Country Dictionary

Fer piece: a long distance, i.e. “I live a fer piece from town.”

Tare: a tall structure, i.e. “Joe once climbed the old ranger tare.”

Tar: installed and mounted on a wheel for locomotion, i.e. “Did you see the tar blow out on that car?”

Mamaneem: your mother and other relatives, i.e. “How are your mamaneem doing because of the draught?”

Whopperjawed: not straight, crooked, i.e. “That picture on the wall looks whopperjawed.”

Wender: glass enclosure used in houses, i.e. “Look at that dirty wender, you can hardly see through it!”

Oakrey: a vegetable that can be fried or stewed, i.e. “Man that fried oakrey was good.”

Tater: a vegetable that can be baked, mashed, etc. i.e. “Did you eat any of mama’s sweet tater?”

Mater: red vegetable used for slicing, dicing, etc. i.e. “I love to eat fresh mater sandwiches.”

Punkin: vegetable used to make pies or jack-o-lanterns, i.e. “That is the biggest punkin I ever did see!”

Amalance: vehicle used to deliver sick folk to the hospital, i.e. “The amalance moved very fast through the busy traffic.”

Is sump’em da madder? i.e. “is there something wrong?”

Purtnear: close or nearby, i.e. “the car purtnear run over my foot.”

Roastnear: corn on the cob, i.e. “did you pick the last roastnear off the corn stalk?”

Biggun: very large, i.e. “that son of yours is a biggun compared to you.”

Yan’t: short for ‘you ain’t’

All roused up: upset with someone or something

B’leve: one syllable word for believe

Progrum: most popular spelling is p-r-o-g-r-a-m

Ya reckin’: “is that what you think?”

Spinnin’ a wheel: cause a tire to spin and loose traction on a highway or road

Nim: them, i.e. “Nim fish sure are bitin’ today!”

Dawg: man’s best friend

Out yonder: out there somewhere

Juss wuz: i.e. “the golf ball juss wuz short of the hole.”

Young’n: a small child

Wadur: H²0, i.e. “please wadur the garden while I’m gone.”

Flied: to take flight, i.e. “that jet flied over the building fast.”

Tinnie shoes: athletic shoes, i.e. “make sure wear your good tinnie shoes to the ball game.”

Drank: i.e. “Hey honey, would you get me a cold drank out of the cooler.”