Redneck-to-English Dictionary

The Redneck manner of speech dates back the Ozarks, and to more relaxed times when people just said what they had to and didn’t worry about "proper grammar" or "proper pronunciation."

Redneck Speak	English Translation	Proper Redneck Usage
Afeared	Afraid	He’s afeared of his own shadow.
A-Fixin	Getting Ready	We’re a-fixin to go to town.
Aim	Intend or Plan	I aim to go to town soon.
Biggety	Stuck up or a Show off	Well ain’t she biggety lately!
Chimbley	Chimney	Santa Claus comes down the chimbley.
Clum	Climbed	I Clum that tree over yonder.
Crick	Creek	I’m goin to the crick to go swimmin.
Dawg	Dog	That shore is a dumb dawg.
Doins	A function or gathering	Are you goin to the doins tonight?
Dreckly	Soon	I’ll be there directly.
Et	Eaten	Have you et yet?
Fetch	Bring or Go Get	I want you to fetch the eggs fer me.
Fer	For	Let’s rest here fer a spell.
Frog Strangler	A Hard Rain	That shore was a frog strangler.
Gander	To look	Take a gander at that there bird!
Git	Get	Go git some milk from that cow.
Gully warsher	See Frog Strangler	That shore was a gully warsher.
Haint	Ain’t	I haint going to the store for Roastners today.
Hankerin	Craving	I have a hankerin for Roastners.
Hep	Help	Hep me warsh this dawg!
Hisn	His	That dog is hisn.
Holler	A Valley	My family lives down in the Holler.
Kivver	Covered	That tree is kivvered with leaves.
Liketa	Nearly	I liketa broke my neck when I tripped.
Mighty	Definitely	She shore is mighty mean today.
Naw	No	Naw, I aint a-fixen to go to the doins.
Neckid	Unclothed	Get Neckid and throw them clothes in the warsh.
Onest	Once	Child, I don’t aim to tell you more than onest!
Parts	Area or Neighborhood	What parts do ya’ll come from?
Peakid	Pale or sick looking	You look mighty peakid today.
Pilluh	Pillow	That shore is a fluffy Pilluh.
Pizen	Poison	There’s pizen snakes in these parts.
Plumb	Very (nothing to do with pipes)	I shore am plumb wore out.
Poke	Paper Bag	I’m a-fixin to put them eggs in a poke.
Pritnear	Almost	I’m pritnear done with my mendin’.
Put Out	Angry, Annoyed	He shore was put out today.
Roastners	Corn on the Cob	Them roastners shore are good.
Set	Sit	Ya’ll set and rest fer a spell.
Shed of	Get rid of	I shore want to be shed of this cold.
Shore	Sure	I Shore like those flowers.
Skeered	Afraid	He is skeered of his own shadow.
Smart	To hurt	That leg shore smarts.
Spell	A period of time	I went to church fer a spell today.
Tarlet	Toilet	Youngun, stop dancin and use the Tarlet!
Wallerin	Whining or Crying	Sit still and quit yer wallerin’.
Warsh	Wash	Warsh yer hands ‘n face befer dinner.
Winder	Window	The pie is coolin on the winder sill.
Ya’ll	You All	Ya’ll set with us fer a spell.
Yeller	A color between orange and green.	Look at that Yellar dog over yonder.
Yonder	Over there	Billy Bob went yonder to fetch hisn dawg.
You’ns	You or all	You’ns better aim to come for vittles.
Yourn	Yours	This aint mine, is it yourn?
Younguns	Children	You younguns better git to bed now.

~ by yougottobekidding on October 10, 2010.