(Youngun's Stay Away !!!)
I would like to dedicate this page to my late mother, Juanita Collins Rhine. Her years of love and devotion were the catalyst for my ongoing interest in the South and the "days of yesteryear." It is our language and our heritage, and I'm proud to be a part of it. Thanks MOM. I Love You, and Miss You.
Abonus -- Closeby -- "Next thang I knew, the truck was rat abonus"
Ackshul -- Actual
Actin' a Fool -- Being Stupid
Adam -- Item
Adam's Off Ox -- Meaning about the same as "I don't know him from Adam" -- The off ox was the ox on the off-side of the vehicle (wagon or cart), on the left-hand side of the team, furthest from the driver, lease visible; thereby, the least well-known.
Addled or Addle-Brained -- Mixed-up; Confused; Just Plain Stupid
Afore -- Before
Agin -- Again
Agin -- Against
Agoin -- Going
Ah -- Eye
Ahcyst -- To help
Ah-herd-at -- I heard that
Ahh-ight/Awrite/Ahrite -- All Right
Ahma -- I'm-a (Ahma gonna go to town)
Aholt of -- Ahold of
Ahpreshadit -- I appreciate it
Ahr -- Hour
Ahsupso -- I suppose so
Aigs -- Eggs
Ailbo -- Elbow
Aiming To -- Planning To
Aink pen -- Pen
Ainomo -- Ain't No More
Ain't -- Your parent's sister; "Am Not"
Ain't Heard Tell of Him/Her In Years -- Haven't Seen or Heard Of
Ain't Seen Hide Nor Hair -- Haven't Seen At All
Aintcha -- Aren't you ?
Air-Up -- To Add Air to
Aksorb -- Absorb
Algebra -- Female Fungus -- "She's Got A Case Of Alge-bra"
All -- Motor Lubricant (Prevents Verbal and Idiotic Breakdown)
All Day Singin'& Dinner on the Ground -- Special Summer Church Service
All Hell Broke Loose -- Trouble Started
All Y'all -- Everyone
All Over You Like White on Rice -- Threat, usually followed by a whuppin'
All Over You Like A Cheap Suit -- Threat
Allerbammer -- Alabama
Almos -- Almost
A-mite -- Quite
Ammalance -- Emergency Vehicle
Anar -- 60 Minutes
Anheuser -- And How's Her. . . ?
Anomaly -- I Normally
Antonym -- Parent's sister & her Family -- I'm Gonna See My Antonym this Weekend
Ants in Your Pants -- Nervous, Excited, Need to Pee
Aorta -- I Ought To -- Aorta Kick Yore Ass !
Apern -- Apron
Apiece -- Each; A Certain Distance
Arapaho -- Native American * or * Prostitute With A Boombox
Argon -- Northwestern State * or * Arguing
Arite -- All right
Armadillo -- Possum on the Half-Shell
Armageddon -- I'm A-Getting
Arn -- Iron
Arsh Taters -- Irish Potatoes
Ary -- Not a one
Askeered -- Scared
Ass -- Only part of Anatomy that seems to get into trouble -- "I got my ASS kicked last night."
Assimilate -- "I see I'ma late. I'll try to be on time next time."
Assmosis -- Assimilation; ie: If you hang around assholes long enough, you become like them.
