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25 Words That Mean Something Different In Georgia
By: guest6 Date: January 19, 2015, 9:58 pm
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25 Words That Mean Something Different In Georgia
People in the Peach State use the English language a bit
differently.
1. Dawgs
What it means to everyone else: A term for “friends” that went
out of style many years ago.
What it means to people in Georgia: The Georgia Bulldogs
2. Fall
What it means to everyone else: The time of the year in which
temperatures drop and leaves start to fall.
What it means to people in Georgia: The time of the year in
which everything else comes to a grinding halt during college
football season.
3. Tea
What it means to everyone else: A hot drink served in a tiny
cup.
What it means to people in Georgia: A drink that’s always cold,
loaded with sugar, and garnished with a slice of lemon.
4. Coke
What it means to everyone else: Coca-Cola.
What it means to people in Georgia: Anything (ANYTHING!) that’s
carbonated and filled with sugar. .
5. Buggy
What it means to everyone else: A form of transportation that
consists of a cart being pulled by a horse.
What it means to people in Georgia: A shopping cart.
6. Pollen
What it means to everyone else: The part of the flower that
causes someone to sneeze.
What it means to people in Georgia: Something that coats the
entire state in a layer of yellow dust.
7. Brave
What it means to everyone else: To be courageous.
What it means to people in Georgia: A member of the Atlanta
Braves.
8. Snow
What it means to everyone else: White flakes that fall from the
sky, turning the outdoors into a winter wonderland.
What it means to people in Georgia: A step below a natural
disaster, something sure to cause grocery shelves to go empty
and traffic to come to a grinding halt.
9. Waffle House
What it means to everyone else: A house made of waffles.
What it means to people in Georgia: A restaurant that
specializes in breakfast known for its miraculous ability to
cure hangovers.
10. Yellow Jacket
What it means to everyone else: An article of clothing worn for
additional warmth that is yellow in color.
What it means to people in Georgia: The mascot for Georgia Tech,
a bitter rival of the Bulldogs.
11. Peachtree
What it means to everyone else: A tree that grows peaches.
What it means to people in Georgia: The name of seemingly every
road, street, and avenue.
12. Falcons
What it means to everyone else: Predatory birds.
What it means to people in Georgia: The state’s professional
football team, the Atlanta Falcons.
13. Grits
What it means to everyone else: Unused plural form of a word
that means strength in character.
What it means to people in Georgia: The backbone of every
breakfast.
14. Floating
What it means to everyone else: To rest on top of liquid without
sinking.
What it means to people in Georgia: To travel down a waterway on
an inner tube with a beer in hand and friends by your side.
15. Ranch
What it means to everyone else: A large pasture that houses
horses and cattle.
What it means to people in Georgia: A condiment that can
instantly make anything taste 10x better.
16. Moonshine
What it means to everyone else: Light from the reflection of the
moon.
What it means to people in Georgia: Homemade liquor that is
often very strong.
17. 404
What it means to everyone else: The “page not found” error
sometimes encountered while browsing the internet.
What it means to people in Georgia: One of the Atlanta area’s
area codes.
18. Rush Hour
What it means to everyone else: A 1998 film starring Jackie Chan
and Chris Tucker.
What it means to people in Georgia: A period of time in which
everyone in Atlanta decides they need to go somewhere causing
extremely slow moving traffic.
19. Underground
What it means to everyone else: Something that is underneath the
ground.
What it means to people in Georgia: A shopping and entertainment
district in Atlanta, mostly above the ground.
20. Butts
What it means to everyone else: Someone’s tail end, often
referred to as a heinie, booty, or keister.
What it means to people in Georgia: A county in the northern
part of Georgia that over 20,000 people call home.
21. Hotlanta
What it means to everyone else: A fun way of saying “Atlanta.”
What it means to people in Georgia: The annoying way that
tourists say “Atlanta.”
22. Fixin’
What it means to everyone else: Repairing something.
What it means to people in Georgia: Planning or deciding to do
something.
23. Santa Claus
What it means to everyone else: A fat man that sneaks into
houses on Christmas Eve to deliver gifts and eat cookies.
What it means to people in Georgia: A small town in Georgia with
a population of 165.
24. Peanuts
What it means to everyone else: Hard shelled legumes often
roasted and covered in salt.
What it means to people in Georgia: A treat found at roadside
shacks that is prepared by boiling in extremely salty water.
Think we’re doing it wrong? Well, Georgia is the number one
producer of peanuts in the country so, yah, we KNOW our way
around a peanut.
25. Georgia
What it means to the rest of the world: A small country in
Eurasia.
What it means to people in Georgia: A land filled with peaches,
peanuts, and sunshine that’s an awesome place to call home.
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Re: 25 Words That Mean Something Different In Georgia
By: Kerry Date: January 20, 2015, 2:50 pm
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Maybe this should be printed up and given to travelers when they
cross the state line.
I wonder if using the word fixin' that way is Scotch-Irish?
People used it that way where I grew up in Pennsylvania.
Where I grew up was strange. The towns on either side of us
talked differently. People made fun of me when I started high
school in town. When I lived in Greenville, South Carolina, I
was surprised that they talked more like the people I grew up
with than people who lived in the town where I went to high
school.
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Re: 25 Words That Mean Something Different In Georgia
By: guest6 Date: January 20, 2015, 4:11 pm
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[quote author=Kerry link=topic=972.msg10162#msg10162
date=1421787003]
Maybe this should be printed up and given to travelers when they
cross the state line. [/quote]
It probably wouldn't hurt. ;D
[quote] I wonder if using the word fixin' that way is
Scotch-Irish? People used it that way where I grew up in
Pennsylvania.
Where I grew up was strange. The towns on either side of us
talked differently. People made fun of me when I started high
school in town. When I lived in Greenville, South Carolina, I
was surprised that they talked more like the people I grew up
with than people who lived in the town where I went to high
school.
[/quote]
I'm not sure how the word fixin' came about. But it's true that
it is used a lot in Georgia and in the South. The one about the
snow on the list makes me laugh. We don't know how to deal with
snow here in Georgia. Everything shuts down. :D
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