New England Terms Ipsum

Boyos: "southie" young thugs hamburg: um.. no. hamburg is not short for 'hamburger'. it's a way of referring to 'ground beef'. 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. spa: not a health club. a corner store with a soda fountain, selling candy, newspapers and lime rickeys. townie: someone who has basically lived in the same town for an extended period of time. ie. since the dawn of time. (not that awful tv show that used to be on, where the accents of the actors changed every episode). wicked: a modifier...equivalent to "very", only stronger. when someone in new england says something is wicked, they aren't calling it evil..