And then, course there are the regional dialects. Scots would know what a Pittsburgher meant if she said "redd up". But they*d be confused by th Pittsburgh definition of neb. Here, a neb is a snoop.
Thorns are jaggers, baby chickens are peeps, rubber bands are gum bands, and yinz is the plural of you. The clerk at McCrory's said, "Yinz is really evil aint ya?" when we bought my friend Emily a very short, very red nightie with fringe.
Jeannie, our school uniform was green too.