Ast -- Ask
Ate/Aight -- 7 + 1
Attair -- "That there"
Attaways -- That way
Atter while -- After a while
Attlduit -- That will do it
Aways -- Distant
Awbenny -- Capital of New Yawk
Awduh -- To request -- (I'll awduh some coffee)
Awf -- Off
Awfis -- Office
Awful tar -- Extremely exhausted
Awful tar (#2) -- Tall Tower in Paris
Awl -- Engine lubricant
Awrat -- All Right
Awwul -- Georgia's pronunciation of Oil
Axed -- Asked
AY-Rab -- Native of North Africa
Bad off -- In need of
Bad To The Bone -- Rotten to the Core; Unacceptable Behavior
Bagel -- Opposite of "little 'ol"
Bahs (or Bawz) -- Supervisor
Bail -- Ringing instrument (eg: Dinner Bail)
Bald -- Results of water hotter than 212 Degrees F
Balks -- Box
Ball-Eyed Bloody Bones -- Something That Is Scary
Balmore (or Balmer)-- Maryland's Largest City
Bama -- Alabama
Bar -- Bear
Bar Code -- Rules of the local saloon
Bar left -- Turn left at the fork in the road
Bard -- Borrowed
Barge Right In -- To Interrupt without warning
Barn -- Using with promise to repay
Bated (Baited) Breath -- Anticipation
Bathin' Trunks -- Swimsuit
Bat Out Of Hell -- Usually refers to something moving very fast
Battree -- Battery
Bawl -- Boil
Beals -- Bills
Bear Down -- Press/Push Down Hard
Beat Around the Bush -- Avoid an Issue
Beat Up -- Worn Out
Beats The Heck/Hell Out Of Me -- Stumped; No Solution to be Found
Becon -- Bacon
Been Had -- To Have Been Taken Advantage Of
Beg -- Grocery container, usually paper or plastic
Beg -- Not little
Begun -- Big one
Beheaded -- Destination (Where you beheaded?)
Beholden -- Indebted
Bellow -- Yell; Wail; Cry; Scream; Making a Lot of Racket
Bells and Whistles -- All the amenities or features
Bent Out of Shape -- Mad
Better stay with us -- Goodbye
Benz -- Being As
Bicamel -- 2-Chambered Legislature
Bidness -- Business
Bidness/Biness -- Business
Big 'Ol Hee Haw-Looking Boy -- Handsome Young Man
Big 'Ol HeeHaw Lookin' Guy -- Redneck
Big-ass -- Large
Big Deal -- So What?
Big Shot -- An Important Person (or someone who thinks he/she is)
Biggity -- Egotistical
Bile/Biled -- Boil/Boiled
Birfday -- Birthday
Bleeding Like A Stuck Hog -- Bleeding Profusely
Bleeve -- Believe
Blind Drunk -- So Drunk, you can't see straight
Bloomers -- Underwear
Blowed up -- Exploded
Blue Plate Special -- Meal of the Day
Bob War -- Barbed wire
Bodacious -- Extraordinary
Bondo -- Auto Body Work
Bone Yard -- Cemetery
Booger -- Snot
Booze -- Liquor
Borned -- Born
Bot -- Boat
Bottle -- Battle
Boundta -- Certain to happen
Bowed-up -- Out of shape
Brand New (Brand Spanking New) -- Never used
Brang -- Bring
Braying like a Mule -- Making a Lot of Racket
Breakfast -- What the Yankees don't eat -- they eat "Brunch" -- In the South, Breakfast occurs around 6:00 a.m.
Break The Ice -- To Make A Beginning
Bright-Eyed and Bushy-Tailed -- Alert and Excited or Ready to Go
Britches -- Pants
Broke -- Without Money
Brother'n -- Brethren
Brought Up -- Raised
Brunch -- A meal that doesn't usually happen in the South -- if we eat between breakfast and Dinner, it's called "gettin summndeat"
Brung -- Brought
Bub -- Bulb
Bubba -- Friend or "Mister" Names of Half of Southern Male Population
Bubba Sue -- Baby Sister
Bucks -- Books
Buick -- Sound made when throwing up
BullSh*t -- Not True
Bum -- Bomb
Bon In The Oven -- Pregnant
Burnt -- Burned
Butt Ugly -- Unattractive
Buttermilk -- Curdled Milk that tastes reel gud
Buy The Farm -- To Die
By and By -- Now and Then
Cahoots -- In Collaboration With
Caint -- Cannot
Cancun -- Mexican City ** or ** Preserved Southern Food
Capitul -- Capitol or Capital
Capt -- Except
Car Tag -- License Plate
Carry -- Take or drive
Carry On -- To continue to act or talk incessantly: "All she did was to carry on about her old man."
Cartun/Cotton -- Carton
Cat Got Your Tongue? -- You Don't Have Something To Say?
