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Local slang terms to know from every state

The Daily Meal Staff

December 23, 2019 at 2:00 PM

Alabama: ‘Bama’

Alaska: ‘Outside’

Arizona: 'Swamp Cooler'

Arkansas: 'Cattywampus'

California: 'Hella'

Colorado: ‘Fourteener’

Connecticut: 'Apizza'

Delaware: ‘Mischief Night’

Florida: 'Sun shower'

Georgia: ‘No cap’

Hawaii: 'Da kine'

Idaho: ‘Whistle pig’

Illinois: 'Gym shoes' or 'LSD'

Indiana: 'Ope!'

Iowa: 'Padiddle'

Kansas: 'Shucky darn'

Kentucky: 'Kentucky waterfall'

Louisiana: ‘Cher’

Maine: ‘Ayuh’

Maryland: ‘Hon’

Massachusetts: 'Wicked'

Michigan: 'Yooper'

Minnesota: 'Uff da!'

Mississippi: 'Buggy'

Missouri: ‘Missourah’

Montana: 'Graupel'

Nebraska: ‘Catty-corner’

Nevada: 'Toke'

New Hampshire: 'Hornpout'

New Jersey: 'Jughandle'

New Mexico: 'Christmas'

New York: ‘Schlep’

North Carolina: ‘North Cackalacky’

North Dakota: 'Hot dish'

Ohio: 'Sweeper'

Oklahoma: 'Quakenado'

Oregon: 'Spendy'

Pennsylvania: 'Yinz'

Rhode Island: 'Frappe'

South Carolina: 'Yonder'

South Dakota: 'Pert’near'

Tennessee: 'Fixin’

Texas: 'Coke'

Utah: 'Sluff'

Vermont: 'Leaf-peepers'

Virginia: 'Poke'

Washington: ‘Jumble sale’

West Virginia: ‘Holler’

Wisconsin: 'Recombubulation'

50 states, 50 slang terms. Get ready for a hilarious look at regional linguistics across the country.

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