The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #57436 Message #1047382
Posted By: LadyJean
04-Nov-03 - 12:13 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: US terms
Subject: RE: Folklore: US terms
I live in Pittsburgh, where we have a language all our own. Many of you fine mudders will know what redd up means. But you won't know that, in Pittsburgh, a neb is an inquisitive person. Nebber is the other term. The adjective is nebby. I'm not sure why rubber bands are gum bands. Baby chickens are peeps, the real ones, not just the marshmallow kind they sell at Easter. Thorns jag, and roads are slippy. And the plural of you is "Yinz". "Yinzer" is the Pittsburgh equivalent of h dropper.