Catty-cornered (cater-cornered) -- crooked
Cattywumpus -- Out of Kilter
Cause -- Because
Cauterize -- Caught her eyes
Cawdja -- Called You
Cekertery -- Secretary
Cement Pond -- Swimming Pool
Chake -- Bank Document (eg: Cashier's Chake)
Charley/Charlie Horse -- Muscle Cramp
Chaw -- Plug of chewing tobacco
Chayer -- Chair
Cheer -- Chair
Chester Drawers -- Chest of Drawers
Chick -- Check or female
Chill bumps -- Goosebumps
Chillun -- Children
Chimley -- Chimney
Chincy -- Cheap
Chip of the Old Block -- Spitting Image (exact likeness)
Chip on Your Shoulder -- Carrying a Grudge, or Display of Smugness
Chirren -- Children
Chitlin's -- Hog entrails, a.k.a. Chitterlings
Chivverlay -- Chevrolet
Choirprakter -- Chiropractor
Chunk -- To Throw: "He chunked that rock through the window"
Chur -- What's Your
Churt --"Are You Hurt"
Ciggerrats -- Cigarettes
Civil War -- War Between The States
Clabbered Milk -- Buttermilk
Clean Your Plate -- Eat All Your Food
Clean Your Clock -- Whup Your Butt
Clean Your Plow -- See Clean Your Clock
Clinics -- Kleenex
Clodhoppers -- Feet (Especially big ones)
Clone -- Cologne
Coal -- Common Sickness
Coal Oil -- Kerosene
Coat -- Court
Coat House -- Court House
Cocola -- The Real Thing
Coke -- Soda, Pop, or Soda Pop -- ANY brand of Soft Drink
Come Hell or High Water -- No Matter What
Come On and Go with us -- Goodbye
Come up a Cloud -- Startin' to rain
Commence -- Begin
Commentator -- Just a regular tater
Comminist -- Communist
Confederate Flag -- National Flag
Conniption Fit -- Going Totally Berserk; Out Of Control
Contrary -- Onery; Stubborn
Cookin' Fat -- That "Other" White Meat
Cotton -- Carton
Couldn't Cut Butter With A Hot Knife -- Inept; Dumb
Couldn't Hit The Broad Side of the Barn -- Poor Shot
Country-fied -- Raised in the Country
County Seat -- Where the Coat House is
Courtin' -- Dating
Cow Pie -- Cow Droppings (when dried, becomes substitute for firewood, fertilizer, or a Frisbee)
Cowrees -- Measurement of Heat
Cow-Tipping -- Act of sneaking up on a sleeping cow (cows sleep standing up) and pushing/tipping them over
Cracker -- Poor White People -- derogatory term used to mean Poor White Trash
Crack the Window -- Open the window
Crap -- Sh*t
Crapper -- Outhouse/bathroom/toilet
Crawfish, Crawdads, Mudbugs -- Crayfish
Creek -- Stiffness in neck
Crick -- Stiffness in neck
Crine -- Weeping
Critter -- Animal
Crock of Sh*t -- BullSh*t
Croker Sack -- Sack made from Burlap
Cumeer -- Come here
Cuss -- Swear
Cussin' -- Cursing; Swearing
Cussin' Like A Sailor -- Swearing profusely
Cut the light on -- Turn the light on
Cut The Mustard -- To Succeed; To Meet Expectations
Cutawf -- Cut off
Cuttin' Up -- Acting Silly
Cuz -- Cause, because, or cousin
Cuzints -- Cousins
Cypher -- Count
Dadblame it -- Dammit
Dad-blamed -- Damned
Dadburnit -- Slang
Dadgum -- Slang
Dagnabit -- Slang
Daid -- Not alive
Daintz -- Dance
Dale -- Computer Company
Dammit -- Damn it
Damnyankee -- Anyone that reads these pronunciations, and still can't say them
Dang -- Damn
Dawfins -- Miami Pro-Football Team
Dawg -- Canine
Dawgone -- Slang
Dead As A Doornail -- With Certainty, No Sign Of Life
Deadhead -- Worthless, Lazy, Useless
Debbil -- Devil
Deep Sh*t -- In Big Trouble
Deevorce -- Divorce
Defense -- The Bob War that Keeps the Cows In
Dem -- Them
Dem Dare -- Those
Deppity/Deppidy -- Deputy
Dese -- These
Devil May Care -- Unconcerned Attitude
Devil to Pay -- Hell to Pay
Dey -- They
Did -- Dead
Diddnit -- Didn't It ?
