Things I remember being born and raised in southern Massachusetts:
We called soda pop "tonic'.
Called milkshakes frappes and ice cream was used,
Called potatoes b’dayduhs.
We ate suppaahh about 5:30
My favorite drink as a kid was a horses neck (tonic with ice cream).
Our ice creams had chocolate jimmies (not sprinkles) on them.
We drank water in school from the bubblah.
We actually drink “ice coffee’.
Jeans were banned from school.
Girls could only wear pants (with dresses or skirts) to school in the winter, but had to remove them as soon as the got inside.
We went shopping downtown.
Using the bathroom was going to the basement.
Rubber bands were called elastics.
We sat on the couch in the parlah.
We take out the “gahbige” not trash and it is kept in the trashcan.
A whiffle is a crew cut not a type of ball.
When we went out parking with boyfriend we said were going submarine watching
Called things we couldn’t remember as thingamajigs, whatamacallits and doohickeys.
When you had to turn around we called it a “U-ie”
My grandmother always referred to going to use the bathroom as going to have a talk with the president.
When we wanted to swear but knew we’d get in trouble if we did, we’d say Jessum Crow, oh shoot or beans!
State troopers were called staties and they drove cruzahs.
Northern New Englanders always refer to people from southern New England as flatlanders.
We say everything good is either wikked-good or pissa-good.
When we’re giving directions we say bang a right or a left....or hang a right or left...
We loved to eat “hoodsies” (small cups of ice cream with wooden spoons from Hood Dairy) and boys always called girls with small breasts as “hoodsies” because of their small cups.
And then girls would call a guy who tried to act tough a “hoodsie” (because he looked more like a young girl acting tough.
We loved wearing our barracudas (zip up aviator jackets with plaid inside).
Going to Boston was going to the Hub.
Someone from your neighborhood or town was a “townie”.
When talking to group of friends we referred to them as “you-guys”
When we got all dressed up we referred to being “all decked out”.
We would cruise the drag (driving up and down Main Street checking out the guys and girls.)