine as used in a "gin and tonic". wicked: a modifier...equivalent to "very", only stronger. when someone in new england says something is wicked, they aren't calling it evil..