To shake a stick at something is not a threatening gesture down south. I guess it could be, but it’s an expression used to demonstrate an excess of something. “She’s got more boyfriends than you can shake a stick at.” “We’ve got more tomatoes this year than you can shake a stick at.” The underlying idea isContinue reading
Category: Southern Slang
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Mid-Week Words: Shake A Stick At #southernstyle
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Mid-Week Word: Tailgate #southernstyle
Tailgate is a word you hear a lot in my neck of the woods. For the uninitiated, a tailgate is that thing on the back of a truck that swings up to close or swings down to allow you to load up or take a load off. For anyone who hasn’t spent much time on aContinue reading
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Mid Week Word: Chunk #southernstyle #southernslang
I used the word “chunk” in my upcoming novella Fall Rush. My editor thought I’d made an error, but this is the word I’ve always used when I throw something. “Chunk me that book.” “I chunked it in the trash.” “I don’t trust you any farther than I can chunk you.” (Okay, so maybe notContinue reading
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Mid-Week Words: Lord Willing & The Creek Don’t Rise #southernstyle
After last week’s Come Hell or High Water post, I knew I had to share a closely related phrase: If the Lord’s willing and the creek don’t rise. The former describes what you’ll go through to accomplish something. The latter is what will prevent you from accomplishing something. Q: Will we see you at churchContinue reading
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Mid-Week Words: Come Hell or High Water #southernstyle
Since some of my family and friends are swimming in their houses and yards this week, I thought it might be time to introduce this unusual phrase: Come hell or high water. It’s most often used when telling someone what you will go through to get somewhere or do something you’ve committed to. “I’ll be thereContinue reading