Boston Phrases/Words

[Eilonnwy]

I'm copying from Adrian who posted an English version on his blog and I thought it would be fun to do a Boston one and see how many of you English folk get it.

To be clear, these words are very specifically to Boston, Massachusetts and the surrounding areas. I looked this up and was surprised that some of these words are specific to Boston, I think they're obvious, so I want to see how obvious it is to you guys.

Also, to be fair I didn't spell them the way the sound which was how it was on the website I got these. Boston is infamous for dropping "r"s so words ending in ER sound like "Ah" So "Cellah, Bubblah, Blinkah, Keggah". I also picked words and phrases I use myself with one exception, because not all of them on the site I use regularly. The one exception is one I find amusing because when I learned it I thought it was dumb, so I included it.

The Website is The Wicked Good Guide to Boston English

Don't cheat, or then you're lame.

Cellar
Spuckie
Jimmies
Packie
Rotary
Uey
Wicked Pissa
Bubbler
Hoodsie
Blinker
Book It
Three Decker
Bundles
Rat
No Suh
Kegger
Hub
Elastic
Dresser
Bang

Rubber Band
A Traffic Circle
U-turn
What did you say?
Basement
What Boston is
Something that’s really awesome
Water Fountain
Make a Turn when driving
Type of Furniture for storing clothes
A liquor store
Turn Signal
To run away quickly
Sprinkles for Ice Cream
Type of house
Sub or type of long sandwich
Young resident of a neighborhood
Beer party
Groceries
Small cup of Ice Cream

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Cellar - Basement
Spuckie - Sub or type of long sandwich
Jimmies - Sprinkles for Ice cream
Packie - Liquor store
Rotary - A Traffic Circle
Uey - U-turn
Wicked Pissa - Something that's really awesome
Bubbler - Water Fountain
Hoodsie - Small cup of ice cream
Blinker - Turn signal
Book It - To run away quickly
Three Decker - Type of house
Bundles - Groceries
Rat - Young resident of a neighborhood
No Suh - What did you say?
Kegger - Beer Party
Hub - What Boston is
Elastic - Rubber Band
Dresser drawer - Type of Furniture you put clothes in
Bang - Make a turn when driving

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[Tiberius]

9/20 Not bad. Pity they were all the obvious ones.

[Eilonnwy]

So 11 aren't obvious? I'm curious, which ones did you miss?

[Rob]

I got 12. Less than half I knew and the others were guesses. Here are the ones I missed, and my wrong answers:

Code:

Spuckie    Small cup of Ice Cream
Packie     What Boston is
Rotary     U-turn
Uey        What did you say?
Hoodsie    Young resident of a neighborhood
Rat        A Traffic Circle
No Suh     A liquor store
Hub        Sub or type of long sandwich

[Eilonnwy]

BTW, Spuckie is the only word I don't normally use even though I love it. I don't think it's used as much as it used to be.