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Wicked Good Words
From Johnnycakes to Jug Handles, a Roundup of America's Regionalisms
Mim Harrison(0)
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How to sound like you're from here, no matter where you are in America
Wicked Good Words is a collection of words and phrases from places across the United States. Organized by region and peppered with engaging sidebars, it's a uniquely American road trip.
You'll discover:
• In Ohio, that titillating talk about a four-way is all about a type of chili.
• When you rush the growler in Appalachia, you're filling your lunch pail with beer.
• A frog strangler in the South will send you running for cover: it's a heavy rain.
• In Louisiana and Texas, someone caught pirooting is nosing around.
• In the Northwest, something that's spendy is too expensive.
• A skeeter hawk, darning needle, snake feeder, spindle, ear sewer, needle, snake doctor, and stinger all refer to the same thing: a mosquito, depending on where you get attacked.
Wicked Good Words is a collection of words and phrases from places across the United States. Organized by region and peppered with engaging sidebars, it's a uniquely American road trip.
You'll discover:
• In Ohio, that titillating talk about a four-way is all about a type of chili.
• When you rush the growler in Appalachia, you're filling your lunch pail with beer.
• A frog strangler in the South will send you running for cover: it's a heavy rain.
• In Louisiana and Texas, someone caught pirooting is nosing around.
• In the Northwest, something that's spendy is too expensive.
• A skeeter hawk, darning needle, snake feeder, spindle, ear sewer, needle, snake doctor, and stinger all refer to the same thing: a mosquito, depending on where you get attacked.