Hey y’all! Welcome to my Southern Dictionary! I hope you get a good laugh out of what you read, but you should realize that the words and phrases listed are, in fact, real words that Southerners (including me, the displaced Southerner) use on a regular basis in conversation. 

Aggravatin’ – bothersome. “Quit aggravatin’ me!”

Bad mouth – speak negatively about. “Don’t bad mouth me!”

Buggy – grocery cart. “This buggy is full! Who y’all planning to feed?”

Cocola – Coca Cola. “Will you get me a cocola?”

Coke – any soft drink. “I’d like a coke.” “We only serve Pepsi.” “That’s fine, just give me a coke.”

Commode – toilet. “Did you flush the commode?”

Darn tootin‘ – for sure; correct. “You’re darn tootin’ we’re gonna win!”

Dinner – the noon meal. “Come over for Sunday dinner.”

Directly – a short while. “I’ll be back directly.”

Do what? – an expression of surprise or disbelief; huh. “I’m runnin’ off to get married!” “Do what?”

Done – already. “I’ve done gassed up the Pontiac.”

Drew up – shrunk. “I put my sweater in the dryer and it drew up.”

Fair to middlin’ – moderately good. “How are you?” “Oh, I’m fair to middlin’.”

Fix – prepare. “I have to fix the coffee.”

Fixin’ to – about to. “I’m fixin’ to call my mom.”

Heap – large quantity. “I’m going to be in a heap of trouble when my daddy finds out!”

Hear tell – form of “hear it told.” Often conveys that the information was passed second hand. “I hear tell that the new mini-mall is going up next month.”

How come? – why? “How come the grass is green?”

Hunkey Dorey – great. “Everything is hunkey dorey!”

Light bread – white bread. “I need light bread for these sandwiches.”

Lightning Bugs – fireflies. “I’m gonna catch me some lightning bugs!”

Malarkey – BS. “He’s full of malarkey.”

Might could - possibily or probably. “I might could fix that for you.”

Pick at – pester or annoy. “Don’t pick at your sister!”

Piddlin’ - small or inferior. “They only gave him a piddlin’ 1% raise.”

Pull to – shut. “Pull the door to.”

Rescue Squad – ambulance. “Call the rescue squad!”

Sass – speak in an impertinent manner. “Don’t sass me, young lady!”

Supper – the evening meal. “What’s for supper?” or “Stay for supper.”

Sweet milk – milk that isn’t buttermilk. “I’m out of sweet milk and light bread.”

Tore up – distraught. “He’s real tore up about it.”

Tote – carry. “Tote this in the house.”

Used to could – used to be able to. “I used to could sleep in on the weekends.”

Wear out – to spank. “When I get ahold of that boy, I’m gonna wear him out!”

Y’all - You all. ”Can y’all help me?” NOTE: Ya’ll is the incorrect spelling.