19 Regional Words All Americans Should Adopt

A celebration of slang. When traveling across the United States, it sometimes feels like the locals are speaking a whole different language. That’s where the Dictionary of American Regional English comes to the rescue. Read their definitions here.

1. whoopensocker (n.), Wisconsin
2. snirt (n.), Upper Midwest
3. slug (n. or v.), Washington, D.C.
4. wapatuli (n.), Wisconsin
5. arsle (v.), Kentucky, Virginia, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Arkansas
6. jabble (v.), Virginia
7. sneetered (v.), Kentucky
8. slatchy (adj.), Nantucket
9. snoopy (adj.), Maryland, Pennsylvania
10. arky (adj.), Virginia
11. faunch (v.), South Midlands, West
12. chinchy (adj.), South, South Midlands
13. larruping (adv.), Oklahoma, South Midlands
14. mizzle-witted (adj.), South
15. burk (v.), Georgia, South
16. jasm (n.), Connecticut
17. mug-up (n.), Alaska
18. bufflehead (n.), Pennsylvania (mountains)
19. Duck Duck “Gray” Duck (Minnesota)

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