hi i'm your host for today's html page acht splatoon. i watched vinny "melpert" pizzapasta-vinesauce review new york slang, so now i want to do it for... um... well this random city ive definitely never been to. okay? okay. let's review this article.
- Bang a uey (v.): to make a U-turn, likely an illegal one because that’s just how we do.
havent heard this but i believe in it. i feel like illegal u turns are just a given in that city vro. roads made for horses simulator
- Bubbler (n.): a drinking fountain.
everyone says this, i have never called a bubbler a 'water fountain' or 'drinking fountain' once in my life and probably never will. the water bubbles up from the thingy cmon
- B’daydas (n.): a term of endearment for potatoes.
this feels like something an ancient person would say. sorry man im a newgen
- The Cape (n.): Cape Cod, where tourists and preppies flock during the summer months, causing hours of traffic delays south of the city.
yeah everyone calls the cape the cape. thats just what it is. if you like white gay men definitely go to provincetown...its like a gay theme park
- Carriage (n.): a shopping cart that you use to get your groceries, most likely at Market Basket.
i've heard older people say this but i just call it a shopping cart. market basket's bakery section goes SOOO hard i feel bad for u if you havent had one of their donuts
- Cellar (n.): the basement; pronounced “cell-ah.”
once again. heard older people say this but its just a basement to me my friend
- Clicker (n.): the remote control; pronounced “click-ah.”
never heard this, but apparently our grandma used to say this, probably is pretty common
- Coogans (n.): where you get dollar drafts.
???i dont even know what that is
- Comm Ave (n.): no one has time to say Commonwealth Avenue.
i dont live in bostom i dont even know where this is lmao
- Dollar Drafts (n.): see Coogans.
again. what is this i feel neotenal
- Dungarees (n.): jeans (exclusively used by Boomers).
i have actually heard this...
- Dunks (n): our most cherished coffee chain, Dunkin’ Donuts, founded down in Quincy in 1950.
yes we all call it dunks. its not even good though, why are there so many
- Eastie (n.): East Boston; i.e. the neighborhood you go past on the Blue Line on the way to Revere Beach.
revere beach is some crazy work, this really is pilgrim landia
- Frappe (n.): the only type of milkshake we order.
i dont drink coffee but i guess theres some weird coloquial usage of frappe around here thats different from other places? yeah im not the right person to ask for this.
- Frickin’ (adj.): how we say the f-word in polite company or around children.
lmao this is not a boston thing?? i dont think. we have said this we burnt ourself on an oven at school and said "friicck!!!" and we didnt even drop the pizza #slay
- The Garden (n.): TD Garden, where the Celtics and Bruins play.
everyone goes on an on about celtics and bruins and socks girl, i dont care. elementary classrooms used to get HEATED about this shit
- Hosie (v.): to call dibs on something.
i have never heard this in my life
- The Hub (n.): haven’t you noticed; Boston is the center of the universe. (p.s., we never say Beantown)
why do they think theyre so important
- I could care less (int.): how we like to say that we couldn’t care less about something.
i feel like all americans say this. i catch myself when i do because its not grammatically correct
- In town (n.): we refuse to refer to the City of Boston as a city.
actually i do think ive heard people refer to boston this way
- Jimmies (n.): chocolate sprinkles for your ice cream.
ive heard people say that people say jimmies but ive never heard someone say it naturally.
- Kid (n.): a term of endearment that you use to address your closest friends.
probably not a boston thing? i used to say kid a lot, if we use it now we probably are using it to refer to a sibling though
- Masshole (n.): a derogatory term for Massachusetts residents that Bay Staters have reappropriated.
i guess people use this unironically but i am an ironic masshole user
- Nor’easter (n.): A winter storm that we get at least once a year, prompting us all to freak out and ravage the grocery stores for milk, eggs and bread.
only heard of this word after going to anthro new england lol, but people do use it
- No suh (int.): no sir; no way.
this is just saying no sir but non rhotically
- OFD (adj.): Originally from Dorchester (i.e. The Wahlbergs); a badge of honor for townies.
i havent been to dorchester but its probably pronounced duster (i looked it up its not fuck you worcester FUCK you i keep calling gloucester gluster too.)
- Packie (n.): a liquor store; short for “package store.”
round these parts we just call it a liquor store
- The Pike (n.): the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90), which runs between the city and Western Mass. (See statie)
maybe if we drove we would know that. soon brother soon
- Pissa (adj.): awesome
no ... no not really... also thats more of a noun right??
- Pockabook (n.): a purse; just how we happen to pronounce “pocketbook.”
- The Pru (n.): The Prudential Center, a mall in the Back Bay.
more boston stuff id know if i was rich enough to live in a cardboard box there
- Regular (n.): a coffee with cream and sugar, presumably ordered from Dunks and iced, even when it’s below freezing out.
is it not normal to get iced coffee in winter? anyway, vinny melpert encountered this same slang, i dont know if its true. again. we usually get shitty chai from dunks (it is very shit)
- Ripper (n.): an insane party.
sorry too wallflower to know about that
- Rotary (n.): a roundabout; traffic circle; vehicular death trap.
yes this is just what they are called on signs not sure if thats slang
- So don’t I (int.): me, too. (We like to throw in negatives when they aren't necessary).
pretty sure ive heard this but i wouldnt use it myself
- Southie (n.): South Boston, a historically Irish-American neighborhood where well-paid yuppies and townies now coexist.
i think i have heard this too
- Space-saver (n.): any large household object (i.e. a lawn chair, a barrel) used after a winter storm to prevent anyone from taking your painstakingly shoveled, on-street parking spot.
actually seems like a familiar concept. im spoiled so we have never had to shovel ever though
- Statie (n.): as in, “watch out for the Staties on the Pike.”
have never heard someone call the highway police such a thing. also a lot of states call it the freeway did you know
- Sticker (n.): a state inspection sticker for your car that you must renew on the same month every year, lest you get pulled over by a Statie; pronounced “stick-ah.”
does not every state have the sticker
- Supper (n.): the third meal of the day.
grandparent type language, its been used, dont think its a boston thing tho
- The T (n.): the MBTA, our public transit system and favorite thing to complain about.
- The train (n.): the Commuter Rail, which is part of the T, but is not the T.
- This fuckin’ guy (int.): a stranger who’s pissed you off; conversely, a friend you’re pleased to see.
adding an accent to the text does not make it boston slang
- Tonic (n.): soda.
- Townie (n.): a city native who’s never left the neighborhood they grew up in, still hanging around in all of the same places with the same people.
again i would probably hear this if i grew up in the big city
- Triple decker (n.): A popular three-floor apartment building, where each unit has a front porch/balcony, so people can sit outside, yell to their neighbors and rip butts.
mightve heard this before, and have lived in similar buildings before
- Wicked (adv.): very.
people use this and i am never going to. has a bit of an antique vibe to it
- Yah huh (int.): yes way; indeed.
this is a little sassy imo
- Yah no (int.): no chance.
see:adding an accent to the text does not make it boston slang
we did it guys, we won, now you have authentic slang review from some guy who doesnt even live there.