Diddy -- Daddy
Diddly Squat -- What Most People Don't Know; small, worthless amount
Diddly Sh*t -- See Diddly Squat
Didjer -- Did Your...
Didju/Didja/Dju -- Did you ?
Difernt -- Different
Dinner -- What the Yankees call Lunch; in the South, Dinner occurs at 12:00 noon, or slightly thereafter
Dip Sh*t -- Stupid Person
Direrear -- The Runs
Ditty -- Daddy * or * Humdinger, Song, Doozie, Hoot
Ditty Bop -- Strolling Along Happily With No Apparent Purpose or Destination
Dive -- "Ho" House
Dixie -- National Anthem
Do Da -- "does the" -- "Do da bus stop here?"
Doan -- Don't
Dog Tired -- Exhausted
Dog Trot -- Covered Passageway between two parts of a house or building
Doggonit -- Slang (See Dadburnit)
Doin's -- Functions
Dolly Parton -- Got Milk ??
Done -- Finished
Don't let your catfish mouth override your tadpole ass -- Don't say something you don't intent to do
Don't Mean Diddly Squat -- Worthless
Don't Know Your Head From A Hole In The Ground -- Don't Know What You're Talking About
Doo Doo -- Number 2
Doozie -- Really Special
Double Naught -- "00"
Double-dog -- A dare that cannot be refused (of lesser severity than a triple-dog dare)
Down in the back -- Back injury
Down Pat -- Knowing Something Inside and Out -- "I got my algebra down pat"
Down To Earth -- Practical
Drank -- Drink
Drawed Up -- Shrank
Drawers -- Underwear
Dreckly -- As soon as I can (Directly)
Dressed to the Nines -- All Decked Out; Dressed Very Well
Drive Me UP The Wall -- Worry Me
Drount -- Drowned
Drug -- Dragged
Drunk as a Skunk -- Inebriated beyond all control
Drunk On His Ass -- Totally Inebriated
Drunker'n Cootie Brown -- See Drunk as a Skunk
Druthers -- Usually, the lesser of two evils: "If I had my druthers, I'd rather marry the gal than get shot by her Pa"
Dubba-wide -- Trailer that's twice as large as a single-wide
Dub-ya -- "W"
Duct Tape -- One of the 7 Wonders of the World
Duitcher -- Do what your. . .
Dumbn'r a Bag of Hammers -- Really Dumb; Without a Clue
Each -- Eat Your -- "I'm gonna each your food, if you don't."
Ear -- Air
Eat Crow -- Living with the realization that something you said or did was proven wrong
Eat Dirt -- See Eat Crow
Eat My Hat -- Boast that you are correct, or you will "Eat Your Hat" if proven Wrong
Eat Your Heart Out -- Worry Excessively (usually about Love in General)
Eat Your Own Words -- Proven Wrong
Eel -- Sick
Egg On -- Prod, Coerce
Eggnernt/Egnrant/Iggnernt/Iggnerant -- Ignorant
Eggspecked -- Expect
Eggzackly -- Exactly
Elephant Sodee -- A Coca-Cola with peanuts in the bottle
Emersom -- Them are some .. .
