New England Terms Ipsum

Coffee milk: milk flavored with coffee syrup, *not* half coffee/half milk grinder: i'm told that elsewhere the long sandwiches they serve in pizza joints are called subs and hoagies. bizarre! 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. palor: palor is not used everyday. it is/was a formal living room for guests and sometimes a formal party. i'm 65. i remember palors. racka: rocking chair soda: pop is your father, not a drink. tin foil: aluminum foil tootle-loo: something my grandmother always says in place of "see you later". she is from concord, ma. wicked: a modifier...equivalent to "very", only stronger. when someone in new england says something is wicked, they aren't calling it evil..