Enginear -- Driver of a train Enuff -- Enough
Et -- Ate
Ethyl -- Gasoline
Etup -- Consumed
Eventchly -- Eventually
Everwichways -- Scattered in all directions
Everwonsinawhahl -- Every once in a while
Evun -- Equal
Extry -- Extra
Fabbercate -- To make up or build
Faid -- Fed
Fair to Middlin' -- OK, But Could Be Better
Fall -- File
Faller -- Opposite of lead
Fall For -- To Take A Liking To
Fanger -- Finger
Far -- Fire
Fard -- Opposite of Backward; Terminated
Fark -- Three or four-pronged eating utensil
Farn -- Not from the immediate vicinity
Farscape -- Fire Escape
Farstone -- Tire Manufacturer
Fart -- Pass Gas -- Something Southern Women Don't Do (or won't admit to; see Poot
Faster'n Greased Lightnin' -- Extremely fast
Fatter'n a Tick -- Full (usually after a large meal)
Fatter'n a Tub of Lard -- Obese
Favor -- Resemble
Favrit -- Favorite
Fawl -- Thin Aluminum Sheets, usually for storing or cooking
Fawl (#2) -- Season following Summer
Fayir -- Fear
Fayun -- Fan
Feller -- Fellow
Fer -- For; Animal Hair
Fergit -- Forget
Fess up -- Confess
Fetch -- To Retrieve
Few -- If you
Fiddle Fart Around -- To Waste Time
Figger -- Figure
Figure -- In this sense: believe; "I figure I'll go to town today"
Finer'n' frog hair'n better'n chicken lips -- Beautiful or Wonderful
Fine Kettle/Kittle of Fish -- A Mess that You've Gotten Yourself Into
Finnin' -- Fixing To
Fit as a Fiddle -- In Extremely Good Shape
Fit to be tied -- Extremely upset
Fittin' Get Eel -- Fixin' to get ill
Fix -- Repair
Fixin' -- Going to or preparing to
Fixin' to Open Up a Can 'O Whoop Ass -- Ready to Fight
Fixins' -- Condiments; All the trimmings
Flar -- Cooking Ingredient; a plant
Flars -- Flowers
Floozie -- Prostitute
Flosswater -- Fly swatter
Flow/Flo * or * flaw -- Floor
Flo-wa -- Floor
Flustered -- Frustrated
Fo -- 3 + 1
Fode -- Car and truck manufacturer
Foot -- Feet
Ford -- Ahead; President that trips
Fordyfo -- Fordythree + 1
Fo-wa * or * fower -- Four
Fractious -- Quick-tempered
Frade/Fraid -- Afraid
Fra-id -- Mrs. Flintstone's husband
Fraizin' -- Uncomfortably cold
Frayed -- Afraid
Frettin' -- Pouting
Frog-stranglin' stem-windin' gully-washer -- downpour
Fron chard -- Opposite of the back yard
Frum -- From
Frunt -- Opposite of Back
Fur Piece -- Long Way
Fussed -- First
Galluses -- Suspenders
Gas -- What Bubba leaves after a meal
Gater -- Alligator
Gawl-darned -- G.D.
Geezer -- Term of Endearment, usually for an older person; also an "Old Fart"
Gemmun -- Gentleman
Gettin' On My Last Nerve -- Aggravating Me To No End
Get Shed Of -- To Get Rid Of
Get Your Sh*t Together -- Calm Down; Re-gain Control Of Yourself
Giddaholdayew -- To Contact You
Gimme Some Sugar -- Give Me A Kiss
Ginnywine -- Real
Git -- Get
Git by with -- Get away with
Git shed of / get shy of -- Get rid of
Gitcher -- "Gitcher butt inside rat now"
Gitgo -- From the beginning
Glad Rags -- Good Clothes
Go bad
Spoil Go Head On (Go Ahead On) -- Proceed
Go To Pot -- Deteriorate
Goal -- Gold
Going to Hell in a Handbasket -- On the Road to Ruin
Going to the Dogs -- On the Road to Ruin
Gonna -- Going to
Goobers -- Peanuts
Good Golly -- Goodness Gracious
Good 'Ol Boys -- Most of the Southern Male Population
Goodjeer -- Tire Manufacturer
Goody Two Shoes -- Thought that you are better than others; self-righteous
Got A Notion -- Thinking About: "I got a notion to get me a new truck."
Got Half-a-Mind -- Almost Decided: "I got half-a-mind to wear you out"
Got His/Her Nose Out Of Joint -- Angry
Got His/Her Panties In A Wad -- Angry
Got Hold -- Got -- "I got hold of a good deal on my truck."
Got My/Your Goat (Embarrased You/Me *OR* Made You/Me Mad) -- "Boy, it really got my goat when Bill Clinton got elected."
Got Your Ass Out Of Joint -- Agitated
Got Your Nose Out Of Joint -- Agitated
Governor -- Speed control on motor
Gozinda -- Mathematical term for division -- "Two gozinda Six three times"
Grain -- Color of healthy grass
Grammer -- Your Grandma's other name
Granchurn -- Grand Children
Granny -- 'Yo Grandma
Great Day In The Mornin' -- Expression of Suprise or Bewilderment
Green Bening the Ears -- Unrefined; inexperienced (also see Rough as a Cob)
Greens -- leafy vegetables; mustard, collard, or turnip in variety
Gretbig -- Huge
Grinnin' From Ear to Ear -- Extremely Happy
Grinnin' Like A Cat Eatin' Briars -- Extremely Happy; Grinning from Ear to Ear
Grinnin' Like A Possum -- Extremely Happy
Gripe -- Complain
Groan -- Increased in size
Growed Up -- Grown Up
Grudge -- Vehicular Parking Place
Gud -- Good
Guf -- Gulf
Gull -- Female
Gully Warsher -- Large amount of rain
Gummint -- Government
Gunny Sack -- Sack made from jute or hemp
Gussied-Up -- Presentable Appearance
Guvvner -- Head of State Gummint
Gwina -- Going to
Haid -- Head
Hail -- Hell
Haint -- Ghost or apparition
Hair -- Opposite of there
Hairbrained/Harebrained -- Not Too Bright; Without Any Justification or Purpose
Half-Ass/Assed -- Halfway Completed (see Shoddy); or someone that only partially does their work
Haller -- Hollow
Haller (# 2) -- Yell
Hang -- Turn
Hang Fire -- See Heck Fire
Hanker -- Strong Desire
Hankering -- See Hanker: "I have a hankering to buy me a new boat"
Happier'n A June Bug -- Extremely Joyful
Hard -- Hired
Hard Road -- Paved Highway
Haul Ass -- Go Fast
Have Your Cake and Eat It Too
Having a Bone To Pick -- Dispute or Argument
Hawass -- Go Fast; Haul Ass
Hawaya/Hawayee -- Hawaii
Hawg -- Hog
Hawsez -- Horses
Hay -- Hello
Haze -- He's
Heah -- Here
Heap Of Trouble -- In a Lot of Trouble (See Deep Sh*t)
Hear Tell -- Something You've Been Made Aware Of: "I Hear Tell that He Just Sold His Mule"
Heaven -- The South
Heavens to Betsy/Heavens to Murgatroyd -- For Goodness Sakes
Heavy Dew -- Have you do
Heck Fire -- Mild Expletive for "Hell Fire and Damnation!"
Heered -- Heard
Heffer (Heifer)-- Reference to a Female; a Cow
Hellacious -- Extraordinary or excessive
Helt -- Held
Hep -- Help
Hep Desk -- Technical Support
Heppa -- Great deal of
Herass -- Something not talked about in public
Herbal -- Horrible
Hern -- Belonging to her
Hesh up -- Hush
Hey -- Hello
Hidee -- Hello
High-Falootin' -- High Class; Uppity
Highr'n A Georgia Pine -- Tall; Extremely Drunk
Hire -- How are
Hire You -- How are you
His'n -- Belonging to him
Hisself -- Himself
Hissy Fit -- State of extreme aggravation
Ho -- Lady-of-the-Evening
Hod -- Hard
Hoddernabich -- The Temperature exceeds that of a female canine
Hoedown -- Country dance or term used by police to indicate that a hooker has been shot
Hogwash -- Nonsense
Holt -- Hold
Hominy -- Question of Quantity or a food made from Corn
Homonym -- What a Group of Homos is Called
Honeymoon -- The Short Time After Marriage that you're too dumb to realize it's not all fun and games (the beginning of death, as we know it)
Hooey -- Nonsense
Hoot -- Yell * or * Something funny
Hopping Mad -- So Angry, you can't keep still
Horned In -- To Butt In
Horny -- Lookin' fer a good time
Horsefeathers -- Nonsense
Horse Sense -- Possessing Common Knowledge
Horspittle -- Hospital
Hoss -- Horse
Hot -- Heart
Hotter'n Blue Blazes -- Extremely Hot (even for a Southerner
Hot Under The Collar -- Mad
Hot and Heavy -- Involved: "They was seein' each other hot and heavy fer about a year"
Hot Wire -- What to Do To Your Car When You've Lost The Key
How do -- Hello
Howscome -- Why?
Hullabaloo -- Party; Wingding, Shindig
Humdinger -- Something really special
Humumguz -- Humongous
Hunker -- Stoop Down -- I hunkered down afore I shot that deer.
Hunkey Dorey/Hunky Dory -- OK; Acceptable
Hunnerd -- Hundred
Hush yo mouf -- Stop talking (usually said with pleased embarrasment)
Hushpuppies -- Deep-Fried Round Clumps of Cornmeal, usually Served with Catfish and/or Greens (Mustard, Collard, or Turnip)
Hyeru -- How are you
I' don't care -- Yes, I would like some
Ibedun -- I have -- "Ibedun gone to town twice today."
Ibet -- I'll bet
Ice -- Your butt
Ideal -- Idea
I Declare ! -- Expression of Bewilderment
Idear -- Idea
Idee -- Idea
Idjut -- Idiot; Bill Clinton
Idnit -- Isn't it ?
Idun -- I have
I Feel Like I Could Wring Your Neck -- I'm Mad At You
Iffen -- If
If That Don't Take The Cake -- If That Don't/Doesn't Beat All; Expression of Bewilderment
If That Don't Beat All -- Expression of Bewilderment
If you don't like it, you can just lump it -- Too Bad. Deal with it
Ignernt -- Uninformed
I'll Swan -- I Swear
I'll Just Be John Brown -- I'll Be Damned
Inishiate -- Initiate
Injun -- Motor or Indian
Inna -- Opposite of outer
Innerduce -- Introduce
Innernet -- Cyberspace * or * where a female catches fish.
Innersekshun -- Point where two roadways meet
Inpatickler -- In Particular
Insteda -- Instead of
Intar -- Entire
In The Family Way -- Pregnant
I-O-No -- I don't know
Ire -- Hour
Ispecked -- I expect
Isy -- Idea
It Ain't Over 'Till the Fat Lady Sings -- It's Not Complete
Itch -- It's
It'll Do You Good And Help You Too -- Something that's beneficial or good for you
It's Better to have your enemies inside the tent pissin' out, than outside pissin' in -- Choose your enemies (and friends) carefully
Itsa -- It's a. . .
Itsy Bitsy -- Little
Izit -- Is it
Izzatso -- Is that so ?
Jack Sh*t -- Click on the Name to Find Out
Jake-Leg -- Self-taught: "That old Jake-Leg preacher ate all the fried chicken."
Jawjah -- Where 'Lanta is located
Jay-id -- Elly Mae Clampett's paw
Jayul -- Jail
Jeat Yet -- Did you eat yet ?
Jeet -- Did you eat?
Jerassitch -- Hemorrhoids or a name of a park in one of those Dinosaur movie
Jever -- Did you ever ?
Jew -- You
Jewantoo -- Do You Want To ?
Jewish -- Do you Wish ?
Jeyat -- Jet
Jin-u-wine -- Real
Joggerfee -- Study of the earth's Surface
John -- Outhouse, toilet
Joint -- Place to eat or a tavern
Juantsamore -- Do you want some more?
Juhear -- Did you hear ?
Juicy -- Did you see?
Juke Box -- Coin-Operated Record Player
Juke Joint -- Place to eat, usually with a live band
Julry -- Jewelry
Jumpin' Jehosaphat -- Good Gosh/Golly
Junior-- Name of Half of the Southern male population
Jury -- Jewelry
Just a Cotton Pickin' Minute -- Wait A Minute
Kage -- Container for animals
Kang -- Elvis
Kanyption (Canyption) -- A Fit or Seizure
Kayut -- Cat
Keep Your Eyes Peeled/Pealed -- To Keep Close Watch
Keep YOur Shirt On/Keep Your Drawers On -- Be Calm or Patient
Kick the Bucket -- Die
Kick the Sh*t out of Someone -- To Beat Up; if taken literally, you'd better wear boots
Kiled -- Coiled
Kilt -- Killed
Kin -- Relatives
Kinda -- Kind Of
Kinely -- Acting courteous
Kittle -- Kettle
Klane -- Clean
Knock on Wood -- Superstition to ward off evil consequences, or to bring good luck
Knowwhaddamean -- Do you know what I mean ?
Knuckle Sandwich -- What Someone Receives When You Hit Them With Your Fist
Koon -- Racoon
Korea -- Career
Korn -- Corn
Kudzu -- Green Vine-like Plant
Kumin -- Come in
Kummin up a cloud -- Storm approaching
Kumon -- Come on
Kumpny -- Company
